To the rescue!!!

Category: FRED - the garden | Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:34 pm

I really hate to see good, useful things on the curb waiting for trash pickup. If I had the courage and a larger vehicle my yard would have more garden decor than plants.

The people across the street evidently have been redecorating and remodeling. They put a couple of couches and mattresses (no I didn't want those) on the curb Sunday evening. And a door.
I kept a watch on that door all day, but since they were home I was not going to go check it out (that is where the lack of courage comes in) but I kept telling myself that if it was taken by someone else before the conditions were ripe for us to get it then it wasn't meant to be mine. But I wanted that door. There are many people in our neighborhood who drive up and down streets on Tuesdays picking up scrap metal before trash day on Wednesday and many people who are brave enough to pickup other things that they can use.
Tuesday morning it was still there but so was the lady of the house. I asked Randy if he could take a couple of minutes of his lunch time and help me bring it home. Luckily, the lady left as he was putting his shoes on. We scurried over and brought it home.

It has a metal frame, the hinges and door knob will be removed. The glass is in perfect condition and the fake leading design around the edges is perfect too.
Now, when the weather cools some I am going to paint flowers on it...probably like the ones I painted on the old kitchen cabinet doors. The area near our back bedroom window will be changed to a plant nursery this fall and the door will be attached to the side of the shed in that area.

That's my Mom's old screen door behind it still waiting for it's garden decor debut.

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Frank wrote on Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:02 pm:

I can see why you wanted it Toni. What goes through your mind that stops you from picking it up while the owner is there? I think I understand however :)

eileen wrote on Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:36 pm:

Now that's the kind of thing I'd love to rescue too Toni!! Do let us see it once you've painted the glass. If it looks as good as those kitchen cabinet doors you did then it's going to be beautiful.

toni wrote on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:31 am:

Frank, I am not sure why I am hesitant to curbside shop when the resident is home. I have been home when other's have stopped to pick up things we have set out and it makes me glad someone could use something I no longer wanted.

Our city has an ordinance against taking things off the curb that have been left for trash pickup, but most people will put things out several days before trash day just in case someone else wants it.

CritterPainter wrote on Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:26 pm:

I've started to notice folks doing that here too- must be people who have moved from a sensible place like your area. It's so nonsensical to send something to a landfill that's useful to someone else.

farawaysister wrote on Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:12 pm:

People in your place just leave things they don't want / ned on the curb?
And people who could use them just pick them up?
Wow!
That's a cultural shock for me.
Such things never happen in the WHOLE of India, for sure.