SPRING BIG BARN BONANZA

Mark your calendars now for the Spring BIG BARN BONANZA!  If you hadn't seen my facebook posts yet, the sale is set for Friday, May 11th from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 12th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.  So, what is a Big Barn Bonanza?  Well, its part (big part) antique and vintage occasional sale, part estate sale (mom and mother-in-law are now in a nursing home), part moving sale (friend moved to new house with huge barn) with a little bit of yard sale thrown in for good measure (and great buys)!  What will you find at our tag sale?  Antique and vintage furniture, home decor, toys, tools and more; a variety of collectibles; garden and outdoor items including camping gear; sewing items; sporting goods; furniture (home and office); electrics, electronics and appliances; and much, much, MUCH MORE!  We've been working in the barn on set up!  Below are some photos I've been taking during set up.

Watch for updates and additional photos on my facebook page:  Debbie's Bargain Basement.

Disclaimer:  We reserve the right to change our minds and decide we cannot part with any given item.  But regardless, there will be a LOT of treasures to pick from.  And I'm really trying not to post photos of items that we might change our minds about.

COME SALE AWAY, COME SALE AWAY WITH ME

Sale, sale, everywhere's a sale!  Tis the season!  Yard, garage, barn, estate, tag, rummage, they're all in full swing.  I did a little yard "saling" this past Saturday in Southern Illinois.  I've posted some photos below of my finds!  The best find was a chipped blue paint bench I scored, thanks to my friend Stephanie who asked me if I saw the bench . . . and I hadn't somehow . . . it was covered with a sheet of plywood and had yard sale goods all over it.  So I inquired and was told she didn't think it was for sale but then that gal asked her friend (who's bench it was) and she said she would sell it!  BINGO!

But this post is more about upcoming SALE opportunities and sharing the ones I know about, so here goes:

This Saturday is the Columbia (IL) After Prom Committee Rummage Sale from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Also this weekend, on  Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Midas Touch Estate Sales is holding a sale in Columbia.  The sale starts Friday at 10 a.m.  The address of the sale will be released at 9 a.m. on Thursday on their website at http://www.midastouchestatesale.com/Upcoming-Sales.

Side note, to keep track of upcoming estate sales in this area and others check out the website EstateSales.net and sign up to get notifications!

The following Friday and Saturday, April 20th and 21st Columbia (IL) has their city-wide yard sale event.

The last weekend of the month, on Saturday, April 28th there's a flea market on the parking lot of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Then the first week of May there's an explosion of sales:  Citywide Yard Sales in Millstadt (IL) and down in Southern Illinois in Cobden on Saturday, May 5th.  Cornbread from WIL92 holds his World's Largest Garage Sale at the Family Arena in St. Charles (MO), also on the 5th.  I believe there is also a flea market sale at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Waterloo (IL) that day, followed by the Fruehlingfest in Maeystown on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The next Friday and Saturday, May 10th and 11th is the Big Barn Bonanza in rural Millstadt (IL).  That's the barn sale my friend and I do a couple of times a year.  Mark your calendars and plan to attend, the sale is from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.  I'll be posting photos and more details in the coming weeks!

If you know of any great sales in the area, please share them in the comments below!  If I come across any others of note I'll post them in the comments and on my Debbie's Bargain Basement facebook page, so keep an eye out!

And SALE away!

The blue bench with all my finds on it, along with some plants I got at the nursery.  On the far left, back are 4 fun, retro small tv trays.

This was just too funny to pass up!  It's a chopper hopper.  What's that you ask?  I didn't know either but then I noticed he's holding a tube of toothpaste in one hand and a toothbrush in the other, and it occurred to me - HE'S A DENTURE HOLDER for your FALSE TEETH!

A great turquoise green vintage pyrex casserole and a large baking powder tin.  You'll also catch a glimpse in the front right corner of a white plate.  But that's just not any old white plate, that's an antique Meakin Ironstone plate!  Ad those tv trays are peeking out at the back of the photo.

Hard to tell from the photo, but that's a tall beautiful purple glass bottle/vase in the back, along with a vintage 6-sided Swan's Down Cake Flour pan and an Arts and Crafts hand-painted plate from France.

