tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511377555438888096.post4009343285434857769..comments2023-08-20T02:59:53.646-07:00Comments on Art for Daily Life: Dumpster DivingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08112347934232298502noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511377555438888096.post-81797144833789053502008-03-05T22:07:00.000-08:002008-03-05T22:07:00.000-08:00I can't picture what a cabinet knob backing looks ...I can't picture what a cabinet knob backing looks like. I wish you could post pictures in the comments! We could get a real discussion going here.<BR/>hmmm...jewelry?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112347934232298502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511377555438888096.post-29511433276021720572008-03-05T17:54:00.000-08:002008-03-05T17:54:00.000-08:00First time to your blog and I find a topic I can r...First time to your blog and I find a topic I can really relate to. I love to find junque, but just don't usually do it at the dump here in Portland. Every summer though, during our visit to family on Cape Cod, I make sure never to miss the weekly trip to the dump. In addition to the piles of trash and piles of old appliances and twisted metal scrap, the Eastham dump has set up a "Second Hand" store. Volunteers stock the store with the best of used goods coming from "customers" to the dump and then other "customers" (me!) come and take things away free! I always find something cool that I can use or recycle into some new purpose somehow. It's a great way to keep things out of the dump and great for those of us who find character and utility in others' cast-away objects.<BR/><BR/>Here in Portland, I like to go to ReStore which collects and resells salvaged building and household items…sort of like Home Depot, but used and cheap, cheap, cheap…plus, it benefits Habitat for Humanity. Also, I like The ReBuilding Center which benefits United Villages and has the region’s largest inventory of quality, used building materials. Last week, I bought two used real wood drawers from an old kitchen installation ($3 each), plus two ceramic drawer knobs ($0.50 each) and 1,000 molded knob backings ($6 for all) of which I have painted 14 for decorations for the front of the white drawers. These drawers will then be set on cement bricks ($.25 each), filled with potting soil and will be planted with strawberry plants and lettuces for my deck. Fun! Now I just have to figure out another great art project for the 986 remaining cabinet knob backings that I have left! Any ideas?Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098778298880149925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511377555438888096.post-3458371790078523862008-03-05T15:57:00.000-08:002008-03-05T15:57:00.000-08:00Someone said the comments weren't working. This is...Someone said the comments weren't working. This is a test.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com