Lots of progress

[cjsmith]

All leftover cheese grated, flour-tossed, and frozen.

Books completely reorganized. Large armfuls moved to other rooms. Now there aren't stacks of books on the chimney and in front of the bookcase. Fiction, writing, and souvenirs (photos and travel books) are in this room and that's it. A major purge of all other topics (ahem, hiking and running and backpacking? sheesh) coming up soon.

Desktop computer area completely purged. I don't use any of that stuff. Out it goes!

Laptop "docking station" area set up. (Yeah, ok, I kept one mouse and a network cable.)

Couch cleaned up in the vain hope anyone anywhere might take it. What the heck do people DO with things like that? I don't want it. Its upholstery is torn and thus probably no one else will want it either. Yet it's a freakin' big thing to just throw in a landfill.

Cat snoring on nearby chair. Dinner coming soon courtesy of rfrench. (Sadly, bills still not paid.) I could happily use another day, but this is not too bad.

Comments

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

So, today looks like the day that my brothers and I will take the old couch with dingy upholstery (plus a tear behind the cushions, a cushion cover that doesn't want to go on a cushion, and a tear near the piping), old chair (with 2 upholstery tears, missing plastic foot, and no lumbar support, and de-laminating at one time beautiful queen bed frame ...all to the dump.

I wish there had been another way. I hate taking such large items to the dump, I would have liked to have found another home or some place that would "recycle" them. ...But these items were too buried to photograph and try Craigslist before and I'm out of time, access, $, and storage space now. The access problem was one problem facing just putting it out at the curb with a free sign & hoping that they'd go (I'm not there to put it back in at night or if it rained). ...If I felt I could afford the storage space, I might have even stored them later & put them to my use when I get a place of my own (with slip-covers for the couch & chair. ...But, :sigh:, there is no space in my storage unit & I need to get rid of more stuff so I can shrink the size of the storage unit. -- So, when it comes time that I can afford a place of my own, I'll need to buy new or scour Craigslist myself.

At least I contributed to having given the couch and chair an extended life span vs. those 2 items going to the dump years ago. ...and the once beautiful bed frame does need a lot of work (and isn't quite my style). ...and I did try to get rid of the couch & chair free at my garage sale a year ago -- the couch almost went but the "taker" didn't come get it.

Sadly, no one seems to want couches and chairs if the upholstery is torn. Re-upholstery seems like a lost cause unless one is prepared to pay for it and keep the item. Searching through The Center for Development of Recycling (CDR): recyclestuff.org (http://www.recyclestuff.org) I found a lot of places that will take furniture for reuse (IF the upholstery is in good condition) and only mention of city bulk pick-up as "recycling" options.

...anyway, may you have better luck with your couch. (thanks for listening)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw, bummer! I wish there had been another way too. As I'm not under the same time/access constraints, I may be able to do the on-the-curb-free thing... but if that doesn't work I think I'll have to do the same as you: bring it to the dump. :-(

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the sympathy, I do appreciate it. I think the couch was in the best shape of the 3 items, such as it was (even with cushions that liked to slip off a lot). At least the job is done.

Thank you for the comment reply -- it helps with not feeling so alone with this kind of furniture issue. Again, good luck with yours!