Were you keeping them in case they came in handy to mail something? Or did you just forget to put them in the recycling bin?
Not exactly either. I'd broken them all down, preparatory to recycling, but they have to be bundled or bagged, thus requiring other supplies (twine or paper bags) that I don't always have available. Throw in my standard procrastination, and the Murphyesque Law that the time needed to deal with a problem is proportional to the square of the time you've been putting it off, and, well...
As for bookcases: I've gone the blocks-and-planks route before, and I've used cheap bookcases too. But the former are ugly and the latter break. I want good sturdy hardwood cases. There is - or used to be - a good furniture store in Collinsville that I patronized after I first bought my house, but I haven't been down there in years. I'll check there first, when the time comes.
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Date: 2007-02-06 04:51 pm (UTC)Not exactly either. I'd broken them all down, preparatory to recycling, but they have to be bundled or bagged, thus requiring other supplies (twine or paper bags) that I don't always have available. Throw in my standard procrastination, and the Murphyesque Law that the time needed to deal with a problem is proportional to the square of the time you've been putting it off, and, well...
As for bookcases: I've gone the blocks-and-planks route before, and I've used cheap bookcases too. But the former are ugly and the latter break. I want good sturdy hardwood cases. There is - or used to be - a good furniture store in Collinsville that I patronized after I first bought my house, but I haven't been down there in years. I'll check there first, when the time comes.
Thanks for the cleaning suggestion!