Comments on: The decorator’s guide to dumpster diving http://www.brokelyn.com/the-decorators-guide-to-dumpster-diving/ Food, restaurants, shopping and cheap fun on a budget in Brooklyn NYC Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: anonhttp://www.brokelyn.com/the-decorators-guide-to-dumpster-diving/comment-page-1/#comment-249 anon Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:52:53 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=2703#comment-249 "Building materials include used pieces taken from construction sites that she swapped out for new materials"how is it salvaged or "eco-friendly" if you're buying brand-new replacement parts at home depot, then exchanging them for old parts at construction sites? doesn't quite make sense to me. “Building materials include used pieces taken from construction sites that she swapped out for new materials”

how is it salvaged or “eco-friendly” if you’re buying brand-new replacement parts at home depot, then exchanging them for old parts at construction sites? doesn’t quite make sense to me.

]]> By: shockedhttp://www.brokelyn.com/the-decorators-guide-to-dumpster-diving/comment-page-1/#comment-247 shocked Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:12:09 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=2703#comment-247 "It made me sound very stupid, so I used her article as some kind linoleum treatment on the floor.”well, i can't imagine why the article would do that...."Building materials include used pieces taken from construction sites that she swapped out for new materials. But it wasn’t stealing, she insists. “We were replacing.”"vs."Those are just barricades that I found on the street. I knew where there were a bunch of them… we just jumped in the truck and went out and grabbed them at night."i guess it's not theft if you take it from the city or a utility, only if you take it from a construction site. also, i'm sure the doh would be ok with this. everything looks up to code.this is a little off topic but that bathroom has the biggest glory hole i've ever seen. “It made me sound very stupid, so I used her article as some kind linoleum treatment on the floor.”

well, i can’t imagine why the article would do that….

“Building materials include used pieces taken from construction sites that she swapped out for new materials. But it wasn’t stealing, she insists. “We were replacing.””

vs.

“Those are just barricades that I found on the street. I knew where there were a bunch of them… we just jumped in the truck and went out and grabbed them at night.”

i guess it’s not theft if you take it from the city or a utility, only if you take it from a construction site. also, i’m sure the doh would be ok with this. everything looks up to code.

this is a little off topic but that bathroom has the biggest glory hole i’ve ever seen.

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