apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Saw Angela Adams bedding (quilts, pillows, sheets) for half off at the local Macys, but I think it's only at stores that used to be Marshall Fields - couldn't find the bedding on the Macys website, anyway.

3R Living on 5th Ave. in Park Slope collects "non-recyclable" goods and recycles them for you. I've seen a number or posts where people are wondering where to get rid of their extra jewel cases, etc. From their website: "Our In-Store Recycling Center accepts:
Batteries, Cell phones, Ink cartridges, CDs and their cases, Hand-held electronics, and Crayons."

http://www.3rliving.com/category_s/16.htm

Tiny tip: save the little plastic things that hold the bread wrapper together (not twist ties, but the flat kind) and use them as scrapers to get gunk off the floor or whereever.

wonder if they could be used as guitar picks too.

on the heels of that fabulous glowing adirondack chair...
zomigod, 25 gallons of free industrial flourescent pigment!
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/zip/336465922.html
curtis?
can you help me floures every park bench in Prospect Park?

Pixie:

I use used gift cards as plastic scrapers/spackle knives. They're the perfect size and reliably smooth. The rounded corner is perfect for smoothing caulk or spackle in corners, too.

Not real giftcards - don't you cash them in?
That would be a good way to use some plastic cards that come in the mail - like time-limited store discount cards. Thanks for the tip.

I used up my gift cards (Barnes & Noble, Circuit City, iTunes) online, so I never had to turn them in. I think most stores would let you keep them after you use them up--they just throw them away otherwise.

thanks for the laugh, gekko. I'm now wondering if gift cards could be used as guitar picks