Drexel Estate Sale Furniture

So, you thought that I left you hanging 

on the Estate Sale Furniture that I wanted to 
purchase didn't you?  

Well, with the week that I had 

I just didn't get time to fill you in... 

So sorry about that!

We had lots of trips to the vet... 

Little One got his snip snip 

and the Old Gal is just getting old 

with a droopy eye and other problems, 

one day with a painter working on 

our ceiling leak stain that was too high 

for us to tackle, 

a plumbing day working on our shower 

and the kitchen sink, 

and on one sunny day 

a house full of window washers!  

I barely had time for anything!  

Let's catch up!  

This is the furniture that I saw 

on EstateSales.net last week.  

I went on Thursday, the opening day, to check it out.  

It was in really good condition 

but there were a couple of roadblocks...  

One, they wanted to sell the furniture as a set, 

the bed frame, dresser, mirror and highboy.  

I wasn't really interested in the bed.  

And two, they wanted $800.00 for it.  

I didn't want to pay that much 

but I thought that if I let it sit until half off day 

that it might be gone altogether.   

So, what did I do?  

C'mon, you know me!  

I didn't pay the asking price!  

I talked to the person in charge of the sale 

and told her that I was interested 

and wanted to put a bid on the furniture.  

I placed the bid at $550.00.  

Typically, you have to bid at least more than half 

of what the original price was, 

so I thought that was a fair bid 

and what I was willing to pay.  

Well, wouldn't you know that they called me 

that afternoon and said that they had decided 

to accept my bid!  

Well, how about that!  

And on the first day too!  

I ran back over Friday morning 

and paid for the furniture.  

The sale was at this cute little yellow house 

in an older area of Shawnee.  

Isn't it just the cutest!  

There are my drawers out on the lawn!  

Here's the dresser loaded up on 

Clifford the Big Red Truck.  

We actually found an old tax return 

stuck to the top of one of the drawers from 1968.  

The owner made $7800.00 that year!  

 

 After doing some research I found out 

that it was made in 1948 

and was called the Randolph Lee Group by Drexel.  

Here is an ad that was in several newspapers.  

You could buy all three pieces for $298.00.  

The design was a takeoff on the 

Hepplewhite and Chippendale style.

 I love the detailing on the dresser and highboy.  

It adds just enough without being too much.

 It's in pretty good shape 

with just a little bit of wear on the top.  

Nothing that I can't live with...

I am debating how much, if at all, 

I should clean up the hardware...

We moved it into the guest room 

from the garage 

this weekend.  

Can you see my little ottoman?

It found a home under the guest room window...

I like the contrast between the wall color 

and the mahogany furniture.  

Any tips on cleaning up around the edge 

of the drawers and the top where 

it looks like permanent fingerprints?  

The Highboy fits perfectly in the corner by the door.  

I am still working on accessorizing, 

but I have to keep it simple...

But, I will tell you that I am over the moon 

with my purchase!  

It was exactly what I was looking for!

Still not sure what I am going to do

with the bed frame...

I will keep you updated as I am making other 

changes in the guest room too.

But, isn't that the way it always goes...

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

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