estate sale haul! books! card catalog full of junk! a big rusty thing!!

[@jerrielindsey5939]

Best garden structure ever!

[@elainebusch9382]

I feel this is not something you don't know...but I have to be sure....Christine McConnel is on you tube and she loves a bit of dark and beautiful surroundings....she uses the most beautiful and perfect pieces of art to complete her living space....currently she has moved to a huge mansion in New York....and is redoing each room... So fun to watch her ..

[@krose6451]

Yay! Thanks for normalizing being excited for this kind of thing. Thank you for sharing with us

[@SuzanneBaruch]

The pyramidal metal object you bought for your garden is called a garden obelisk or a tuteur. It's an exceptional one and unusually large. What a great find, and you've put it into the perfect place!

[@shellyott5898]

I thought it was the bottom or base of a windmill 😅

[@kaylahstroup]

I'm aware what a garden obelisk is. 😉 I just don't think that was it's original purpose.

[@theboxfox6598]

That book haul 😍😍😍 It's a horror nerd's dream! Congrats!

[@kaylahstroup]

Right!? Like when is that going to happen again!? Probably never! I couldn't believe my luck. I'm always thrifting, antiquing, junking, whatever and have never ever stumbled upon such a huge lot of stuff I actually want to read.

[@susanmark2000]

Great video. I love Big Rusty. Absolute perfection and a wonderful new life for this garden sculpture.

[@LyshaStanford]

I love this story so much!

[@debbiedelahuerta3814]

Amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@noodlesauce2553]

I love these estate/thrift hauls! ❤❤

[@imaginariumofvanessanicole]

Hey Kaylah! Long time watcher here ❤ just wanted to let you know I was so inspired by your garden space that I’m building one of my own…and will be filming a video of the process and doing a personal shout out to you as well. 🥰🥰 waving to you from PA , and as always, enjoying your videos 🌹

[@kaylahstroup]

That is so awesome! I can't wait to see! ❤

[@christianlutes5593]

Greetings, A couple of weeks ago, I pulled something that looks very much like your garden centerpiece out of a big dumpster. The previous owner told me it was the base of a windmill. I filled up an old tractor tire with dirt, put the metal piece in the center of it all then planted an heirloom tomato plant in it to grow and vine. Great minds 🍅

[@kaylahstroup]

How fun!

[@tammyleviner3070]

I know exactly what you mean! The days of the great scores is our drive, our fuel for more!😉 I collect really old books, vintage poor antique, but i use them for decor and just the beauty of them! Oh wow what a killer deal on the metal card catalog piece!! I would have jumped on that too! And that's A perfect place for it! The last tall rusty piece is another perfect find for your garden! Its going to be stunning with the flowers running on it!! Your garden is already a flower lovers dream, this will only add to the beauty of it🌺 Aww super cute toad bench! I'm A sucker for anything made of wood, especially if its old! Great haul.. my dream is to one day find a place like that to explore! I did get to go digging thru several old sheds back in the late winter that no one had gone thru in years.. found lots of treasures! But an entire house & property, nice!! TFS!😊

[@Nausome_nana]

I love your videos and the stories they tell.. 📚❤️The metal structure looks like it was made for your garden. Thanks for sharing your adventures. ❤️❤️

[@dianepereira1860]

Sounds like you went on an adventure and was pleasantly surprised! ❤

[@lalalandtoysandbooks]

It's been years but I still have your blog post about books saved in my bookmarks because you have such great taste in books I've definitely purchased books based on what you said about them and I'm a horror reader too 😊 Amazing finds!

[@megan2176]

Saving this to watch at my lunch break!! When i hear "full of junk", i swear my mouth waters! One person's junk is another person's juicy treasure!!! (unless it's literal juicy junk, in which case i don't want it!) 🤢😅❤

[@kaylahstroup]

ewwww juicy junk! no!!!

[@helenherning8530]

I’m so in LOVE with your garden! Thank you for sharing all your creativity.

[@jennyd6185]

Love ❤️ your enthusiasm!!! Enjoy your adventures & keep sharing!!!

[@felinetherapy4782]

As a fellow horror reader, I'm in awe of your finds! Score!

[@Sammowrimo]

Loooove finding books in the wild and scoring big!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@kaylahstroup]

Right?! SO exciting!

[@tammymurphy2707]

Excellent share Kaylah - I love your enthusiasm!

[@kaylahstroup]

Thank you 🤗

[@mamazeno1672]

That is a stand for a windmill, it goes on top of it.

[@kaylahstroup]

That was my dad's guess as well! One man's windmill is another man's trellis!

[@lucyveenstra11]

Watching this with my two cats and AGH that’s so exciting!! A home library is a dream☺️💚📗

[@jadefreeman8901]

Wow great finds love the garden and the new trellis so cool all those books ❤❤❤

[@dawnpakstas4650]

Super find!😀🇨🇦

[@rainydeadppl]

I love Old Rusty so much, it fits so well!

[@darksideofthebridge]

Yeah! Such great finds!

