My Easter Visit to Richmond

 On Easter Sunday, Mandy and I drove to Richmond to send
the night with my sister and her family. She had a wonderful
dinner and relatives and siblings came over for a fun night with
a lot of catching up and lots of laughs.

 Monday we ventured over to see a few thrift stores that had just
moved over to an area called Scott's Addition off the Boulevard.
One store that was open was Class and Trash, a place that I have
blogged about, I bought a lot of things from there  Hanover store.
And again, they did not disappoint, I found a pair of French Chairs
for a song of a price.

We had a fun day shopping new and old haunts. The last stop we made before I
headed home was to one of my favorite shopping places, Impulse, a favorite consignment
shop near my old house in Richmond. It is bigger and better than ever, and I found a
piece that I couldn't resist.

I sold my painted buffet recently at Queen City Marketplace and needed another
one for the store to replace it. We have people asking for them all the time, so I
took my old one in and kept the new one, basically the same price for each just
one is much better looking.

The old one I bought a couple of years ago from Alexander's Auction House.

Saying Goodbye to 2013 and Hello to 2014

Here is a brief recap of my week in the last
days of 2013 and the new days of 2014.
Monday-

Sold the beautiful butlers secretary that I bought at Class and Trash outside of
Richmond a couple of years ago.
All week-

Started making pillows out of discontinued fabrics samples and ploy/down forms from
Fabric.com.
Monday-

I have started listing on Ebay again, last year in December, I sold a lot
of big pieces of furniture in December 2012, this December, not so much.
I have a store full of furniture and it  is not selling on Etsy, so I am now listing
more one of a kind antique pieces on Ebay to drum up some sales. So far it's
working and this will help get me through the slow months of winter. This is a
French Rosewood Ladies Dressing Table on my Ebay site under Margaret McElroy.
New Years Day-

The pretty amaryllis my sister gave me for Christmas is blooming, love the candy
cane colors.
This Sunday-

I will say goodbye to my Christmas decorations, I have them all around the
house, so it takes me a while to find ever decoration. It is a task that really puts
me in a bad mood. Monday I will start in the store taking the decorations down
and putting things on a sale table. Happy New Year!