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Estate Sale! Steph’s Home Decor

I’m downsizing in the next few weeks and selling – oh – almost HALF of the awesome stuff in my house.  Who wants to do some virtual shopping??  I can ship just about anything except furniture – local Columbus, OH folks can do pick-up.  Purchasing instructions at bottom of post.

MOROCCAN VITRINE / CHINA CABINET / BEDROOM ARMOIRE – $300

I’ve used this as a bedroom dresser for lingerie, and for a dining room cabinet to house all my antique tumblers.  You could also use it to display high heels, books etc.  I love the little Moroccan arches at the top.

CREAM DISTRESSED ARMOIRE / TV CABINET / WARDROBE – $700 (retail: $1500)

This one pains me to sell…  Beautiful armoire / TV cabinet purchased from GDC in Charleston, SC for $1500. Cream distressed finish, 2 large drawers and upper & lower cabinets. I have always used this to house my TV, but it does have a bar inside for hangers, so you could use it as a wardrobe for the bedroom. We had to remove the moldings once to fit it through the door of my apartment in Chicago, so they are currently secured with thin nails. I would recommend gluing and permanently nailing these back in once this piece is situated in your home.  Craigslist link is HERE for more pics.  Dimensions:  47″ wide x 77″ tall x 28″ deep

CREAM DRESSER – $100

I’m keeping the knobs I added to the top drawer (sahhree) but you can certainly add a gorgeous pair of your own (from Anthro?) to customize this piece.  Otherwise the pulls are a cool, Midcentury modern muted brass/gold.  There’s a cosmetic hairline crack in the top – I just put a tray over it when it was in my room.  Dimensions:  30″ wide x 43″ tall x 17″ deep.

POTTERY BARN ADANA RUG (8 x 10) – $500 (retail: $800+) – SOLD

Purchased last year – no longer available at PB.  No stains.  Recently professionally cleaned and well cared for.  Maybe the coolest rug PB has ever put out – it looks more unique and ethnic than most of their inventory.

OVERDYED RUG – 8’2″ x 9’11” – $300 (retail: $658)

JUST bought this in the fall.  Perfect condition.  From Rugs USA.

1947 VOGUE MAGAZINE COVER, FRAMED – $150 OBO – SOLD

Professionally framed. Perfect condition. Matting is a woven linen grasscloth. Dimensions: 28.5″ wide x 36.5″ tall

FRAMED MAP OF CHARLESTON – $200 – SOLD

This one pains me a little…  I had it professionally framed for my master bath when I lived in Charleston.  Mint condition.

RITA FRAMED PRINT – $150 – SOLD

I love this in a kitchen.  Originally saw it in Rita Konig’s space in Domino Mag and fell in love.  Dimensions: 29.5″ wide x 37.75″ tall.  Distressed gold frame.  Professionally framed.

(In Rita’s House)

(in Steph’s House)

BRONZE & CRYSTAL CHANDELIER – $100

14″ x 14″.  So sweet.  One of the bulbs/candles is currently out – I think it’s an easy electrical fix but it’s beyond my expertise.  I’ve had this looking pimp in a closet, and would also be sweet in a nursery or powder room.

PEACH / PINK MOROCCAN CHANDELIER – $150 – SOLD

From Anthropologie YEARS ago.  Discontinued and fabulous.  I’ve had it in a few bedrooms + a living room.  Salmon-y peach / pink color.

PAIR OF NAVY BLUE & WHITE CURTAIN PANELS – $175 – SOLD

Modern navy blue & white curtains…  I recently bought this fabric after seeing it in Clara’s room on Young House Love, and sewed the curtains.  Each is 97 inches long – hung in a room with 9 ft ceilings below.

PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Send me an email at stephanie.m.ballard@gmail.com with the name of the item you want to purchase in the SUBJECT box, your shipping address (for shipping costs, if applicable) and your PAYPAL email address so I can send you an invoice.

2. Wait for a Paypal invoice which will include total amount due + shipping costs.  The buyer is responsible for all shipping costs and will be agreed before payment.

3. Make payment ASAP.

What do I make out of this?

This is my pops, Stevie B.  You may remember reading about the penchant for antiquing that I inherited from him in this post.

Don’t you just wanna squeeze his cheeks???  He’s the cutest.  Anyhow, Stevie B and I rolled out to a MONSTER antique fair on Thanksgiving weekend, which looked like Graceland to me when I walked in.  One of the first things I spotted was this gorge textile… this John Robshaw-esque, antique, oversized hand-blocked tablecloth.  I died when the price tag read $24, and then I died again when the lady working the booth told me I could have it for $15.

Should I keep it as a tablecloth to go here?

Or make some fatty euro shams for my bed out of it (?)  Is taking the scissors to that sucker some sort of crazy cardinal sin?

OR (curve ball), should I use most of the tablecloth as fabric for the euro shams, and reserve enough of it to also make a table runner?  I know…  it’s like a riddle!  What do you guys think?

xoxo,