LAST DAY OF THE FIXTURE SALE & SOME STUFF IS NOW FREE!!!

Don’t have time to post pictures today.  Got to get to the store early to put FREE tags on the free items!  Michael was out late last night helping my son move his stuff from his old apartment garage to his new one.  Then tonight, Elliot will come help Michael load up the store leftovers.

They are going to be two VERY TIRED guys after all that work.  So I’m really trying to lighten their workload by getting rid of a lot of the big and heavy stuff.  Huge storage shelf, cabinet bases, 2 desks, pressboard rounds for table tops,  metal shelf.

And remember, the stuff that is still ‘for sale’ is marked down CRAZY LOW.  Those awesome big windowpane shelves that were originally $699.95 (and well worth it even at that price!)  are now just $125.00!  But the price will go back UP if we have to pay for a storage space to hold them until the fall shows.

COME CHECK OUT THE FREE STUFF!

9-8-09 Fixture sale update

Michael and I spent the better part of both Sunday and Monday packing up the rest of the store ‘office’ and putting the fixtures out for sale. Several BIG and sturdy pieces, and now the store is looking FULL AGAIN! And I am a bit panicked about selling most of it in the three selling days (this Thursday – Saturday) that we have left!

After about a five minute conversation last night, we decided to go

AN ADDITIONAL 50% OFF (on top of the already discounted price!!) ON EVERYTHING THAT IS LEFT IN THE STORE AT THIS POINT!

So, if an item was originally $40.00, and then half off at $20.00; it will now be half off again (of the 20) and sell for $10.00.

But a LOT of the items that were left in the store had been marked down to closer to 80% off, so now an additional half off that price and we really are practically giving this stuff away! (Especially the big, beautiful bookcases and window shelves!!!)

AND (heavy sigh) as I have been doing more packing I am STILL finding little bits of stuff to put out to sell! Here are pics of recent finds and the fixtures:

Primitive chairs. Originally $39.95. Then $15.00. NOW JUST $7.50 each!!! (I won’t be able to list the prices of ‘everything’, but just a few to give you an idea of how cheap stuff is right now!

The potted plants are now just $5.00 and $10.00 (for the bigger plant)

These are nice and BIG pots.

A stash of little benches that I had primed black and intended to paint designs on them and never got around to it. Now just $1.50 each!!

I made these ’shadow box frames’ AGES ago (we’re talking Homespun Craft Mall days!!) I had stashed them at the store thinking that I would come up with a new use or update for them. Nope. They just got more and more stuff piled in front of them until now. Selling them for 50 cents each!!!

Stash of dried florals that I never got around to doing something with. Just 50 cents each now with the additional half off!

Several assorted colors and sizes of wall shelves, originally up to $39.95 ~ then just $10.00 each. NOW JUST $5.00 EACH!

Plate display racks now $1.00 each.

Some square wood plates.

Pretty pedestal bowl; too fragile to pack and haul to the shows. Now just $2.50.

A couple of Christmas wreaths.

And I found a stash of red pip berry sprays.

More of the wool felt sunflowers.

Several of these decorative plate display stands. They look much better with something actually IN them.

Might be kind of cute to display a shadow box type picture frame in too!

A whole bunch of Christmas gift boxes! The big square set is the ‘double sided’ kind. VERY sturdy. I was going to use them for gift boxes ‘once upon a time’. Now they are just for sale; nice and cheap!

On to the FIXTURES. I made Michael stand inside this one so you could tell how BIG it is. It has six (two per section) adjustable shelves. It is fully painted, inside, outside and even the BACK (the same color as the walls in the store)

A great deal at $50.00. A STEAL AT HALF THAT!!! ***(Please note: this baby is BIG AND HEAVY! You will need two very strong people to move and load it up. Michael will not be at the store available to help, so be sure to bring enough help and a big enough truck. It’s gonna be a PITB to get moved, but you’ll LOVE all the storage space it provides!

We do have it sitting on a rolling dolly to make the move through the store and out the door a little easier, but your on your own for getting it into your vehicle.

Vintage 8 panel door is now just $19.00!)

It would make an AWESOME headboard! The back side it painted primer gray.

Notice anything missing???? We had to take our big storefront sign down last weekend, when Michael could get help. We ARE still here though through Saturday.

Nice little metal shelf. I’d used it behind the counter to store my bags on. Great shelf for your workshop. $5.00!!!

Heavy duty (and just plain HEAVY!!) three drawer unit. $10.00

Matching 6 drawer unit; $20.00. These were from a chiropractor’s office. We combined them and used them for our sales counter. VERY sturdy and VERY HEAVY!

