Talk about idyllic. The eye candy architecture, the leafy canopy overhead and the carnival of goods that lined the sidewalks at the Lakewood Balmoral neighborhood's front yard sale on Saturday.
This slice of Edgewater just east of Andersonville puts on the sale each year just after Labor Day. This is the day the neighbors, some who've been collecting all year and some who want to clean out their basement, put their array of household and sundry out there for a song.
This couple, one of them a political blogger, said they were very happy with their list purchases this year:
butcher block table for $30
upholstered chair and ottoman for $20
wood tv tray set $5
shop vac $1o
2 lighting stands
Another pair I met on Magnolia Ave showed me their list wish list of
sales and items written on notebook paper. This was just one stop in
their day. Frequent sale junkies, they said the Lakewood Balmoral sale
has been growing in kids and toy items for the last few years as the
neighborhood becomes more family oriented.
Some of the furniture offerings:
Dishware from family members. Left - a set of Weiss for $30. Right - Blue Ridge for $25.
Neighborhood resident, Keith, director of a senior center who's lived on his street for 30 years, offered a few things I wish I needed.
Iron bed, asking $75, and the wicker couch and cushions for $20. If
it didn't sell by the end of the day, Keith said it would go back in
the basement until next year.
Filed under: Sale wrap-up
Tags: garage sale warrior, Lakewood Balmoral Front Yard Sale, yard sales in Chicago
You are kidding me that those mid-century side tables were only $15 a piece!
Unfortunately I didn't get to go to the block sale on Saturday but I did go on Friday to the alley sale on Magnolia. They had lots of great vintage/antique items... I picked up a near mint condition Samsonite hatbox from the 1950s and some fun greeting cards from the 1940s. :)