SURPRISING PLACES TO DONATE STUFF!
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We recently moved all the items that we wanted to donate to our garage. It was the first step to donate stuff like household items.
I looked at it as a practice run to see if we would miss the 5th bench I acquired during my bench phase in 2019.
Or if we (I) would miss the Christmas trees in my “every room needs a Christmas tree phase.”
Does anyone else relate to these phases?
We slowly donated boxes of treasures to our local Goodwill (with convenient curbside drop-off).
We donated:
- costume jewelry
- paperback books
- dishes
- board games
- benches
- throws, comforters to ahdnimal and people shelters
- garden tools
- kids’ bikes
- landscape materials (sold on Facebook Marketplace).
If you have furniture, old fixtures, or building materials, reach out to Habitat for Humanity
I dropped off paint cans at Home Depot and saved a few empty cans for these DIY ideas.
I cannot tell you how amazing it felt when we called a junk hauler to haul the remaining items.
Looking at our garage, we had a few “panic purchases” during the early days of the pandemic.
After five years, we decided we were never going to install an iron gate from a previous “home.” estate.”
The bigger issue was that the decorative iron scroll detail was an accident waiting to happen with our dogs or me.
TIP: If you do have memorabilia, reach out to a local bar. They may want vintage signs for their interior.
I had a seller who donated a shark (mounted on his office wall).
The homeowner (my seller) reached out to a local bar that offered to take it (for a nominal price) in exchange for the seller’s (owner of the shark ) bragging rights and a chance to visit his shark when he was in town for work.
He knew more people would appreciate the shark than his family ( or his Realtor and friend).
Reach out to your community, a local church, or shelters to inquire whether there are families in need of furniture or small household items.
A friend found a donation site in the mountains that loves to receive items that might be more popular in a ski town than in the suburbs.
Have you heard of Thread Up?
Where have you donated oversized or undervalued household items? Please leave your ideas in the comments for a future post update or to help a reader at Everyday Edits find a resource!
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Great tips! We’ve donated larger items to Habitat for Humanity or other charitable organizations.
Habitat is hit or miss but I have seen a few good pieces! We are closer to downsizing than upsizing! ha!