After we got our new carpet installed, we decided that anything we weren’t going to be using right away, would go into the empty upstairs guest bedroom. We called it the “waiting room” as all the items in it would be just waiting to be sold or given away. We made a goal of listing at least 3 items on Craigslist each week with the hope of selling them.

We sold this dresser in about 10 minutes!

We really don’t have that much stuff if it can all fit into a 11×11 room. But it is still enough that we have to figure out what to do with it. The hardest is stuff like my shoes and closet full of clothes that I love, but will have absolutely no use for down there and which, to be perfectly honest, I really don’t wear that much here anyway. I have about 5 pairs of shoes that I always wear. Similar story with my clothes. The rest are just for fun or special occasions. So far I haven’t sold any of my shoes, but I hope to at the right price. It would be a shame to have to toss these nearly new shoes and boots!

Some of my shoes I have collected over the years

We also have all of our various houseplants and gardening tools to contend with.

We sold this beautiful lime tree and I think we made some new friends in the process as well!

We also sold this germination station heat pad super quick!

We’ve also made some bigger sales including one that is pending and Britton has started to go through and sell his old records like this autographed Guns N’ Roses album that he sold on Ebay.

Guns N’ Roses Album

It’s been a lot of fun going through all of our stuff and selling it in sort of a laid back garage sale sort of way. Craigslist is cool because unlike a garage sale, people aren’t just browsing…they actually want your stuff, like we did with when we bought a  Kitty carrier we found on there. It’s not as cheap as garage sale prices, but it’s a LOT less than full retail and you can do it any time of the year.