A chicken coop was high on the list, since I was really OVER, smelling chicken poo in my garage! I need a compost bin for my garden, and then there was the pitiful plastic table I was using to do all my potting and plantings. It was ugly, completely utilitarian and just not me! But did I dare ask for my husband to think of one more project, when I was still smelling chick poo? No, I kept silent looking on the internet for garden benches, which were over priced and not what I had imagined.
And then on my way home from Melissa's I passed the bench of my dreams, sitting out on the side of the road beckoning for me to take it home.
Except, I don't dumpster dive? Is there protocol? Do you need permission? I had a car full of kids and unsure which home on this dirt road would I ask for permission to reclaim their garbage? Well I called Mike, he should surely know what to do, it is his job. A little aggravated he agreed to come pick up my beast of a find. I trekked an acre up and asked the first person I found to which they said, " If there aint a sign on it, take it." So there you go, you can take stuff on the curb as long as there is no sign??? Who knew!
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And between this and the coop I have got my paint fix for a while!
3 comments:
I just got a vacuum cleaner from the side of the road. It only needed a belt and it works great. I think it is about 30 years old.
I, too, worry that it wasn 't really out there to be taken, but it was clearly by the side of the road at a business.
First off, LOVE the coop! It is beautiful. You should see our pathetic galvanized (sp?) steel coop. And what an awesome find. Love your garden table. It looks like it came out of Country Living!! Good for you!
very cool! and itmatches the coop!
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