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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

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Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. To be extra cautious, after doing all of the above, I encased each mattress within a zippered vinyl mattress cover. Dealing with smaller cloth items. Although upholstery material can be very expensive (think $25+ a yard), you can find it on sale.

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Things I’ve Learned During 30 + Years of Home Ownership

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all, both Mom and Dad had been do-it-yourselfers and had trained me up to work right alongside them. When I go to garage sales, I see folks selling nearly new home decorations for a pittance. You have to at least, deal with fixing and patching. I thought I knew all about keeping a house.

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