Earn Extra Cash with a Shabby Chic Boutique Garage Sale

You're ready for a change. The Newport Jazz Festival poster needs to go. It just doesn't fit in with the old world ambiance you're trying to create. The bench you picked up years ago has outlived its usefulness. It's spring and the nesting instinct has kicked in big time. In a frenzy of activity you begin cleaning out closets, cupboards, drawers, chests, and armoires of unwanted items. With a family room full of unwanted "stuff" you decide to make some cash and have a garage/yard sale. Set your garage sale apart from the average toss stuff on a table sale. Step it up, sell your unwanted treasures at a Shabby Chic Boutique aka garage sale.

A shabby chic boutique garage sale differs from the routine sort of yard sale by presenting items with style and finesse. Create a selling, retail environment and advertise it as such. With imagination, unique displays, and attention to detail you can create a more pleasant garage/yard sale and possibly earn a bit more in the process.

You've all ready packed items into boxes ready to put out, but before you go any further, make sure all items are squeaky clean. Nothing says disgusting like dirty merchandise and garage sales are no exception. A recommendation: for the Shabby Chic Boutique forget trying to sell clothes, just pack them up and take them directly to the nearest Good Will or Salvation Army store. Now it's time to organize in preparation for sale day.

1.Choose a date to give you plenty of time to organize. You'll need to contact the local authorities to see if a small fee for a permit is required and if it's permissible to place signs about. Spring tends to be the busiest time for garage and yard sales, but stay away from holiday weekends. 

2.Advertise your Shabby Chic Boutique a week in advance using the classified ads in your local newspaper. Include the who, what, where, and when in the ad. Be specific and direct. If you don't have a garage and renting a tent is out of the question you may want to include a rain date in the ad.