Did you know Pier One throws away stuff that doesn't sell or breaks (but is fixable) ? I know because I used to dive their dumpster in High school with my gal pals.
I still dream of doing it now, but have moved onto bigger dumpster...like the city dump...yes, the city dump. Now, now, I am not as sick as you think. The dump seperates their wood pile, furniture pile, appliances pile, and refuse pile (the really gross stuff) and I happen to like the furniture and wood piles. Here is one of my finds (I grabbed six wooden chairs right before the huricane hit).
I have only re finished one so far. I rewove the bottom after I wittled a dowel to fit the space where one was missing. I have yet to add a little more yellow to the weave, but took a picture anyway...I am too tired to finish it just yet. It is now functional regardless and was super fun to fix. The whole thing cost me nothing (well, I am lieing. I did buy 250 yards of yellow bakers twine to accent the real rope I wove with, it was $14-oh and the wooden dowel cost $2, so really it cost me $16), but I got the paint off of freecycle and we had the rope around the house.
Now don't you want to dumpster dive? ;)
