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Repair, Don’t Replace

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? Remember when high school kids were required to take shop and/or home economics? Do you keep things until no one else wants them? Do you enjoy making old things new again? If so, you are in the minority.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. So, if you have the time and the patience, you can safely and economically reuse furniture of almost any type. But there are ways to save – consider used furniture. Ways to save on furniture. Have you renewed used furniture?

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