Estate Sale Goodness!

Today was a memorable and lucky day for estate sailing.  I can’t even begin to tell you about all the awesomeness I scored.  However, the most awesome thing I encountered all day was by far this kitchen backsplash.  Are you ready for this?

I will give you some time to pick your jaw up off the floor.   Yes, those are Franciscan Starburst tiles set into the backsplash.  I about had a stroke.  Then the director of the sale told me about the entire set of Franciscan Starburst they had that sold immediately the first day.  I am still grieving over that.

The same house also had this mod built in room divider:

Isn’t that great?  I love that connected square pattern.  And that poodle you can spy in the corner?  He would have come home with me had his neck not been broken.  Poor little dude.

I went to a different sale where a sweet preschool teacher lived.  You could tell by all the early childhood education paraphernalia and holiday themed vests that were there.  But then, in the bathroom, I found this under the toilet seat lid and it cracked me right up:

I love it when people fall out of line with their stereotype, don’t you?

I will show you one thing that I purchased today:

For some reason I’m ridiculously in love with this portrait.  I found it languishing in the garage of yet another estate sale and immediately had to have it.  Am I crazy or is this incredibly awesome?  It’s so Mad Men, don’t you think?

What’s the coolest feature you’ve seen in a house at an estate sale?