| You've probably never thought about recycled | | | | all. At the next garage sale, you find a great storage |
| furniture as home decor. In fact, you might be | | | | ottoman, but it is olive green, which not only clashes |
| disgusted by the thought of someone picking up your | | | | with your current living room décor but also |
| old furniture when you set it out on the curb for trash | | | | with the couch you just bought. You can go to a fabric |
| pickup. However, if you think about it, furniture is | | | | store and purchase enough fabric in the color of your |
| recycled all the time, with pieces being sold in garage | | | | choice to recover both items or to even create simple |
| sales or sent to Goodwill and other charity services | | | | slip covers that can be removed and washed for both |
| for those who are less fortunate. If you are working | | | | items. Overall, with the cost of the two pieces used |
| with a small budget, a garage sale or a second hand | | | | and the material, you've probably spent less than you |
| store can actually be a great place to find your | | | | would have on just the ottoman had you bought it |
| newest bedroom furniture item or decorative piece for | | | | brand new. |
| the foyer. | | | | The same is true of wood furnishings. Perhaps you |
| Actually, if you think about it, all antiques are technically | | | | need to get an additional nightstand for your bedroom, |
| recycled, but because they often have a ridiculously | | | | and everything you have so far is cherrywood. Yet, at |
| high value attached to them, people don't see them as | | | | a second hand store, you find a piece that is the same |
| used. The same can be said of some second hand | | | | style as your current shelving for a very low price that |
| furniture, which you can even update yourself if you | | | | has an oak finish. It is quite easy to buy some |
| want to make it "like new", still costing much less than | | | | sandpaper and apply a coat or two of cherrywood |
| a new wrought iron bed or wood dresser. If you spend | | | | finish to a sanded unit, and the cost difference from |
| a Saturday or Sunday shopping garage sales and | | | | buying a new unit is definitely worth the time. |
| yard sales in your area, you could probably furnish an | | | | So, next time you start thinking about how crazy some |
| entire house for the cost of one or two new pieces, | | | | people are for buying used bedoom furniture, think |
| and just because the units you buy don't match | | | | twice about how crazy you may be for turning down |
| doesn't mean you can't work with them. | | | | the opportunity to purchase something that you can |
| For example, maybe you buy a TV armoire that is in | | | | update yourself and save an outrageous amount of |
| nearly perfect condition at one yard sale, but it is a | | | | money. As the old adage says, one man's trash really |
| shade of brown that doesn't match your living room at | | | | is another man's treasure. |