Flat Fee MLS Blog

  Need free boxes for your move or to store items while you sell your home?  If so, forget digging through the supermarket dumpster.  You can save yourself some money and trouble, while you recycle at the same time. 

The U-Haul Website has a Free Box Exchange Service.   The U-Haul Box Exchange is a messageboard that you can use to trade, sell or buy reusable boxes and moving supplies. With every reuse of a box, a new box is prevented from entering the cycle.

To get started, you will need to create a U-Haul Customer ID.   To post a new message or to see posted messages in your region, simply click on that region listed below.

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                                             Here’s something that’s fun to do with kids. Dry out the marigold and sunflower seed from the dead plants in your garden. Place them in a glass jar with a lid. Keep them in a cool spot till spring.

In the spring, start new plants by placing in a pot or long-length planter and cover with plastic. The seeds germinate in a few days, once they are large enough you and the kids can plant them in the ground.

This keeps the kids interest because it’s a fairly fast project and teaches them to garden and to  recycle the dead plants for next planting season.  It’s fun, give it a try!

Tip for A Private Space that Holds Kids Interest  

1. Draw a square in the soil

2. Plant an outline of plants that will grow tall and make a private garden room

3. The perfect plant for this is the Sunflower which will give them privacy in their garden room

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   Why not reupholster your old and worn furniture instead of tossing it out? Bring new life to your style and cut down on waste and further resource use.

Many antiques dealers would kill to get their hands on the bones of much of the furniture that is thrown away or even burned as firewood. Between 1960 and 2001, discarded furniture and furnishings ballooned from 2.2 million tons a year to 8.1 million tons, reports the EPA. Furniture is bulky stuff that takes up a lot of landfill space.

Extend the life of your furniture and save money by getting it reupholstered. Be crafty and do the job yourself or support local artisans who specialize in the time-honored trade. You have an  unlimited range of colors, textures and styles. Style is really limitless, from ancient aesthetic to uber-modern. 

Get the freshest look to match your changing decor tastes without contributing to the removal of more trees or the mining of more metals. Every day can be Earth Day, when you think about it.

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