Ornate Ceiling Fans

Upon moving in we were missing two ceiling fans and the remainder of the one's that remained and were not taken looked like this:

Gold and leafy and ornate is not really my thing. I could definitely be low maintenance and live with them but instead I thought I'd try and sell them on Craigslist!

We would've had to buy two new ones anyway and I was not about to buy one of those ugly things to match but didn't want mis-matched ceiling fans throughout the house either.

I went ahead and posted all 4 ceiling fans that we had on Craigslist...Any Takers?

We found someone to buy all four of them for $150...that's a whopping $150 bones in our pickets. First off...can you believe someone bought these? Second...can you believe they gave me $150 for them? I feel like I'm stealing money from people!

The new ceiling fans we bought were on sale for only $65 a piece! Neutral, effective, and cheap! That's a steal in and of itself. We were therefore out of pocket only $240 for all 6 ceiling fans! WHAT? Haha, I enjoy this so much!
 

Dirty Ol' Toilet

By the title I know you are already thinking..."No Way"!  But I say, "Yes Way"!

Our house sat empty for over a year after being foreclosed and my my my it was DIRTY.   After moving into our house and giving it a good deep cleaning, we decided to go ahead and replace one of the old toilets. We were able to clean and replace toilet seats on the others. The old toilet sat in our garage for quite some time before I got the idea to try and sell it on Craigslist (as the garbage men wouldn't take it with them). 

(I unfortunately...and fortunately...don't have a picture of the actual toilet we sold.

Sorry...and your welcome! This is someone else dirty ol' toilet. )

Let me just tell you how gross that thing really was. Not only had it been sitting for a year in our house but it hadn't been cleaned in over a year. The previous tenants left the house filthy. Add a year to that, some hard water stains, some sitting in the garage, and I'll leave the rest to your imagination. YUCK!

We posted it with pictures on Craigslist and to our surprise we had a buyer not long after posting.  That nasty thing sold for $50!!! Fifty buckaroos for a Dirty Ol' Toilet aint bad if you ask me...it's awesome!

One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure

Craigslist is incredible and one of my new favorite places to find and sell some awesome stuff. I will be sharing with you the things I have sold on Craigslist that you won't believe people bought.

The story behind all of this Craigslist nonsense is one I really enjoy. As we moved into our foreclosed home with many things outdated as well as some things we no longer wanted after the move, I decided to try and sell some not so nice things on Craigslist. Aus (hubs) continued to tell me that no one would ever buy the things I was wanting to sell.  Without fail, I got this response from him every time. And, without fail, he was shocked, not only that they actually sold, but for how much I sold them for! Hah! I still love his surprised face..gets me every time! 

With that said, I know I will be getting the same responses from you. It truly is crazy and I can't wait to share these with you!