If you want to find a good deal browse online marketplaces such as eBay. Or, if you want to get hold of some stuff for free, check to see if there is a Freecycle (www.freecycle.org) group near you.
Freecycle groups are an easy way to find people near you that give (and receive) free stuff.
Someone in your area may be selling furniture, equipment or décor that you would like to have in your ‘pub shed’.
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Ebay and Gumtree are packed full of used sofas, cabinets and coffee tables that you can snap up for as little as £20. Websites such as Free Cycle also have furniture for free – the only catch is that you often have to collect the items yourself.
Not convinced about used furniture? Most of the big furniture companies also sell ex-display models for a huge discount on the original price. These items are often in great condition and almost good-as-new.
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: If you want to make this kid mosaic project with a group of children, old-style CD cases are just the kind of thing that you could ask for on Freecycle or Facebook; loads of people have junk like that kicking around their houses because they don’t want to trash it. They’d LOVE to pass the responsibility on to you.
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I love a good barter. Or a swap. An exchange of services for goods, or goods for goods. Maybe it’s because a good swap almost feels like a freebie.
Recently, I picked up a roll-and-a-half of shed felt – very useful when you have numerous coops and sheds as we do in our wannabe shanty town – from the very lovely Robin, who happens to run a very lovely B&B with his very lovely family.
A few hundred years ago, I put out a plea on the wonderful local Freecycle website, appealing for shed felt. I love Freecycle. I think it’s the ‘free’ part of the word that makes it so appealing.
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Moving house is always a long, tiring process with far too many things to think about. There’s not just the house to paint, possessions to pack and the travelling itself – but moving into a house sometimes requires new furniture.
Furniture is never cheap to buy with a brand new comfy sofa costing you upwards of £300 so what can you do? And since we are always been urged to recycle and recycle, we at the Echo challenged ourselves to furnish a house entirely of free second hand furniture.
Recyclers and environment lovers are likely to have heard of Freecycle before, but for those who haven’t it’s the site on which people can offer and request second hand items completely for free.
The Lincoln group had the following offers on Monday June, 29 with which to furnish your house completely for free:
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Avid recyclers and reusers will have explored the depths of Freecycle before but we wanted to see what was available for your garden from the website.
The Freecycle Network is another alternative to throwing away, especially for larger items, and offers people the chance to pass on unwanted items to a new loving home – for free!
We take a look what is on offer on Friday, June 26:
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Avid recyclers and reusers will have explored the depths of Freecycle before but we set a challenge to see if a house could be furnished with items from the website.
The Freecycle Network is another alternative to throwing away, especially for larger items, and offers people the chance to pass on unwanted items to a new loving home – for free!
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Freecycle – Freecycle is a grassroots organization built on the idea of people in an area giving away stuff for free that they don’t need. The network has gotten extremely large and can be a great place to find stuff, including boxes for moving. You need to sign up first and then post what you are looking for.
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The pope is issuing an encyclical about human-caused impacts on the environment. The president tells Coast Guard Academy graduates that climate change is a clear national security issue. Climate Action Brookline chips away at our intransigence. And The Recycling Corner continues to nag.
Solid waste is a big part of the environmental discussion. Thankfully, most residents of Brookline seem to get it, and many do something about it.
In Brookline, this is what “the many” are doing about their old stationary bikes.
Joining the Freecycle network: Freecycle.org is a grassroots movement with almost 9 million members who give away their gently used stuff or get others’ gently used stuff for free — all in an effort to keep the aforementioned gently used stuff out of landfills and waste-to-energy plants. Membership is free. Local volunteers monitor the network. Finally giving up that old but in good condition stationary bicycle? Need a stationary bike to help recover from that knee replacement? Maybe freecycle.org can make the match!
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5. The Freecycle Network
The Freecycle Network is made up of nearly 9 million members worldwide. It is dedicated to enabling members to get and give stuff for free in order to put goods to their most efficient use — and keep usable items out of landfills. This nonprofit describes itself as a “grassroots movement,” and local volunteer moderators help handle network activity to keep exchanges safe and posts accurate. Membership is free.
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