Honorable mentions

The dumpster business has been pretty dry lately. It usually picks up on Sundays, but lately I guess people have not been throwing perfectly good things away. The end of the month is a good time too, I think because people are moving in and out.

I decided to list a few things that we are using that I have not already mentioned:

My dog has a bad habit of tearing up blankets when we are gone, so I keep my eye out for good dog blankets.
I found a monopoly and a Risk game. I basically doubled my risk army's reserves. This is good news because it always seems like you need more when you are playing.

I found a gas grill that has the old type of tank on it but it is 80% full so we are using it until it runs out.

The 2 computer chairs that we are using were salvaged. Two large computer monitors.(I ended up giving away 4 CRT monitors because I already had a spare so I figured that I did not need 5 spare computer monitors) We also got two desks. The computer entertainment stand in the living room was also found.

I found enough christmas lights to wrap around the apartment a couple of times. I found a cool green cooler with bottle openers on the sides from the 70s. The other day my dad found a nice red igloo cooler.

2 coffee tables. Living room lamp with five movable light sockets. The lamp in our living room is made from a recycled glass water bottle. I stuffed christmas lights in the inside so it emits a little color. The guts I used from a discarded ceramic lamp. The only part that is not recycled is the CFL bulb. 2 bedroom lamps, they both look Asian; one is ceramic and the other is translucent paper.

I found several containers to keep my massive cd archives in. The living room chair, a "van gough" chair. A wicker sorter that we keep in the bathroom. A sony clock radio that we use as the bathroom radio. Many wicker baskets. Various picture frames. A couple of stools that are square on top.

In the kitchen, we have a microwave, a toaster oven, 3 garbage cans(2 for recycling), assorted cups, glasses, cutlery, utensils, glass lids for pans. A glass cake cover, a portable pantry that has glass panels with potatoes onions and bread painted on them.

Outside we have 2 lawn chairs, and A radio flyer wagon.
We had a garage sale this summer, selling almost exclusively found material we made $69.

I feel bad when I have to purge some things. But I just have to keep in mind that since I found it in the garbage I am not putting something in there that was not there before.

Update: I put a lampshade on my recycled water bottle lamp. It actually makes it look a lot nicer.