nyboy on Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:26 amLast night coming home from dinner I spotted a bookcase at the curb. My friend was horrified when i asked him to help me load it in the car! Told him to think of it as being recycled not garbage picking. All I need to do is add fronts and I have 4 stacked nesting boxes. I have my eye out for a window.what do you have in your lofts from the curb? alex
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Hi Alex, I don't think I have anything "from the curb" at home but I cannot think of a better destiny for a bookcase which has lived housing books 
than to "reincarnate" as a nesting box housing the miracle of life 
Good for you.
Gladys
than to "reincarnate" as a nesting box housing the miracle of life Good for you. Gladys
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I AGREE with Gladys 100% !!
WELL DONE, Alex!!
If I see something I can use, I'll bring it home too...AND, in my apartment complex, we also have dumpsters...amazing what people throw away!!
I see that the saying, "one man's trash is another's treasure," is alive and well! Keep up the good work!!
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WELL DONE, Alex!!
If I see something I can use, I'll bring it home too...AND, in my apartment complex, we also have dumpsters...amazing what people throw away!!
I see that the saying, "one man's trash is another's treasure," is alive and well!
Keep up the good work!!Love and Hugs
Shi
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I think that was neat what you did... Bookcase for nesting boxes.... I think it is fun to pick up things like that and re-use them...need I say I have done some of these too... 
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Hi Alex,
Good find and I agree with everyone, why not use something like that? There are lots of instances where something thrown out by one person, can be used by another. I don't have a loft and I don't have anything in my pigeon room that I found. However, I do have a TV stand that I "got" years ago from the curb that I still use and have today!
Good find and I agree with everyone, why not use something like that? There are lots of instances where something thrown out by one person, can be used by another. I don't have a loft and I don't have anything in my pigeon room that I found. However, I do have a TV stand that I "got" years ago from the curb that I still use and have today!
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Wow Alex, good post. I live in a college town and you wouldn't believe what the students throw out when they
head home for the summer, some of the stuff still looks new. I've got 3 steel framed bunk beds, twin on top, full
on bottom. A wooden corner TV stand, a table and 6 chairs. These went to the cabin. For the loft I got 3 plastic
shelving units that I turned into nest boxes. I bought one to make 4. I added lath and 1x6's to fronts and sides.
They work great. Big enough for 2 nest bowls and room enough for the squabs to move around. Plus I can spray them off with a hose and they are cleaned up in a few minutes. Dayton has at least 10 bikes that he got from the students garbage piles.
head home for the summer, some of the stuff still looks new. I've got 3 steel framed bunk beds, twin on top, full
on bottom. A wooden corner TV stand, a table and 6 chairs. These went to the cabin. For the loft I got 3 plastic
shelving units that I turned into nest boxes. I bought one to make 4. I added lath and 1x6's to fronts and sides.
They work great. Big enough for 2 nest bowls and room enough for the squabs to move around. Plus I can spray them off with a hose and they are cleaned up in a few minutes. Dayton has at least 10 bikes that he got from the students garbage piles.
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Bruce...you have the BEST!!
Students DO discard the BESTEST stuff!!
College towns are like giant garage sales....except for FREE!!
Love and Hugs
Shi
Students DO discard the BESTEST stuff!!
College towns are like giant garage sales....except for FREE!!
Love and Hugs
Shi
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I love the way you guys found ways to recycle that stuff 
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