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Gotta love it! That door will make a great headboard! – I hope you share pictures when you have it completed! 🙂
Try and stop me!
You are a brave woman, and I admire that. I’ll take a lot of things from the side of the road, but unscrewing a toilet seat would make me pause. That door, though; great find! What size bed will it match? My king needs a headboard, maybe I’ll start looking for abandoned doors.
If you have a Restore near you, check it out for doors. The one near me had stacks of doors stored vertically so you can actually see them. Did not check prices (not free of course) because I haven’t needed a door.
The door will make a wonderful headboard.
Ok I just bought a new toilet seat (apartment living: they always have the cheapest plastic toilet seats, yuck) so I can personally confirm that was a rockin’ good idea to take one home.
I bet the door headboard will look awesome, too. Can’t wait to see pictures…
I’ll share pictures when the project is completed, although I don’t tend to jump on projects this time of year, so it might take awhile.
If you really want to get rid of that toilet seat ad, try clearing the cookies from your browser.
Nah, it doesn’t really bother me. It’s kind of funny to have it follow me from site to site.
LOVE this!!! And this is why you are one of my very favorite bloggers.
Love love the door! And great score on the toilet seat!
I too wanted a Door headboard. I never found a FREE one or even one CHEAP enough for me to want to pay. I did get a free piece of MDF and some molding and made a door look alike. You can’t be frugal without being creative enough to work with what you’ve got.
Congratulations on your find, I cant wait to see the “after” pictures
“You can’t be frugal without being creative enough to work with what you’ve got.” Right on.
I find that coming up with a creative solution is often extremely satisfying, too.
“After I’d gone home to grab some gloves.”
MeThinks: Good idea to always carry a pair or even a package of disposable gloves in my vehicle…..
Great find, and you have a good eye!
haha. I also am getting more and more extreme, while still trying to “maintain self respect” as you put it, I call it “not alienate myself from everyone as too yucky”.
And if it doesn’t have a free sign on it I will stop and ask. I just scored one of those nice little greenhouse seedstarters…..they are about $60 for the cheapest I could find anywhere. Love it!
I guess you have your son to thank for needing a ride to school. I love both your finds. I was heart broken to throw out an old (blue) toilet. I listed it on Freecycle and put a free sign on it but after a while we figured the neighbors were more than tired of seeing it.
It is illegal in some states (like here in Connecticut) to resell a toilet.
I thought that depended on whether the toiled conformed to water requirements…
I love great finds like that!
I got a 5-panel door free from work. I used it to make a headboard for my king-size bed. I put some pics up on my blog if you need some inspiration: http://thepipelife.blogspot.com/2014/08/i-love-it-when-plan-comes-together.html
Good job, Katy!!
I love that door and BTW, I’d have taken that toilet seat too. Why pay for something perfectly good, that you can get for free.
That window would make good cold frames for someone that gardens. 🙂
Ha! Good for you! Savings are savings! And that door is awesome! Nice find!
Way to go Katy! I credit you with continuing to change and challenge the way I look at the world around me!!! Your awesome ideas are contagious!
LOVE the idea of the old door for a head board! And totally free, how awesome! Just found your blog and I will be visiting again, thank you.
Nice door! You are very cratfy inded, the gloves what a genius Idea!
When I had no money I would dumpster dive for fruit and veg at the local fruit store….
I love that algorithms have suggested you are now building a collection of toilet seats, and should be encouraged!
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