Regular readers know that I have a favorite place to look for bargains...our downstairs trash area! Our building has trash chutes on every floor and they feed into a separate room, but for boxes and other things that people can't put in the chute, there is an area (indoor) near the loading dock, where people can put the things they don't want.
I've found quite a few cool items so far.
Here are the latest!
Check this out! Someone put these two bar stools next to the dumpster. There was nothing wrong with them at all. You sit on them and there is a lever underneath that will cause them to go down lower to table height and if you lift the lever while you are off of it, it raises back up high to bar/counter height.
We thought about keeping then in the apartment but there really isn't much space.
So I took them to the barn for their new home...
I put one at the drafting table and set it higher so that it was a comfortable height...
And the other one is by the workbench and at a bit lower height for working at the table.
They aren't exactly "farmhouse style", maybe a bit more "bridge of the USS Enterprise" but hey, they now provide much needed seating while I'm doing stuff and best of all, they were free, ha.
Awesome! Great treasure for you from someone's trash.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone had moved out of their apartment and just left them behind for the management to deal with or they just no longer had any use for them in either case, they found a good home.
Hey, I kept it out of the landfill (and snatched it before someone else, ha). Yeah, a lot of people here move out of state or overseas and so yeah they might be downsizing or just not have space for them.
DeleteI can't believe someone let those go! They look so nice! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI know right? They are in perfect shape, not broken or torn or anything. Thanks!!
Deletewow...you have a free store in your building!
ReplyDeleteIt is kind of neat, ha. Thanks!!
DeleteThose are awful fancy barn chairs! A place to sit is important, and those fit the bill. They look like I could slide right off. You will miss the trash when you leave that building.
ReplyDeleteFancy indeed! I feel like they should be less shiny for a barn, ha. I hear ya!!
DeleteYou can beat free function!
ReplyDeletethat's for sure. Free function, I like that way of describing it ha.
DeleteI like those. Great find!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Thanks!! Definitely worth taking when I saw them. Someone else might have grabbed them.
DeleteFree is an excellent price!
ReplyDeleteFree is the best isn't it?? ;-)
DeleteYou needed seating in the barn, then you found these free stool - great re-purposing!
ReplyDeleteYep, not what I might have envisioned but hey, when my butt is on them, I'm ok with whatever they look like.
DeleteGreat and futuristic. When you decide to build that replica of the Enterprise they will come in handy. They look like Uhura's and Spock's chairs. <3
ReplyDeleteHA! Nichelle and Leonard or Zoe and Zachary? :-)
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