To Do With Old Furniture
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-Find a chair. You can pick one up free at recycling areas, on the side of the road, garage sales or even your garage! I found this one in a dump heap.-Try to choose a chair that is missing the seat or is easy to remove the seat.
-Find a container that will fit in the opening. If you can't find one that fits you can make one out of a wire basket lined with moss or staple chicken wire to the chair. Line with moss.
-Fill with dirt. Lightly fertilize if you don't use potting soil that contains fertilizer. [think Miracle Grow]
-Plant your plants. Keep in mind shade or sun plants depending on the location you will display your chair.
-Optional: add a cute ornament for whimsy and fun!
-Find a spot to display your chair. Remember to water the plants!
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-Repurpose it. Turn a creative eye on that piece of furniture that you plan to get rid of. Could it be used in another part of your house? Could it be repainted or reworked to meet your current needs or tastes? Spend a little time brainstorming, and you may just find that old piece of furniture is worth hanging on to.
-Freecycle it. Find your furniture a new home by putting it up for grabs on freecycle.org. You'll get it out of your house, and make someone happy at the same time.
-Donate it. Give your furniture to a thrift store, domestic abuse shelter or another non-profit of your choosing. Your donation will help others, and net you a tax deduction too.
-Scrap it. Steel and aluminum furniture can be sold for scrap, and some plastic furniture can be melted down and reused. Little Tikes furniture, for example, is made of all recyclable plastic. Just put it out with your plastic milk jugs and it will be recycled into something new and exciting.
-Freecycle it. Find your furniture a new home by putting it up for grabs on freecycle.org. You'll get it out of your house, and make someone happy at the same time.
-Donate it. Give your furniture to a thrift store, domestic abuse shelter or another non-profit of your choosing. Your donation will help others, and net you a tax deduction too.
-Scrap it. Steel and aluminum furniture can be sold for scrap, and some plastic furniture can be melted down and reused. Little Tikes furniture, for example, is made of all recyclable plastic. Just put it out with your plastic milk jugs and it will be recycled into something new and exciting.
-Sell it. List your furniture in the classifieds; sell it in a yard sale, or consign it. If it's in good shape, it should be easy to convert that old furniture into cash.
-Curb it. Place your old furniture out at the curb with a "free" sign, and watch it disappear.
-Hand it down. Know someone that's just starting out? Then, offer up your discards. A worn out sofa is sure to beat no sofa at all.
-Curb it. Place your old furniture out at the curb with a "free" sign, and watch it disappear.
-Hand it down. Know someone that's just starting out? Then, offer up your discards. A worn out sofa is sure to beat no sofa at all.
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