I Brake for Yard Sales: and Flea Markets, Thrift Shops, Auctions, and the Occasional Dumpster

Peppered with wisdom from world-renowned appraisers whom Lara knows from her previous work on Antiques Roadshow as well as contributions from well-known designers, this book also features the house of comedienne and good friend Kathy Griffin, which Spencer herself refurbished and decorated.. Looking for the newest arrivals at your local thrift shops? After busy Saturdays and no-pick-up Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are generally the best days to shop for fresh items. Good Morning America correspondent Lara Spencer is a self-confessed frugalista with a passion for shopping at yard sales, thrift shops, and estate sales, and for decorating her home and friends’ homes with her fabulous finds. In I Brake for Yard Sales, Lara shares her secrets for bargain hunti

She lives in New York City.. Lara Spencer is a Good Morning America coanchor and former host of CBS-TV’s The Insider and PBS’s Antiques Roadshow

She lives in New York City.. About the AuthorLara Spencer is a Good Morning America coanchor and former host of CBS-TV’s The Insider and PBS’s Antiques Roadshow

Great Tips & Photos for your DIY Projects. A great read and guidebook for all those who love flea markets & yard sales. The book will train your eye so you can see how special a flea market item can be once you add your personal touches. Best of all, the book is a soft-cover so you can take it with you when you head out to that weekend estate sale.. Didn't meet my expectations. I thought the book was going to detail how to go to garage sales and flea markets and look for a bargain you could buy and refurbish or find that diamond in the rough. After the first 10 pages, I realized it was a "coffee table" book just showing pictures of unique items she bought or items that she refurbished which didn't show "Before" pictures. Thought my wife might like it, she didn't. Got rid of it!. Chay91 said Misleading Description. I thought this was a book that gave you ideas and tips on the best way to refinish/repurposes items. But its just a book on how this woman goes around buying things and paying a professional to refinish the items for her. I refinish things because i don't have much money and it's relaxing. I don't have the money to go and drop off these items off with a professional and let him do the work for me and than call it my own. Sure she did one or two simple things but for the most part she paid people to do the dirty work and than put it in her book