Estate Sale Roundup: December 12-14

If you can't bear strident retailers screaming about some Christmas countdown, try discarding the big-box retail chain-around-our-necks plan, and grab a map instead. You'll still find too much for yourself, but you won't break the bank. Note Bene: The tide brings an ark's worth of outdoor enhancements this week.

Lakeway Estate Sale
The warmth of quality wood awaits: oak beds, mission style coffee table and chair, oak kitchen cabinet, oak dining table and chairs, drop-leaf table and T-Back chairs, Victorian bench, rattan patio set, oak wash stand, oak dresser with mirror. Cash only. 303 Comet Cove, 78734, Lakeway; Fri., 9am-4pm, Sat., 8:30am-1pm.

Woodwork and Relaxing Outside at John and Judy's
Poke around the yard of John and Judy Carlson to find benches, wheelbarrow; plants; anvils; bird houses; bow saw; hand sander, drill, and saw; drill bits, screwdrivers, allen wrenches, calipers, hammers, Hitachi 10" table saw; Bosch router table with a Cable & Porter router; vintage 12-gauge single-shot shotgun; piles of scrap iron; vintage Zenith radio; Werner ladders; plow. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted. 1508 Princeton, 78757; Fri.-Sat., 9am-5pm.

Martha Purcell Hawkins Estate
Peruse selected items from the outbuildings and basement of this landmark residence, built in 1882 by Charles A. Newning. Items include antique stair balusters and newel posts, as well as other architectural salvage; screen doors, painted green; seven vintage metal chairs, bouncers, and an old glider, all painted green; metal mesh glider, painted black; pressed glass and other kitchen and household items; old trunks; 1950's kitchen table; child's table with two chairs; assorted chairs and stools; bookcases and shelves; 4'x4' metal "Hawkins Western Camp, Boys 5-8" sign; Radio Flyer wagon; equestrian trophies; old Texas license plates; suitcases; garden tools; child's slide and crawl tube; many $1 items. Cash, credit/debit cards accepted. 1100 Hillside, 78704; Fri.-Sat., 10am-1pm.