Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. I look for the neighborhood sales, which are usually either in spring or fall.

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Garage Sale Garage Finds Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2014

Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. For me, going to sales is not just a means to find things I need at rock bottom prices, it is also entertainment. For me, going to sales is not just a means to find things I need at rock bottom prices, it is also entertainment.

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Buy Buying Garage Sale Garage 178

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. Our home furnishings include many cherished family heirlooms, such as an iron bed my folks bought at a sale, or the hand carved bed frame purchased by my great-grandfather. Often older cloth furniture retains the smells from its prior life. Ways to save on furniture.

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Re-use Used Furniture Furniture Recycle 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. Considering that many of us have walk in closets that house more clothes than we can wear in three months, it’s easy to see how her philosophy would lead to a lot less clutter, expense, and environmental cost.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Have you ever shopped at neighborhood garage sales? Well, I had to research this one as I’ve lived in the same home for 26 years now and have only changed out the paint once (repairing all those holes the kids put in the walls with their dart boards!) How often do people redo their rooms?

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Home Money Home and Garden Painting 100

Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2013

Create your own changing station by placing the cloth-covered changing pad on top of a dresser. When your child outgrows diapers you can continue using the dresser for her clothing. Buy a dated, smooth-gliding rocker at a garage sale for next to nothing and customize it with several yards of fabric and a staple gun.

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Budgeting Budget Painting Hardware 94

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We mowed the grass, made our clothes, cleaned house, cooked , and fixed broken stuff. I even made the kid’s play dough and finger paint. That took forever!

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213