There’s been many times where I’ve passed by houses that have put out items for the garbage truck to pick up, like dressers and bookselves. More often than not, it’ll get me thinking about how to repurpose the item that just got ‘tossed’. One persons trash is another persons treasure.
One day, on the way home after picking up my son from school, I saw a dresser sitting on the curb. With the assistance of my son and a couple of neighbourhood kids, we picked up all the drawers from the dresser and plopped them in our garage. Last week, I attached a bunch of the drawers together to create a new bookshelf for my son. When my son saw it, he got excited and helped arrange the books on the shelves.
Island of Misfit Mamas 