Feb 21, 2012

40 BAGS IN 40 DAYS – game plan and starting out

posted on: February 21, 2012 | by Ann Marie | 30 Comments
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  last year we did a little thing here called 40 bags in 40 days during Lent, and what do ya know, it’s that time again! It all started with this post. I have a tendency (don’t we all? or is that just me?) to hang onto things. Whether it’s old binders from when I [...]

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Aug 22, 2011

Latest Garage Sale Steal!

posted on: August 22, 2011 | by Ann Marie | 4 Comments

I haven’t been posting much about garage sailing because I haven’t been doing much garage sale-ing. I think the 40 bags in 40 days that we tackled back in the spring really helped (GOOD! haha), and I’m trying to limit myself. If I don’t have a place for it and I don’t LOVE it, it [...]

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Jun 16, 2011

5 Minute Family Room Clean-Up

posted on: June 16, 2011 | by Ann Marie | 5 Comments

I used to keep a lot more toys in here, but in sorting out and cleaning up, our family room is a bit more streamlined. On a typical day, not counting a splash party on the coffee table or a laundry explosion on the couch, this room takes me all of 5 minutes to straighten [...]

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May 9, 2011

Garage Sale of the Year

posted on: May 9, 2011 | by Ann Marie | 5 Comments

This past Thursday was (and will be) the best neighborhood-wide sale of the year. I always went every.single.weekend, but after my 40 days adventure, I have two or three more in mind for the rest of the season. After this weekend, I’d be happy if this ended up being the only one I went to. [...]

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May 6, 2011

Green, Blue, and Vintage Summer Display

posted on: May 6, 2011 | by Ann Marie | 6 Comments

  One thing that I really feel that I grasped from the 40 bags in 40 days experience was to keep what you LOVE, purge all the rest. I don’t have a mantle, but I pretend this shelf hook combo I got back in the day is a mantle ($5 at a garage sale). These [...]

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Filed Under: foyer, greatest hits, not a mantle, summer, vignettes