Making a few extra bucks

How do you make a few extra bucks?

First things first, start by selling old stuff you aren't using.

In our garage we had the following stored:

• An old kitchen island 
• An old ceiling lamp
• Older ride on toys and wagons that our kids outgrew
• Old bookshelves
• Old changing table 
• Random drawer thingys from IKEA

I honestly thought I would find a place/use for all these items so I should never throw them away. But it's been three years and it just makes our garage look cluttered.

Honestly, it's a ton of work to sell stuff...so...here are my recommendations.

1) Use your local facebook swap and sell sites to sell stuff. It may take more time, but it's a great way to sell to someone who actually exists. You could use craigslist...but...seems more complicated...

2) Take a picture of the object. Ideally clean it before the picture. Try to find decent lighting to make it attractive.

3) Price the item.

4) Sell it.

So far, I've done this with that kitchen island and made a few buckaroos.  Better than having it collect dust in our garage! Obviously, this has a limit...you don't have infinite amount of stuff you can sell.  But it is a good way to get rid of the clutter without having to organize a whole yard sale.  And if you meet in a public place it's way less creepy.

Next up...ceiling lamp...aka chandelier!

Off to sell I go!  Happy penny pinching big living!

<3 Penny