country bumpkin
Have you ever found a discarded item in a skip, dumpster, or alleyway (etc) that someone has thrown out and taken it home with you because you liked it? What treasure did you find?
Example: My aunt used to go dumpster diving for the fun of it (not out of necessity) and she used to bring home some very nice items as well as a few questionable items too.
My aunt once brought home a Baker's Rack which looked new.
10 Answers
Ducky
I can't remember if I've found treasures on the curb (we have a day each year when people can sit things out with a 'free sign' on them) or at a dumpsite but I do like thrift stores. There are lots of treasures there!
| 8 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
One way to look at it is for every dollar you spend at the thrift shop, you are helping to clothe, feed and put a roof over someones head.
jhharlan
I used to do the dive when I was homeless. I'd hunt for food and found the greatest restaurants as well as the most generous....
| 8 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
terryfossil 1
I picked up something similar to this photo from a 2nd hand shop,,it was brown in colour, i painted it Gloss White,,and it totally transformed the room...
| 8 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
JDB
I insulated my shop and built the walls out of material from a dumpster at a construction business down the road from where I use to work. They would throw away half sheets of 3", 4", and 6" insulation board and odd shapes too , plus good 2×4's . I'm also known as the plant scavenger at work.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
Benthere
....always bought used textbooks at college.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
lindilou
I found a vintage 1920s dress form like this one left on the curb and grabbed it up for my daughter who sews ... pretty cool find!
| 8 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
Bob/PKB
Kids' dad would dive for recycling cans and bottles. The kids found some fun stuff and brought it home for me. I do keep my eyes open at thrift stores, curbside dump days (got a great collection of cookbooks), and always check the "sale" spots at the grocery store and "department" stores. :D
| 8 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Tommyh
Well.How the heck do you think we furnished this big ole house? Just kidding.But trash & treasure is a growth industry over here."Garage Saling" is the saturday morning past time.Hundreds of people get out & do it. I have often left stuff out the front of my house with "FREE" written on it.It disappears in an hour or so.
| 8 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
@Tommy.....Maggie and I would have fun I bet. :)
clu
I have found goodies along the roads that are free to take- a wicker setee, stacking lawn chairs plants and vases!
| 8 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
tabber
