Comments on: Second Hand Rose…. er, Nan http://desertverde.com/2010/02/05/second-hand-rose-er-nan/ green living in taos, new mexico Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nan http://desertverde.com/2010/02/05/second-hand-rose-er-nan/comment-page-1/#comment-2204 nan Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:53:45 +0000 http://desertverde.com/?p=1069#comment-2204 I agree. I am driven by creativity. Everything has to have a creative touch, so buying and revamping second hand furniture and clothes is part of my personality. It's not so much frugal as needing to be unique, too. I agree. I am driven by creativity. Everything has to have a creative touch, so buying and revamping second hand furniture and clothes is part of my personality. It’s not so much frugal as needing to be unique, too.

]]> By: mckra1g http://desertverde.com/2010/02/05/second-hand-rose-er-nan/comment-page-1/#comment-2203 mckra1g Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:45:10 +0000 http://desertverde.com/?p=1069#comment-2203 What's interesting to me is that repurposing furniture and furnishings like this gets a "bad rap" as being [gasp] frugal, as if we are people who are deprivation-minded. Quite the contrary. I find it liberating to look at a piece and see what else I can get from it before tossing it in a landfill. "How can I make this piece my own or reflect my tastes?" I think it's an exercise in creativity and abundance, rather than lack. :) What’s interesting to me is that repurposing furniture and furnishings like this gets a “bad rap” as being [gasp] frugal, as if we are people who are deprivation-minded. Quite the contrary. I find it liberating to look at a piece and see what else I can get from it before tossing it in a landfill.

“How can I make this piece my own or reflect my tastes?”

I think it’s an exercise in creativity and abundance, rather than lack. :)

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