How’s this for an Earth Day post?? Bear with me here…by the end, I hope you’ll see that this is more appropriate than you might think. When I say, “I don’t think it much matters.”, I’m not referring to global warming. If it is all true, then yeah, it would definitely matter. What I mean […]
How Second-Hand Items Help Me Be More Gracious
Several months back, I found this frame at Goodwill for $2.50. I LOVE it when I find frames with mats, because mats take a picture from good to fabulous. It came with a little tag that said “meow” on it, and since the odds of me EVER owning a furry pet that walks around my […]
How Freecycle Works
Someone asked me quite a while ago if I’d explain a little more about Freecycle, but I forgot until just now. Ahem. I’m sure many of you are already diehard Freecyclers, but for those of who aren’t, here’s a brief overview. Freecycle is an organization made up of many small(ish) groups all over the globe. […]
A little more painting | Before and Afters of a tallboy dresser from Freecycle
Antique lovers, you will probably want to leave the room for this post. Consider yourselves warned. I’m about to post pictures of an antique dresser that I (gasp!) painted. In my defense, I got it from freecycle, and it would have been against the freecycle code of ethics for me to sell it (so I’d […]
I’ve been painting again | Nightstand + dresser from Freecycle
Those of you know know me in real life will not be surprised by this because for the last several months, I’ve been on a roll with the whole furniture painting thing. For some reason, we’ve been blessed to receive an awful lot of solid-wood furniture recently on Freecycle…since March, we’ve gotten four dressers, a […]