They come ‘topless’, but we do have the formica top we used available FREE.

Fully finished drawer insides.

2 drawer metal file cabinet. $5.00

Funky metal desk. $5.00. I used this behind the counter for stashing my projects on. It’s not ‘pretty’ but it sure is sturdy and has lots of usable space.

Locking storgae cabinet with electrical strip. $30.00

I didn’t get a very good picture of this one. It ‘matches’ the drawer units we used for our counter. Has one drawer and two doors and desk space with chair cubby. $$10.00. It’s heavy too!

Carpet remnant $5.00

We still have LOTS of crates avaialble, and several pieces of furniture: including book cases and shelves, dresser, desk, cafe table and chairs, conservatory, lots of unfinished pieces still available too . . . and all of these items are an additional half off the lowest shown price!

The fuurniture, fixture and overstock sale runs:

THIS THURSDAY – SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 10-12

11am – 5pm

9-3-09: A few more pictures of what’s available for the furniture and fixtures sale:

Vintage repro swim locker baskets and textile racks: $5.00 each.

BIG tin stars with vintage multi-colored glitter. Were $29.95. NOW just $10.00!

105′ banner (we used it once!) $10.00.

Shabby chic cast iron door crowns were $39.95. NOW JUST $10.00!

These are the ‘faux’ cottage stone panels I hand painted to insert in the spots under the front windows. Not sure WHAT someone else might use them for, but we don’t need them anymore so we might as well try to sell them.

Here you can see how we usde them to cover up that ugly metal area below the windows.

The BIG pink and turquoise window pane shelves are now just $250.00!!! (originally $799.95!!!)

Particle board table tops for display tables. I set these on top of CRATES and cover with a table cloth. That gives me extra storage space in the crate!

Big bushel basket also works great as a table base.

One of a kind VERY grubby shipping crate.

Lots of greeting cards left. Stock up while they are just $1.00 each!

Very shabby shelf with wheels. This is the shelf we used by the front door to set flyers on. The wheels were really handy because when I needed to access that front display window, I just wheeled it out of the way!

Post closing ‘furniture & fixtures’ sale at Sophie’s Cottage

Meet my new best friend!!!

My big red marking pen!

You probably can’t read what the orignnal price was in these photos, but we are slashing prices on what’s left in the store to WAY below cost!

What a deal!!! Pre-lit and decorated table top tree for $5.00!!!

The post closing ‘furniture and fixtures’ sale will be THIS Thursday – Saturday; 11-5 AND next Thursday – Saturday; 11-5.

We are STILL accepting credit and debit cards (Visa and MC only)

Great grubby ole display crates!

These candles just won’t ‘pack and travel’ well, so instead of saving for the fall show, we’ve slashed the price even further!

Gift baskets at half price.

Set of three little ‘table top’ metallic trees. Originally were $29.95. NOW JUST $5.00 for the set of three!!!

Still a good amount of wood and unfinished shelves available.

Wrappin’, packin’ and stackin’ ~ day II

O dear.  OH MY!!!  There is still a LOT of stuff left in the store.

I packed up, and Michael loaded a good dozen bins of leftovers in the trailer on Sunday.

I took a little ’shopping therapy’ break today and hit Goodwill to use my birthday discount before it goes down to just 10% beginning tomorrow.  Then headed to the store to work on deciding what to pack and what to leave for the after sale.

I didn’t get too far before I realized we are going to need more than just three more days of selling to be down to where we need to be.  So, here’s the plan: TWO ‘afte r sales’ .  This week and next week; Thursday – Saturday 11-5.

I’ll have SOME of the display crates ready to sell this week, and some more next week.   I’m FURTHER  marking down some of the stuff that ‘juts won’t pack and travel well’  (like the rest of the beachy candles and glass globe lanterns) and some things that we just still have TOO much of.

Several shelves that were $29.95 will now be just $10.00.  Lots of great bargain like that.  I’ll be spending tomorrow and Wednesday ‘going to town’ with my red marker and slashing prices on the things that will stay in the store.

I’ll post some pics tomorrow.

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!

We are CLOSED!  Whew!  Thank goodness Michael was at the store to help me on the last day!  Even with both of us working at full speed, people had to wait in line to pay.

Now the REAL FUN begins!  The packing!  sigh.  It’s really not ALL that much stuff left to pack.  Probably about as much as is left to pack back up after a craft show; which we only have a couple of hours to get done.  It’s the SORTING that is going to take so much time.

