What do I do with my old stuff?

I actually have an appointment this afternoon with a brand new patron. We're getting together to place the final touches on a plan in order to take her apartment at the seaside from its current kingdom of mid-'90s builder chic to something more current and loads more her. However, she has an entire kitchen complete of flawlessly usable cabinets and appliances. She has furnishings, window treatments, plumbing furniture, etc.: all of if you want to being eliminated and never heard from again. The stuff's usable and smooth, just vintage and previous. My patron's now not by myself on this. I mean, what do you do along with your old stuff when it's principal renovation time?

Throwing it away isn't always the answer I'm seeking out. Why no longer supply that stuff to a person who can use it. The range nevertheless cooks, the refrigerator nevertheless refrigerates and that laminate cabinetry ought to ultimate another twenty years inside the proper setting.

There are two ways of getting rid of old stuff that I recommend to people. The first is Habitat for Humanity's ReStore on 118th Avenue in Saint Pete. Habitat for Humanity operates a retail store as a way of raising money to build houses for people who need them. If you have appliances that are less than 10-years-old, furniture in good condition, building supplies, etc. They will take your donated stuff, sell it and then put that money to good use. What a great idea. Your old stuff ends up in the hands of someone who will continue to use it and the money raised will go to an important cause.

The ReStore on 118th is essentially a house-related thrift store, for lack of a better term. If you're considering undertaking a renovation project of your own some time soon and if you love a bargain, head over there. The directions are on their website . Also on that website is a call for volunteers to help run that store. If you have some hours you'd like to give to a good cause, consider them. Time spent outside of your life can be greatly rewarding. But in the meantime, give them your old stuff.

My second pick is something called Freecycle. Freecycle is a worldwide network of local chapters whose goal is to bring together people who have stuff with people who want stuff. Freecycle's local group is in Saint Pete and you can go to their website here. There are in excess of 6,000 members of the Freecycle network in Saint Pete alone, and someone among them wants your old range and cabinetry, trust me. Freecycle isn't intended to be a one-way street. It's members give and take in equal measure. So in getting connected with someone who wants your range, you may get connected with someone else who has coconut palms they want to get rid of. Who knows what you'll fins, the important thing is you'll find something. Even if it's nothing more than a new home for your old stuff.

Between Habitat for Humanity's ReStore and Freecycle , you are bound to find a place to put your old stuff that's not the landfill along 275 and that my friends is a great thing.

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