Well after being tipped off that my stained glass front door was original to the house and possibly worth some money I went to check out a place called “Second Chance” over behind the stadium. (http://www.secondchanceinc.org/)
They have 4 warehouses of stuff…which was pretty overwhelming. I managed to breeze through all 4 in the 20 or so minutes I had before they closed for the day. The warehouses were just filled with awesome stuff. Some stuff which I hate to say made it into trash bags during demo. It was ridiculous some of the pieces they were selling, stuff that I had no idea anyone would pay any money for. The downside is they won’t buy everything, so I can’t just show up with the stuff I do have left. They did however give me an email address I can send pictures to of things I have and they will tell me if they would be interested in buying any of it. I hope to at least get some money for the door because at this point every little bit helps.
They literally had everything you could think of that’d come out of an old house. I probably could spend a couple hours just wandering around. Maybe try and go back over there Saturday since they have hours then.
Tons of end tables. Some were pretty beat up, but might be cool to refinish one or two for the living room.
The one warehouse was filled with misc. cabinets and millwork. I even watched a lady buy an entire kitchen. I really hope it actually fits in whatever size space she thinks shes putting it in, otherwise that’ll be a pretty expensive mistake. I’m not sure what the return policy is at a second hand store. Haha.
I thought these lockers were awesome. They wanted $250. I think they would look really cool in my garage…probably even left as is.
Racks and racks of doors…this was just one warehouse too. They had tons of doors in all the warehouses. I’m thinking of trying to find a replacement for my kitchen door here. I’d hope that there are some other doors of similar size that are in a bit better shape that I could strip and hang in place. Theres gotta be something that closes easier then the one I have now.
Tons of framed pictures all for under $10.
Couch that I thought was pretty cool. There was a whole living room set that looked straight out of 80′s Germany that I really liked but there was a mother and 2 little kids hanging out on it so pictures would have been a little weird.
A door similar to mine…but the stained glass is way less detailed…$850.
Old air registers…I probably have thrown a few out…and have 3 or 4 still in the house in waaaay better shape…$30…who would have thought?
Old balusters. Since we just demo’d the stairs I know there are a few of these in the garage. Again mine are in the same or better shape. $235??? Wow.
This one really flipped me out. Rosettes for $5/10 a piece. I can’t tell you how many of these I have thrown out. I think theres probably 8 or 10 of them left from the window trim we just took off.
I will probably try and get some stuff done at the house tonight. I still need to run COAX to the bedrooms. I bought a huge reel of it the other day and just didn’t have a chance to mess with it this past weekend.
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