I think i put a post for Mother Earth news up on the site...tips for getting stuff done around the house in an earth friendly and usually VERY cheap way.
By the way...mom begs and borrows anything she can from her neighbors. This has allowed her to get some stuff done around the house and yard that would have been impossible without a cash outlay. Little things - like borrowing a limb trimmer, etc. She has also rediscovered how one mans trash is another mans treasure...picked up a chair or two curbside after yard sales... Actually got a really great metal one that she sprayed with bright red paint...looks nice and makes her smile everytime she looks at it! Sometimes its just the little things....
Just a thought......If you are handy with your paws and have the time. Can you go through the free to give away papers. Find treasures that you can do up or fix, then on sell them on e-bay?
Even the paint or repair items might be in the free papers. Ie. finding a free old chair, free paint and if you are lucky free material. then you have the stuff to do up the chair to sellable condition.
Or a table that needs sanding back. Also if you go to furniture, kitchen etc manufacture places. They sometimes have a bin out the front with free wood. (well we have that here) I found some large pieces. Sometimes carpet places might have off cuts that they can't sell. It might be purrrect for making cat trees. I also found the hardware stores sometimes get their wood delivered on wooden logs which they just throw out. Also great for the poles on the cat trees.
Freecycle often has really good things listed - furniture, appliances, materials for DIY projects etc. People list a description of what they have and you can also post a request for specific things you are looking for. Everything is completely free and you just have to pick it up.
