Living Room Sales
Just like yard sales and garage sales in the US but indoors because we're in good ol' blighty. Why lug your swag to shift at a boot sale when you can pop-up in your own front room?
A kidney shaped coffee table filled with fun junk jewellery.
Whilst I absolutely love buying someone else’s cast offs at a car boot sale I know it’s no fun at all to sell at a boot fair. Kilburn Car boot, 1999 – never again. So how very civilised to set up shop in your own front room and promote online. I’ve been invited to quite a few recently and was most miffed to miss out on the sale held by the visual merchandise girl from Beyond Retro a few weeks ago. Bah!
The dining room table teems with fun bric-a-brac.
So last Saturday after an early morning jaunt to Wimbledon car boot and a drop off back in Hackney Wick, I hopped on the bus to Ian and Debbie’s big jumble sale in their gorgeous flat in Stamford Hill. We have a mutual friend so it didn’t feel too weird rooting about in a stanger’s home and Debbie made me a big pot of tea and when the music finished Ian asked me what I’d like to listen to next. So lovely!
The radio of my dreams. If it worked.
I fell in love with one of their vintage radios – it was the most sublime colour combination of mint and cherry red. Alas, it didn’t work, and these days I’m not allowed to buy things which don’t work or are broken. I have to stem the flow of goods into my house somehow!
Who cares if we’re switiching over to digital in April?
I also left behind this colour pop television and was pleased to hear it was snapped up after I left by a curator who’s going to use it in a show opening up at The V&A Museum of Childhood.
The house cat kept a keen eye on proceedings…
Ian and Debbie’s sale continues for a few more days until Friday, so if you’re around North London I recommend a look, see. If you’re planning a living room sale of your very own, then post a comment below and let us all know!
Hey there! My name is Leona and this is my online shop and blog where you can follow my thrifty adventures and snap up a vintage gem of two.
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