[@deadlyNightshade789]

Final girls by Riley Sager is SO GOOD! I read that recently because I randomly came across it on tumblr and it sounded right up my alley and BOY WAS IT. in fact I liked it so much that I wanna read all the other books by that author now. I'm so jealous of your book haul omg (although I have a lot of those but still. Aaah) ❤❤

[@mandybutler2846]

I am loving this video and am a new subscriber! Please be careful when building a home library upstairs. You don't want to put too much weight up there with the shelves and books. It's riskier than you think. (I had an acquaintance who learned that the hard way.)

[@eviehawke]

i have treasure envy! great scores.

[@Prairietallgrass]

Holy cow! Score!!💃💃

[@InsomniacReader]

Years ago I opened my first bank account with my dad with a bucket full of aluminum scrap. First $75 bucks.

[@kaylahstroup]

Wow!

[@AislingBlack]

OHHH. I love Kirino's books! THey are all really good

[@amandadunn2481]

You scored some great reads!

[@InsomniacReader]

My black cat is also in his senior years and has gone deaf. Very vocal now especially for his Churu demands 😅 ❤🦑

[@kaylahstroup]

Oh yes, my girl is a Churu queen! She gets it daily after her meds and will not let you forget about it.

[@alyssakelley1956]

I truly LOVE everything about your home, I know you’re hard on yourself but I want you to know that it’s beautiful and your style is priceless. You are one of a kind. ❤

[@kaylahstroup]

Thank you so much!! ❤❤❤

[@lisapellitier2450]

Great adventure

[@thecatsmeow50]

What a score!

[@octobird1]

I love this whole story! Your garden is #goals

[@kaylahstroup]

thank youuuu! :)

[@suetharp844]

You got some great deals! Love your videos!!!

[@kaylahstroup]

Thanks so much!!

[@smidgen]

i'd never heard of a clematis before so i googled it, funnily enough it's one of the first plants i ever had as a child, i just never knew the real name (i named it "Crystal" so in our family they've been called crystals ever since lol). i haven't had one in years but they're gorgeous and omg that windmill makeshift trellis is going to be so beautiful covered in clematis'!! very creative idea. i want to pick out some for my own garden now haha, yours look amazing!

[@kaylahstroup]

Hahah! That's very cute!

[@ejd8739]

I liked the piece next to your garden item

[@kaylahstroup]

The Napa display thing? I was looking at that too! :P There was so much good junk there!

[@joanneclose7041]

Great stuff!

[@roarmaus]

Switch could house wiring for a dumbwaiter. Snack elevator if cosy movie watching is on a different floor.

[@kaylahstroup]

(I don't know if it's shown in this video but) There's actually a dumbwaiter in the future library! It's obviously not in working order but if I reeeeally wanted to it could absolutely be rigged up! Maybe a future for funsies project once all the big stuff is done.

[@cathyhelmuth823]

The big rusty thing was waiting on you to discover it!

[@kaylahstroup]

Right!? Felt like it was meant to be!

[@teresasathoff2677]

yes, it does look awesome!

[@alexandracarolyn1626]

Score on the books! Joe Hill, his dad Stephen King, and R.L Stine are all great. I happen to have all a few of Bentley Little's books. Defiantly a strange author. Have you read any of Bentley Little's work?

[@kaylahstroup]

I haven't yet! I see his stuff recommended along side a lot of other stuff I read so that's why I grabbed them all!

[@eloughman21785]

The switch... are you able to turn into a light switch or if you have a garage use it as the opener that goes in the wall?

[@kaylahstroup]

Oh absolutely but I'd love to do something sillier with it. Something unexpected, ya know?

[@lionfearts]

Kaylah do you have a Goodreads or Storygraph? I'd love some good horror recs!

[@kaylahstroup]

I dooooo but I am terrible at updating it - www.goodreads.com/user/show/62600703-kaylah Most my book recs happen over on insta stories (which then get saved to a hightlight) and other than that I also post on my blog about books - thedaintysquid.com/category/reviews

[@lanageorge5865]

I think your key could be called an Index of Provenance.

[@janehavens3086]

The rusty thing is an obelisk!! Absolutely gorgeous...your garden is wonderful!!

[@tiffanycave5974]

❤❤❤❤ cool

[@pamw4779]

garden obelisk

[@thecatsmeow50]

So less than$100?

[@kaylahstroup]

Yeeeeah buddy! :)

[@Sassygrannyvlogs]

💙

[@aksez2u]

Who's the gatekeeper of the "home library"? Someone on TikTok? 😆 You definitely don't need 1000 books to say you have a home library.

[@kaylahstroup]

This feels like a weird anti-TikTok comment? 1000 books as the amount to qualify as a home library is a long time common idea. Some folks just like to have little goals to reach toward, no biggie! :)

[@aksez2u]

@@kaylahstroup Right. I was thinking later that it’s a fun goal if it suits you 🙂 But also anti TikTok 😁 ❤️ I wouldn’t want people to feel like they literally can’t claim to have a home library if they have fewer than 1000 books