The price is right: $FREE.00

My absolute favorite thing is to get a great find for my favorite price: FREE. As I've mentioned in the previous posts, I like to find things on Craigslist, Nextdoor.com, yard sales, or even driving around the village and spotting stuff that people put by the curb for anyone to take. 

Last summer I got a great stereo system with CD player, tape deck, component, and speakers. The speakers turned out to be way too big and the sound coming from them was scratchy. So I finally bought some bookshelf sized speaker from Amazon and they were the perfect. It took me one whole afternoon to set it up...drilling the holes in the shelves and snaking the wires through the back of them nearly killed me. And it makes such a mess with all the sawdust, etc. But the end result is fantastic. The speaker were only $60 and the sound is awesome. 

Scott spotted these old beach chairs in someone's front yard the other week and he thought they'd make a good project for me. He was right. Just a little spray paint and some sewing did the trick. I used the drop cloth canvas again. I don't know how long they'll stay in good shape as I had to cut the interior tubing to get the canvas on and they're only being held together with wooden dowels and duct tape! But they were FREE so I can't complain, even if they only last one season. 

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I spotted two wooden chairs about three blocks over the other day. I thought they'd be nice for the porch. All they needed was a little paint, they were very solid and the cane seats were in really good condition. At first I only took one, but on reflection I went back the next day to get the other one. 

Last week I saw that someone was giving away several linen lamp shades on Nextdoor.com. I've been needing a new shade for the lamp on the porch, I didn't need four, but I thought 'what the hell' I'll take the lot. They turned out to be really nice shades complete with linings, they couldn't have been cheap. I tried a couple on the lamp and decided on the this drum shade. The others are stored for now in the basement.