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Posts in category "Sellers"

A Mid-Century Modern Outpost in Rogers Park

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Like these two solo dealers in Chicago, Jennifer Sowinski has a passion for Mid-Century Modern style.  Also like them, she quit her day job to rummage the dusty corners of the city and enable our love affair with the minimalist style. She restores, refurbishes and sells Mid-Century furniture in her Rogers Park studio, Retroactive While... Read more »
By didurkes,
March 11, 2011 at 9:11 am
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Cari Cucksey of Cash & Cari Answers Your Questions

What do you think of the show and star, Cari Cucksey, on HGTV’s Cash and Cari? I’m going out on a snarky limb here, but I think the show makes the estate sale business look far too simple.  It’s a tough, complicated and often grimy endeavor to put the artifacts of a life up for... Read more »
By didurkes,
February 24, 2011 at 12:50 pm
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Craigslist as Mid-Century Modern Showroom: Two Sellers Who've Got What You Want

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photo: circamodern.com Chicagoan Jared Peterson is profiled as a picker’s picker on the back page of the Fall CS Interiors. Mid-Century modern collectors trust his refined eye and years of practice in sizing up the good stuff. Where can you find him? Craigslist.  Peterson started flipping Mid-Century pieces there before adding a blog to buyers... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 4, 2011 at 9:15 pm
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The Next Generation of Vintage Flipping

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What is the future of flipping? It caught fire with eBay, then there was the whole migration to the friendlier Etsy marketplace when it expanded with a vintage category. Hyper-lately, vintage sellers have been going local. Local shows, local pop-ups and Craigslist, whose free terms can’t be beat if you’re a dealer who can afford... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 2, 2011 at 11:19 pm
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A Design Oasis in Gage Park

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This is turning out to be a good year for Lynne McDaniel and her Gage Park store, An Orange Moon.  The shop was just recognized by the Reader as the #1 VIntage Pop-up market in Chicago, and, on its one year anniversary, business is brisk—knock on teak.  Fans of mid century modern are finding their... Read more »
By didurkes,
July 9, 2010 at 9:45 am
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Upcycled Windows

I saw these potting benches posted in Craigslist this morning—not in the garage sale section but in farm and garden.  Do you not love the upcycling of old windows and fencing? Upcycled products are both brain and labor intensive.  First is the puzzle part – figuring out a way to piece together the raw materials... Read more »
By didurkes,
July 7, 2010 at 8:25 am
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Fitness On The Cheap...A Used Equipment Review

Chicago Now’s Chicago Fit Club blogger, Mark Beier, gives some really useful information for anybody who’s trying to get fit and stay on budget.  Flashback to my round up of 10 used exercise machines you find at garage sales and thrifts. Mark takes them to the next step to tell us which are a good... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 29, 2010 at 2:58 pm
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Secondhand Equipment - Firsthand Fit

It’s not too late, Chicago! We’re still here in January, the year’s still young, so get going on your fitness goals.  Out with the old sluggy bod, in with the firmer, stretchier you. What if you’re not a yoga person or don’t like to drag yourself to the gym? Garage sales, thrifts and the classifieds... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 27, 2010 at 9:36 pm
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H&M Has a Problem, So Does WalMart

Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times H&M and WalMart were caught destroying and throwing out unsold merchandise when the New York Times broke the story last week.  A graduate student had discovered bags of unworn but mutilated clothing from WalMart and H&M near Herald Square.  She wrote to H&M’s corporate headquarters about the practice. On receiving no... Read more »
By didurkes,
January 11, 2010 at 10:30 am
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Do They Have Garage Sales in Costa Rica?

I was wasting time on the internet last night and started looking up different Craigslist countries to see what kinds of stuff they’re trading in the garage sales.  Small world when it comes to worldly possessions. Here’s one from Jason in Costa Rica.  He needs to sell stuff before returning to the U.S. Hand made... Read more »
By didurkes,
December 6, 2009 at 9:06 am
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