I popped into my favorite Thrift Store. It often has donations from retail stores. That day it had new furniture. A sofa, a chair, and a few mattresses and box springs were so new they were still wrapped in plastic. The quality was that of a low end discount store, but the prices were excellent. If you were buying furniture for a dorm room or first apartment, this is your place! A queen size mattress was selling for $199 and the matching box spring was $75.
Thrift store shopping is an affordable way to shop green. Husband and I needed a mattress for our guest room. We don’t want to spend thousands on a super duper uber green guest room mattress since we have overnight guests maybe once or twice a since we moved in six years ago. A more affordable option with an allergy ban cover to keep the flame retardants and such at bay will do just fine. It's working out well in our room.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Would You Buy a Thrift Store Mattress?
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Want a New Sofa? Reupholster It!
Husband came into my life with his own sofa. It was kinda like a gift with purchase. There was only one small problem with his bachelor sofa – the print.
1994 called. They want their sofa back.
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2/13/2011 08:57:00 AM
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
How to Fix a Garage Door Opener
My automatic garage door opener works fine in the summer but never in the winter. When I push the button on the wall or the remote, the garage door opener does one of two things:
- The door goes down and pops back up when it reaches the garage floor.
- The door doesn’t go down at all. The light blinks and that’s it.
Turns out that these two problems are common with garage door openers in winter. The cold weather causes the metal tracks of your garage door to expand ever so slightly which can knock the sensors and force of your garage door opener out of position just enough so the opener will not work properly in winter.
Fortunately, both issues have very quick fixes and take a less time to complete than a TV commercial break.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
World’s Cutest Reclaimed Four Poster Dog Bed
The Speckled Dog literally turned trash into the coolest treasure! She found this nasty looking table on the side of the road and carted it home.
Photo courtesy of The Speckled Dog
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2/03/2011 08:38:00 AM
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