lovin’ freecycling….

I love freecycle ……. today I have collected 2 children's chairs, the wooden chair & the fantastic map chest in the picture above from a likeminded couple who are emigrating to New Zealand. The map chest had a quick rub down with some sandpaper and it can stay where it is for now, I shall leave the old wooden chair as it is. The children's chairs are crying out for a lick of farrow & ball, but sadly they are rather low on my list of priorities at the moment. (Promise some pictures when completed)….

The whole idea of savings someone else's junk from the tip is rather exciting. You never know what's going to be up for grabs or if you were quick enough off the mark to get it and then there are the logistics of collecting certain items and whether we brought the right vehicle. I usually send my husband who is very patient with my excitement for others peoples junk. It also fits nicely in with the eco/thrift/need 'new' things ethos that I try to live by. Our most exciting collection was a marvellous bedknobs & broomsticks king-size bed for my eldest son's room (with a virtually brand new mattress). They lady who so kindly gave it to us was really sad to see it go but her husband couldn't sleep on it as it was too soft. As well as receiving we also feel it's really important to pass stuff on as well. Things that I have hoarded far too long & recently a flat screen TV that we could easily have sold but gave away to bring about some balance to the whole affair. Sadly there are a lot of people who just want to snaffle everything up to sell it on and make a few bucks but you quickly get wise to those kind of replies and it becomes easy to spot the genuine ones.

I was going to put the map chest in my studio but it fits quite well in this end of the kitchen and will be a great place to hoard also sorts of precious things.