Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Garage Sale Season

We call this a "garage sale" in Boise, even though, it's not really in the garage. I do like to go to these jumble-type sales, mainly out of curiosity - although I did once buy a high chair (which we sold at our garage sale when we no longer needed it), and a nice office desk (that met the same re-garage sale-d fate when I upgraded). I like the sale in this picture because you could set up a household nicely with the things offered. Three-car garages are pretty standard in Boise. It's amazing how fast you can fill one up even if you only have two cars.

8 comments:

  1. Three car garages might be a thing of the past unless you are just a car collector. Gasoline at $10.00 a gallon by Christmas is no longer one of my jokes.

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  2. Greetings from Juneau, Alaska!
    Perhaps the third bay is for all our stuff. We have a two car and there's not even room for one car. We are in MUCH need of a HUGE garage sale.
    I had to laugh when a neighbor boy, who recently moved here from Virginia, asked me why people in Juneau (AK) don't park their cars in the garage. I told him it's because we all have TOO much junk (boats, kayaks, camping gear, winter sports gear, snow blowers, etc.)

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  3. Hi Abraham - I have to tell you, I saw a bag of clothespins at this sale and...I thought of you! (check out Abraham's blog for the "why?")

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  4. Hi Gwyn - I think you have a good excuse for stuff in your garage - snow blowers and sporting equipment count! But I have to say - we've always had room for both of our cars in our garage, and I haven't scraped ice off a car window in years...and that's a good thing!

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  5. Always been a sucker for a good yard sale. Is that an Ikea chair I see in the foreground :)

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  6. Hi Ft. Lauderdale Daily Photo - what a sharp eye. Yes, that's an IKEA chair. I know the people who had this sale and they never did sell that chair. Nobody in Boise knows what an "IKEA" is. They were asking $40 for the chair and footrest.

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  7. Do you mind if I use your photo on my blog about a post I am doing on garage sales? Just let me know! Thanks!!

    http://www.gograhamgo.com

    felicia at gograhamgo dot com

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  8. Felicia - you can use the photo for your website if you give credit for it - www.boisedailyphoto.com please. Thanks!

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