As my PaPa used to say, “I’m busier than a one-armed paper hanger with hives.” It’s “back to school” season and if you’re like me, you don’t have a lot of time. So, simple is beautiful. Here are a few Life 101 ideas to inspire a happy day: A love noted dropped in a [...]
Hope you’re going to have some fun in your yard this weekend. During the summer, one of my favorite things is to roll my garden cart out to the flower beds and whip up some arrangements. I think every home should have a garden cart. I got mine at a garage sale and besides [...]
My garden cart is a garage sale find. I adore it and think it has so much more character than something new out of the box. I think with the economic times we find ourselves in ($5 gallon gas!) and all the talk about being “green,” this summer will see more garage sales than [...]
Today, the inimitable Cindy Adams featured me as her NY Post column’s “Only in New York” line: “RECORD citywide garage sales coming. At Da Tommaso ‘Garage Sale America’ author Bruce Littlefield: ‘People who before never dreamt of one will have several to raise cash.’” I do believe that… and it’s not only in the [...]
I’ve had amazing fun decorating Edgewater Farm with vintage garage sale finds. It’s imperfectly perfect. I showcase lots of gorgeous, inexpensive, and easy decorating in my book Garage Sale America. My goal with every purchase is to buy things that make me happy and make my home feel comfortable. There’s no “get your [...]
Hunting season soon to open.
Okay folks, there’s once again snow on the forecast for New York City. I’m not sure what’s going on with the weather in your neighborhood, but here’s my prediction: by two weeks from now in addition to flowers, there will be “Garage Sale!” signs popping up all over the [...]
Thanks to the Yard Sale Dude for posting on his blog one of my fun visits with Amy Robach on the Today Show. Yes, it’s the one that I joked about her shoes. First off, I love Amy. Secondly, as I stare out the window at the tundra that is the Northeast, I’m longing [...]
Bruce Littlefield gives Lisa Birbach some declutter tips.
There’s been a lot of talk since the New Year about guns and hunting. I don’t hunt with guns. I hunt with my bare hands, and before you know it, it’ll be that time of year again. If you really want to take advantage of hunting [...]
I love being on Cindy Dole’s Home Wizards on LA News Talk 980. Cindy is a home, garden and lifestyle expert that believes “home improvement IS life improvement!” She always has great ideas and a sense of humor and our segments are always FUN. For this episode, Cindy and I talked Christmas, everything from [...]
Octomom and baby talk to press about the yard sale.
Octomom is selling her bra. Need I say more? Obviously. Nadya Suleman held an auction-style garage sale from her Orange Country home on Saturday to raise money to avoid home foreclosure. Items for sale included a bikini she apparently wore on a tabloid cover [...]
