With spring cleaning and organizing coming up on us, you may be considering a yard sale / garage sale. This is a great way to help you declutter freshly in the spring – allows you to dump some stuff that you don’t need, and make more room.
Here are some ideas for organizing a better yard sale…
Before the sale:
Plan for the weather. While no weather predictions are foolproof, looking up the weather in advance on a site like the weather channel can help you beat the rain at its own game, and get more incoming customers.
Start setting aside stuff now. Setting aside stuff you don’t think you want now, is good because it gives you some time to think it over. If you’re not sure, place items in a box. By the time your yard sale happens, if you haven’t missed the item, sell it.
One way to have a better yard sale is to include more than one family. People LOVE larger yard sales. People are way more likely to stop by when there is a promise of lots o’ goodies. You can get your extended family, best friends, or neighbors involved.
At the sale:
Arrange like-minded items together.
Place everything on a U-shaped table configuration. This helps with traffic flow, and keeps people moving along rather than stopped at a square table wondering where to look next.
Hang clothing rather than placing it on a table. Folded items will get trashed by noon, while clothes and blankets hanging are easy to browse and look more appealing.
Arrange for a Goodwill pick-up. Call your local thrift store before the event and arrange for them to pick up extra stuff (that doesn’t sell) the day after the event. This will stop you cold from simply taking your stuff back inside where it will re-clutter.
How do you organize a better yard sale?