A better photo of the Arts and Crafts plate.  I bought it for my friend Stephanie, its the least I could do after she pointed out the vintage chipped paint bench to me!

BIG BARN BONANZA (#2) - ITS COMING, ITS COMING!!

This past weekend John and I rented a 14 foot U-Haul and loaded her down with "stuff" that is no longer needed at our house and we dropped it at "the barn"!  That's right!  Its almost time for another BIG BARN BONANZA!  I spent the afternoon yesterday at the barn, starting the set up for the sale.  The tentative date for the sale is the first weekend of May (5th and 6th).  And you just better block out the WHOLE weekend because its Millstadt's city-wide yard sales day on Saturday, it's Freuhlingfest in Maeystown on Sunday and I heard a rumor that there's going to be a flea market at the Waterloo Fairgrounds that weekend (maybe just Saturday, not sure)!  I'll be bringing you preview photos of items in the sale over the next month to whet your appetite!  Here's your first teaser!

I spy a pair of car ramps, a milk can, Christmas tree, bowling ball, golf clubs, dog crate, commercial steamer,  store clothing rack, a wine stand, hamper, tv and 12 feet more of good STUFF (including antiques)!

GET OUT

The weekend is almost here and what's going on.  I'll be celebrating my son's 20th birthday this weekend.  I can't believe it, no more teenager!  Sounds like the weather's going to be pretty great so get out there and enjoy it.

Rev up your engine and head to the Waterloo VFW’s Sixth Annual Car Show this Sunday, April 26^th at 406 Veteran’s Drive in Waterloo.  Registration is 8:00 a.m. to noon with judging to begin at noon.  Trophies will be handed out at 4:00 p.m.  Food and drinks will be available at the show.  Call 973-0153 for more information.

Columbia’s Celebration 2009 Committee is proud to announce “Celebrate Columbia,” a special performance by the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday, April 26^th from 3:00 until 4:30 p.m. at the Columbia Middle School.  “We are delighted to help Columbia celebrate its 150^th birthday,” stated Robert Charles Howard, conductor and music director of the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale.   The orchestra will be performing in Columbia in order to reach out, share the group’s talents and introduce the orchestra to citizens in the Monroe County area who may not have had the opportunity previously to see it perform.  A selection of music celebrating “Our Country”, a “Salute to Our Germanic Roots” as well as a “Salute to the Movies” will be performed.   Jackie Hausmann, the Event Coordinator for the City of Columbia, noted “this concert is free to the public and a great opportunity to hear some very talented musicians perform right here in Columbia.”  For more information call 281-7144 ext. 106 or visit their website at www.columbiaillinois.com.

Bethany United Methodist Church in Columbia is planning their Annual Rummage Sale with a twist this year.  Pastor Allynn Walker has been delivering sermons on “radical” hospitality and “extravagant” generosity, so the church has decided to offer free clothing as well as some household goods.  Other “rummage” items will be for sale.  The sale is this Saturday, April 25^th from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Proceeds will go to the church’s youth programs.  The church is located at the corner of Hillcastle and Hilltop Road off Route 3.

Also holding a rummage sale on Saturday is Christ Community Lutheran Church in Columbia, next to Oerter Soccer Park off of Route 3.  Their “Share Our Treasures” indoor rummage and bake sale will be held from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The St. Patrick’s Friends and Family Relay for Life Team is holding a Yard Sale Friday, April 24th and Saturday, April 25^th from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. both days at 1327 Summerfield in the Vandebrook subdivision on the south end of Waterloo. 

Bookworms head to the Morrison-Talbott Library Book Sale this weekend to stock up on your reading materials.  Preview Night is Thursday, April 23^rd from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and cost is $2.00 per person, a small price to pay to get a look at the cream of the crop.  The sale continues Friday, April 24^th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 25^th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  The Saturday special is “Buck a Bag,” all you can fit into a plastic grocery bag for $1.00.  For more information contact the library at 939-6232.

I'm planning on trying to hit the book sale and a couple of rummage sales and yard sales.  I'll let you know if I find anything.