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