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Host: LaCheryl Cillie
Whether you are decorating your home, building a new wardrobe or starting a collection you can do it all Thrift Style. Fabulous finds are at estate sales, thrift shops, consignment stores or even garage sales and — they are waiting for you. LaCheryl Cillie is your treasure hunt guide, with more than 25 years of experience in the trenches. You’ll learn how to spot a high value item, get it appraised and even take it to market. Join us each week for the latest with experts, what’s hot and what’s not in Thrift Style Living!
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Biography
Thrift Style Living with LaCheryl Cillie
• Licensed Auctioneer AL License # 5017
• One of few African American Auctioneers in the country
• Appraisal Studies at The University of Montevallo for The Decorative Arts for the first 400 years of this country with the late distinguished American Society of Appraisers member George Burton.
• Thrift Style Living Expert Savvy Second Hand Shopping Expert
• Former Antiques and shopping Expert on WBRC Fox Network Birmingham, Alabama ‘s morning show, “Good Day Alabama” with host Janice Rogers and Bill Bolen for approximately 9 years.
• Twice Guest Atlanta Georgia’s FOX- 5 Antiques Expert
• National appearances ( two) on The Discovery Network Home Show “Home Matters”
• Many appearances in various national magazines, including “Essence, Black Enterprise, and Ebony, and About Time.
• Various articles in regional and national newspapers, including: The Chicago Tribune, The Birmingham News, The Montgomery Advertiser , The Post Herald, and a host of others
• Former Syndicated column for NNPA, “Hidden Treasurers Undiscovered Wealth” was the subject of many newspapers from coast to coast.
• Guest of both national and international radio talk shows ,from New York City, Washington D.C, to shows in Canada and the islands.
• Has done many Workshops throughout country on antiques and collectibles and discovering hidden treasures and undiscovered wealth. From the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham Library , St. Louis, Missouri, to New York City.
• Benefit auctions have included but not limited to; Camp Smile a Mile, The American Heart Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Medical Axillary Board, and a host of others.
• Author of “From Darkness to Light”, a guide focusing on discovering treasures around your house, collecting, savvy second-hand shopping, and more.
• Auction of one Birmingham’s most prestigious family estate “The Bundy Estate”.
• Aided private client in the recognition and sale of a painting bought in the thrift state for $3.88 discovered to be done by a famous president to be later sold for thousands.
Previous Episodes
- Thrift Style Living - Living Simple, Free And Happy May 12, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - The Paris Home Decor Look On a Shoestring Budget April 29, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - It Takes Two Thrifting As A Couple April 16, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - The Queen Of Style Thrifts New York City February 25, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - Call Dibs February 11, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - Discount Diva Actress Shares Shopping Secrets January 28, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - The Paris Thrift Scene January 14, 2013
- Thrift Style Living - How to Plan A Green Wedding December 24, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Stretching A Dollar For Entrepeneurs December 10, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Upcycling Living Green :The New Craze October 22, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - How Find and Buy at Government Auction and Foreclosures October 7, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - There is a Million Dollars in Your Garage September 24, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Picked Off September 9, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Stepping Out Vintage August 26, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Tag Sell It August 12, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Using the Internet to find Estate Sales, and Auctions and Finding Estate Sale Gold July 23, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Finding Vintage Nostalgia July 9, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Why I Thrift ? June 18, 2012
- Thrift Style Living - Estate Sale 101 June 4, 2012




