Recycled

She rediscovered a skirt in her cabinet that hasn't been worn too much when it fitted her. All of a sudden she does like it but now the skirt became to small.

So we changed the original waistband for a stretchable one.

Everybody happy!

Recycling project: Progress update

Plaster: check
Varnish: check

Blooming of our first hollyhock : check

Recycling

Thanks for your motivational messages!

We are working on this right now ...

Goal: Finish this project before the end of winter break 2015-2016. We are still on schedule.

Recycled goods: our treasures

Desinfected, sandpapered and waxed; ready for usage.
A flowery tray.
A bread storage container.
A table and a chair.

Five minutes to wash the items.
Thirthy minutes to sandpaper table and chair.
Ten minutes to apply the woodwax.
TOTAL amount: 30 AED or 6 euro.

LOVE IT!

Recycled goods for sale

I love to visit the shop for recycled goods in Belgium and since I found out there is one in the Emirate of Ajman, I always wanted to visit it but I just never found the time.

Today I discovered the shop and I took some pictures for you dear readers!

Enjoy the virtual visit of 'Take My Junk' in Ajman.

Electronics.

The department of the vacuum cleaners.

Most remarkable was the department of jeans and other clothes. The pile almost reached all the way to the ceiling and if you wanted to go to the next room with more clothes you had to crawl on hands and knees over the pile through the remainders of a door. Shopping here feels like taking participating a survival parcours.

Further I saw a room full of children toys,  located next to the store's bathroom.

And lost somewhere between the old lampshades I saw these frames of a newly wed couple, apparently they did not like the frames anymore; and probably they do not like each other anymore either.

Beds for big and small.

 Plenty of slatted bases to go with beds.

Not to forget a good mattress.

Also important for a good night's rest: a decent pillow.

The screws to put the beds back together were piled up on the floor.

I bought something today and will reveil it to you as soon as it is washed (read desinfected) and ready to be shown. Anyway for a proper treasure hunt a need a couple more days.
How can one not love this country, after 10 years I still discover surrealistic gems like this!

Tin, my dear friend, you would love this place and I am sure if you would still live in the UAE you would camp out here on a regulary.

Recyclable sandwich bag

Lunch will be packed from now onwards in a recyclable sandwich bag. Hopefully the sandwiches will not be smothered too much. We will keep u posted about the usefulness of the bags.

The bags are closed with kamsnaps and as usual I did not know which color combination to choose so I choose to make three different ones.

Fabric: Petit Pan among other places for sale in Antwerpen