8 ways to use for the old and useless things
Tips / / December 19, 2019
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Over time, almost all of us accumulates in the house / apartment / in the closet / office number over unnecessary things like and throw a pity, and use is no longer necessary. If you as a child were taken for the summer to his grandmother, grandfather, you are sure to climb into the attic or in the closet, where many became unnecessary stuff: from furniture to old clocks and utensils. In order not to make at this "grandma's attic", we recommend that you use the spring as an excuse to upgrade and get rid of all old unnecessary things. But do not send them to the landfill or disposed of in the trash: there are at least 8 ways to benefit for themselves or to benefit others, using old unwanted things.
1. Sale of unnecessary things. The most obvious way to free square footage or shelves - is to sell what's more you do not need. This particularly applies to gadgets, consumer electronics, photo equipment, mobile phones. Technology follow each other very quickly, there are new versions of the firmware, new software and "hardware." Why save in his shelf 2 outdated cell phone when you can sell them for even 50% of the cost of each + to add a bit of money - and buy 1 new modern smartphone. Over time, the old laptop or digital "soap box" only dramatically lose in price, but it certainly will not be useful to you or your children / grandchildren. In the US, a common practice "garage sales" (when the owners sold out closets and garages all on the cheap that our grandparents and parents used to be stored for decades with the wording "it is still useful "). We do like "sales for the neighbors" do not practice, but there is a board online advertisements and niche community in LiveJournal VKontakte and where you can sell at a desired accessory, gadget or object interior.
2. Exchange something unnecessary on something useful. You do not need this sofa - but you need it to your friend who is willing to give you an excellent return for the lamp for the living room (for example). Sharing things - a common practice in many countries abroad, where there is even a special "online flea market" for those who like to share things.
3. Give to those who have no such thing, but they need it. Books - rural / Children's Library, a collection of magazines - a neighboring cafe, where you drink coffee every morning. Old computer, which is already five years gathering dust in the corner - the center of the rehabilitation of disabled persons or charities. At the time, I gave the computer a local charity in the framework of "Computer friend", which they performed, and the old "Celeron" got a large low-income families. They have no money for a new computer, and after such a gift is much more likely that the three 10-year-olds students will not hang around at the door, not knowing what to do.
4. Give an orphanage / shelter / house baby / social care center. Under this item fall warm clothes, baby blankets and beds, unnecessary older toys and even an old, but still quite useable furniture. Often we do not even imagine what the basic things there is not enough. During his student years, we have all the course of several years helping baby home: purchase on the funds collected even of used warm clothes for them was a real event.
5. Use as decorative element at the cottage / private house / apartment buildings in the courtyard, where you live. Old piano, dresser, sofa or shelves can be converted into a flower bed, stand for flowerpots, decorative stand, a bench or a custom sculpture - there is a will and a little imagination.
6. Act out the competition. As for the gadgets that you are unnecessary or uncalled, books that are in demand, but are not necessary for you (although it turned out to be in your library). In light nadavno walk on Runet jokes on "excess BMW / camera / aypada" advice is a bit controversial; but if you are - a popular blogger and author of the project media, accessory / gadget with your autograph or some amusing an inscription may well become popular souvenir from your audience.
7. Give those who are engaged in creative / collecting. Surely there are such people among your friends and acquaintances who are filing magazine "Science and Life" or a collection of old soviet badges expensive and nicer than the most expensive and modern gadgets and gifts. But creative people, even an old sofa can recolor / alter and give him a "second wind" in photo studio or the artist's studio, for example.
8. Think again, before you finally get rid of "unnecessary" things. If among the various junk in the closet, you dug up a film camera "Kiev" or turntable - do not rush to sell their old things buyers-or to give to friends. It may be worth trying photographs film camera instead of Instagram and plates instead of 'pirate' MP3 files? Sometimes the old things can be a source for a new hobby.