Thrifty Thursday

Recycling, up-cycling, reusing, re-purposing. Whatever you want to call it, it's being thrifty and walking with a softer footprint. I've managed to incorporate all of these, more or less. Would you like to see how?


 When I get the chance to peruse the local thrift store on my lunch break, I have a plan of attack as soon as I enter the store. The first place I head to is the bedding section. I'm on the look out for quilts. I've already found this one and that one.  And last week, I found this one.

It may seem frivolous but I like the fact that they're hand made. It's also important that they've been around the block at least once or twice. You know, blankets that have seen fever filled nights, have been snuggled under during story time, left on the clothes line during a thunderstorm, or dragged around the house by an errant puppy, and have otherwise seen lots of love. Well, they seem to fit right in with this old farmhouse. 
 
This one is the perfect size for getting cozy under while watching a movie on a chilly Friday night or it might even go nicely in the male twin's bedroom. A handmade quilt for under $5? I'll find a use for it.

I also picked up some extra clothes pins for fifty cents, which I store in this old rice sack. Just above the outdoor laundry shelf the Artist made for me out of leftover wood used to renovate the male twins bedroom.

And the Pièce de résistance?  

 

A piece of old spruce cut down last fall to make way for the new septic system has been recycled into my new laundry stoop! I told the Artist this should do me just fine until I hit seventy, then I may need something with a railing. 

Gotta plan ahead you know.

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