Look What I Found!
A SIMPLE ACCOUNT OF REUSABLE GOODS FOUND IN THE TRASH, THE SALES, THE KEEPS AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS
Wednesday, February 05, 2025
IKEA Vestmarka Mattress
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Simple Wicker Table Lamp Shade
Friday, December 20, 2024
Vacuum Cleaners
Having the recycle center in the neighbourhood brings trash picking to a new dimension for me. Where before I looked for saleables, or stuff I need for me, now I can pick up a lot more and get rid of it straight away for cash, allbeit not much. And get rid of unsold stuff without much effort.
So today I went with two bags of textiles, cleared out of banana boxes in my bedroom. Most were cloths and I'm not even sure any more where from. Only two I remember buying at a discount over 30 years ago and if I hadn't used them by now I am not going to anymore. Pity, but.
The rest were mainly curtain coupons. Most likely my friend gave them to me and if she did, she found them on the curbs in her part of town. A few forgotten pieces of clothing I didn't care to keep.
The fun is that on the way to the shop, at a 100 yards or so, I found a (cordless) stick vacuum cleaner, of which the interesting electric part just fitted in my back bicycle bag, together wit a media box (digital tv-receiver). But there was also a printer that I couldn't take, so I decided to come back for it. Then I was in the shop and after cashing the textiles, before doing the e-waste I said, wait, I'm going for the printer around the corner, can you hold my stuff for a moment? As they tend to round down the weight it's more lucrative to have it all together and pay out at once. They are all very nice there so no problem.
So on top of €0,95 fot the textiles I had an additional 0,89 for trash that had never even seen my house!
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Fixing My Curb Found Jeans Over Again
Final result, with a smaller patch to fill the hole in the middle of the first patch. Barely visible! Left side below the fixing of the new cut.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Philips D 5420 Direct Drive Turntable
Friday, November 29, 2024
Brandnew Cat Litter Box
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Leonard Cohen Poems
Here's one example, there are more but currently I can't find the photo's as they are not in the normal camera list. Dear Leonard, I love his music, and I was happy to be able to save this old old copy for another fan at €2,50.
IKEA Vestmarka Mattress
I picked this up from in front of my door (example pic from website here) months ago but failed to put it on my bed. Lack of energy and the ...

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Don't throw away your yarn scraps as the previous owner of this lot did! Though maybe the (presumably a) lady gave up her (knitting) hob...
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Sometimes all things fit perfectly together. I haven't posted in a few weeks so it's about time. I've been wanting to show our -...
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Last week I had a custom request from a buyer on Etsy, for a flower brooch in a different colour than I had available in my shop. She didn...