Some stuff will be packed up and put directly in the trailer to go to the fall show.  That’s the easiest part.   The unfinished projects  and craft supplies will be the hard part.  Over the course of the five years at the store I’ve accumulated DOUBLES  OF EVERYTHING, so that I could have handy whatever I needed for the projects I was working on; whether at home or at the store.  NOW I’m going to have to make room for ALL of it at home, in my already jam-packed craft room!

Reckon I better get showered and dressed and off to the store and start packing!

Hoping to be ready to start the ‘fixture sale’ by Thursday.  I’ll post for sure when I know for sure.

FREE IS A VERY GOOD PRICE!

Only two more days to shop and save at Sophie’s.  Additional markdowns are happening every hour as more and more items are added to the ‘up to 80% off tables’.  I’m running out of room to add any more!

SO, it’s time to start GIVING SOME OF IT AWAY!!!  Seriously!  You get to select ONE FREE ITEM (from the $1 or $3 table; values up to $9.95!) for every ten dollars you spend.

Lots of great little gift items and stocking stuffers!

THIS IS AS LOW AS IT GOES FOLKS!

Going . . . going. . . .almost GONE!

THREE days left!  Three?!?!?  Wow.  Of course, we still have a couple weeks worth of work to tie things up after we close the store and turn in our keys.  At this point, I’m thinking the ‘fixture sale’ will probably be the first Saturday in September.  But I will post the definite date once we have set it, and it will be advertised on craigslist.

CINNAMON REFRESHER OIL IS IN! I finally got the cinnamon oil bottled up, but since it is a NEW product, it’s not on clearance; but it will get the 20% discount.

MORE GRUBBY STAIN just made up too.  OR you can buy the recipe (via our etsy shop or here on the blog) and make your own.

AND I have a few bottles of the primitive wood wash.  Due to the rising cost of the tin paint cans, we are now selling it ‘in concentrate’ form, so we can pass the savings on to you.

STILL a good amount of product to choose from available in the store.  Especially gift items and Christmas decor.  Quite a few unfinished shelves still on hand too.

Don’t forget the Hillsboro Air show is this Saturday, so traffic on Cornell and the Sunset (from Portland to Hillsboro) will be bad.  Taking TV hwy should get you here faster on Saturday.

FREE CRHISTMAS GIFT BAG WITH PURCHASE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. I just came across a stash of Christmas gift bags.  I’m offering one free per customer with purchase.

SOPHIE’S COTTAGE FINAL WEEK: Open extra days and pictures of new markdowns.

This is IT!  We are ‘down to the wire’.  Our final week is here.  We will be open MONDAY – Saturday, 11-5.  PLENTY of goods still left to choose from and definitely still worth a trip out to save a bundle.

“homespun holiday’ signs.  NOW $3.00!

Cinnamon scented pine cone baskets NOW $3.00.

Assorted mini scrapbooks and photo albums NOW $1.00.

Newly added to the $1.00 table: coffee mugs, glitter reindeer ornaments, strawberry candles  and LOTS of baskets!

15′ rope garland with homespun ties NOW $3.00.

Fall leaf bunches (and garlands, not shown) NOW $1.00.

‘Ready to give’ pre-packaged gifts.

Vintage style tinsle garland NOW $1.00.

Blue tin star tree toppers NOW $3.00.

Reading glasses and glass cases NOW $2.00.

‘Once upon a time’ we did some dessert and wine tastings at the store.  I don’t care for plastic wine glasses, so I went out and bought red, white and champagne glasses to use.  Don’t need them anymore, so they are for sale too!

Red wine ‘bolla’ glasses.  Case of 12 for $20.00

Champagne flutes. Two cases of 12 available at $15.00/case.

White wine glasses; case of 12 $12.00.

Still have some of the ‘estate sale’ goods left.  Now half off PLUS an additional 20% off.

Several items that WERE on the $10.00 table have now migrated to the $5.00 table.  AND some from the $5.00 table to the $3.00 table!

Currently on the $3.00 table.

The 2/$1.00 table is still CRAMMED full!

Uh-OH!!  Look what I JUST found!!!  A whole CASE of these shabby chic white filigree wall candle sconces!  Sold out of the ones I had out last month and totally forgot I had this additional case of them in the back storage room.  Originally priced at $9.95.  NOW JUST $3.00 EACH!

These are just the MOST RECENTLY MARKED DOWN ITEMS.  The rest of the store remains reasonably full.  Peek at the pictures from the end of last week to see more of the entire store.

UPDATED PICTURES OF WHAT’S CURRENTLY LEFT IN THE STORE; AS OF: 8-20-2009