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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Finding a new purpose for an old item is one of the joys of finding bargains at garage sales.

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Market Place: Online Community Garage Sale

Saving Cents With Sense

With great intentions, we usually set these items to the side for a future garage sale but as time gets by during our busy lives it is hard to organize and dedicate a full day to a garage sale. So let the Market Place be your personal Community Garage sale reaching out to thousands of people nationwide.

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Two abandoned-house nightstand rehabs

The Frugal Girl

I sanded it down in my dad’s garage. I didn’t have a pressing need for it, so I really could not find the motivation to do something with it. I tackled one of these last year, to serve as a nightstand in Lisey’s room. I did this one while I was still living with my parents, actually.

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Why Buying Green Is Not Always Eco-Friendly.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A few years back I received a press release about a “green” mansion that some billionaire was building. A giant pool, waterfalls, a 7 car garage, a dock for a yacht, 11 bathrooms, and 15,000 square feet of living space. What a mess that would make, all in the name of going green! How in the world is that considered green?

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10 Ways to Repurpose Picture Frames

Saving Cents With Sense

Whether you are browsing at a local thrift shop, flea market, garage sale, or just perusing your own garage or basement, we all seem to have an abundance of them! Press concert tickets, the receipt from a special dinner, as well as a snap shot in a frame and display as an instant memory keeper. Make a framed memory keeper.

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How I Saved $1400 by Upholstering My Chairs

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Along the way, on one of my garage sale shopping expeditions, I stumbled across a matched pair of wing backs (non-reclining) for $20 each. An example of related pieces – the chair outside back had two metal strips with sharp tack like extensions that were used to fold fabric over and press into the wood.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Just like some of these other B2B examples, small businesses often hire outside PR agencies to assist with their public image and presence — including business marketing, events, press releases, outreach and more. Take a page from Harp Design Co. are independently owned.