Red plastic chairs

One man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that.   Our college is remodeling some old classrooms, with furniture from the 1990s (?? or 1970's?).  And the person clearing out these spaces has been sending out "anyone want?" emails.

I love this.   I love that we have people who want to find alternatives to just tossing stuff in landfills, and I love that occasionally some of this stuff ends up being something that solves one of my own need/wants.  But even if I never ever need-wanted any of this stuff, it's just awesome to be part of a community that shares.   It's a baby step toward the picture painted in Acts:  "For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need."

So, from time to time, those who have classroom spaces renovate them, and distribute the old furniture to anyone on the email list who has need-want.  

One of the recent emails offered stacks of red plastic chairs.   They're not my own personal style at all, but N-son is getting ready to move into an apartment nearby (cross fingers), and will need to furnish it. He needs furniture that's sturdy, and these chairs have managed to survive decades of college-student abuse, so I figure these qualify.  He's my kid and doesn't yet have a job and consequently wants chairs that don't cost a lot, so we figure "free" is a decent price for some furniture.  And his favorite color is red, so score.

 So I snagged him a set of four red plastic chairs and texted him to come to campus with my favorite transport vehicle: the green garden wagon. 

We divided up pulling the wagon home 50-50:  I told him, "you pull it uphill; I'll pull it downhill".   I'm glad he thought that was funny. 

Right now, the chairs are in the Dungeon in the basement, with his drums, waiting to move to the new apartment (cross fingers!).  So it's extra nice that these stack, and therefore take up a bit less floor space during this transition. 

Shelving is the next thing we need to get -- although I'm guessing we'll end up purchasing that instead of finding something in a discard pile.  We're going for open (wire?) shelving instead of dressers with drawers  because of that "Organizing strategies for people with ADHD" book that I can't find anymore . . . but that'll be a subject for another post.