Comments on: Buying Less = Less Manufacturing = Good For the Planet http://desertverde.com/2010/04/28/buying-less-less-manufacturing-good-for-the-planet/ green living in taos, new mexico Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Esmaa Self http://desertverde.com/2010/04/28/buying-less-less-manufacturing-good-for-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Esmaa Self Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:14:22 +0000 http://desertverde.com/?p=1758#comment-1064 Love the tire table! I once had an end table made of cinder blocks (the base) and an upside-down Tupperware pie keeper (top) over which I tossed a to-the-floor skirt. Looked perfect next to my Queen Anne love seat. Really. ;O) I have milk crates that I've hauled around for the past 35 years. There's a couple with fire wood in them, one I use as a step stool in the greenhouse and another holding bits of railing, molding and pipe in the garage. Like you say, they are endlessly useful. Love the tire table!

I once had an end table made of cinder blocks (the base) and an upside-down Tupperware pie keeper (top) over which I tossed a to-the-floor skirt. Looked perfect next to my Queen Anne love seat. Really. ;O)

I have milk crates that I’ve hauled around for the past 35 years. There’s a couple with fire wood in them, one I use as a step stool in the greenhouse and another holding bits of railing, molding and pipe in the garage. Like you say, they are endlessly useful.

]]> By: nan http://desertverde.com/2010/04/28/buying-less-less-manufacturing-good-for-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 nan Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:50:01 +0000 http://desertverde.com/?p=1758#comment-1046 Esmaa, way back when, I had a VW with a blown engine. The tires were brand new, so I saved them and got rid of the car. I stacked them up in an apartment, put a piece of wood on top, and draped some fabric over it all. Instant side table! lol My closet is stacked milk crates for clothes. I have a tiny (second-hand) dresser for socks and undies. Mil crates are the most multi-purpose item on the planet! Esmaa, way back when, I had a VW with a blown engine. The tires were brand new, so I saved them and got rid of the car. I stacked them up in an apartment, put a piece of wood on top, and draped some fabric over it all. Instant side table! lol

My closet is stacked milk crates for clothes. I have a tiny (second-hand) dresser for socks and undies. Mil crates are the most multi-purpose item on the planet!

]]> By: Esmaa Self http://desertverde.com/2010/04/28/buying-less-less-manufacturing-good-for-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Esmaa Self Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:59:20 +0000 http://desertverde.com/?p=1758#comment-1044 Thought-provoking piece, Nan. Kudos. You are so right: when we voluntarily choose simplicity, we are taking actions that improve our budget, lessen our drawn on the planet, expand time and resources while also creating balance. BTB, our sunroom sports a cloth covered milk crate as a base for the chess/checkerboard table and two old wooden fruit crates fashioned into a table, so our make-do and reuse-it furniture matches. :^) Thought-provoking piece, Nan. Kudos.

You are so right: when we voluntarily choose simplicity, we are taking actions that improve our budget, lessen our drawn on the planet, expand time and resources while also creating balance.

BTB, our sunroom sports a cloth covered milk crate as a base for the chess/checkerboard table and two old wooden fruit crates fashioned into a table, so our make-do and reuse-it furniture matches. :^)

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