Some happy little details

During the last month of work at The House of Goodwill, I've taken some days to hit some estate sales and thrift stores to try and find the last few things I'm missing to put the house together.  (Finally putting it all together is helping me discover anything I'm still missing, like rugs, nightstands, etc, so I don't have to go looking for them at the last minute.)

For the last two years, most of the house furniture has been in the garage.  I wanted to have all the messy projects done before moving things in (mostly the painting, but also sanding from the walls being resurfaced).  The mantle we had made is floating, so it required the giant chimney rocks to be drilled into for installation - was the last "dirty" project to be completed.  (There was rock dust everywhere from the drilling.)

So we are FINALLY really moving in, and it's exciting.  We have a goal to have the house complete by Memorial Day weekend, and we even received a deposit from our first renters (July 4th week) a few days ago!

Anyway, I thought I'd share a few pics of some of my favorite estate sale finds last month.  I wasn't able to get to any sales earlier enough to score any of the big things I still need, but I found a few little things that just made me happy.

Isn't this little goose votive sweet??

We hit the very end of one estate sale, when the house was mostly emptied, but everything left was marked waaaay down.

This little guy was $1.

Here he is lit up on the new mantle.

I just absolutely love him.

This lake house definitely has a duck/goose theme; I couldn't help it.

I just LOVED this vintage, pink egg-shaped vase for spring.

(It's on the unfinished mantle.)

It was $2.

This lot of books was totally free.

It was at the end of a sale, and the sellers apparently didn't think anyone would buy them so they were just giving books away.

These are all exactly what I love to read when I have a few minutes to sit; I would have paid for all of them.

I want to have great books on the shelf for the guests.

At another estate sale I got this beautiful little marble ashtray for $7.50.

But is it really an ashtray?  OR....

...a really pretty little plant stand?

It fits small pots perfectly and has a built in saucer to catch the water!

I found a Nutribullet like this at an estate sale; I'd been wanting one for a while.

It was $35.  (And no shipping. 🙂)

I've been using it to make green drinks every morning; I love it!

I'm debating whether I should leave it in the house for guests or keep it...I haven't decided yet.

This book was $3 at the thrift store.

I'm looking forward to trying some new recipes with it next week.

It's the details that make a home feel welcoming.  I believe all our future guests will notice, and appreciate the little things!