Tag sale

By Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore Shifting wardrobes from spring and summer to fall and winter clothes is the perfect opportunity to streamline. As a general rule of thumb, we wear a very small percentage of the clothes we have in our closets, some people put the figure as low as 10-20%. So as you swap out flimsy fabrics for thicker ones, take a long, hard look at the clothes you have and ask yourself: “Do I actually wear this?” In addition to clothes, what else is lurking in your closets that you never use? Have each family member go through their closets (and toy chests) too and put all those unused, rarely worn items aside in a few big boxes. Once everyone has gone through all of their closets and drawers and straightened and organized them, it’s time to part with what’s inside those boxes. A great way to do that and earn a little bit of extra money for holiday spending: host a tag sale. Read on for a few tips on how to organize a successful one. Read More »

By Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore

If the idea of getting paid to unload your unwanted goods sounds great, but having to devote an entire weekend for others to sift through your stuff does not, start thinking outside the boxes placed on your front lawn and host a virtual yard sale. Read More »

By Sarah Welch & Alicia Rockmore

Now that you have done your spring cleaning, it is time to plan for your tag sale. It is not enough that you went through all your stuff and straightened and organized it; you now need to part with some, if not a lot, of it. Remember that it is just stuff. Most of it you don’t even get to look at: it is hidden in boxes or buried behind other stuff. If you are still not convinced, remember what we call people who hold on to all their unused items: pack rats. Do you really want one of your epithets to include the word “rat”?

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