Free Home Furnishings!

Yes, the trash picking is amazing here. It seems every night is trash night, cause not only do different parts of our town have a different night, but the surrounding towns are on different pick up schedules as well. Sigh....I'm in h--e--a--v--e--n!

The past two nights have been the best. Drum roll please........ I found a 5 drawer dresser, small 3 drawer chest, small wooden chair, a set of 4 wooden fold up chairs with comfy seats, round beveled wall mirror, a matching coffee table/end table set (super solid wood), a painting, and a 24" bar stool. And don't even get me started rattling off the list of stuff from the past month! Hysterical. I feel like I just went on a spending spree at the thrift shop!

I'm careful about what I take. Mostly things that we can use around the house or pass on to others. Everything gets the smell test first and I'm leery about moldy basement smell. Then I examine the object to see if it's worth taking. Some things just need little repairs or painting, but mostly of what I rescue just needs a good cleaning.

While I feel really lucky to have found these things, I can't help but feel a little angst that such perfectly functional stuff just gets thrown out with the trash. With great sites/groups like freecycle, craigslist, and the local thrift shops, useful things should not be going to landfills. So if your reading this and contemplating what to do with the junk you want to quickly get rid of -- please try to offer it to friends, freecycle, local thrift shops, or the free section of craigslist first! Or even just post a curb alert so folks know to come and get it before the trash man!

But, we scored big time and I'm very pleased. When we moved, we decided that we would furnish our house via Craigslist finds. Sorry Craig.....but local trash nights are the way for us!