Dentsply International Dentist Dental Assistant Chair

We copped this cool dental chair for $5 on the last day of school outside of Pembroke. Overall condition is pretty good but the lever action on the seat seems pooched. I think I may make it my new desk chair

The Dump - Wood school chair and metal task stool

I haven't posted in almost two months! Yikes, time to get my act together. Sonya and I both just finished a year-long college course and are now official Personal Support Workers.  Between exams, job searching and then having a big equipment failure (Xplornet you suck, thanks Rogers Hub!) 2peas has been the forgotten foster child. We have killed it so far this garage sale season and I have much to post and update. 

I love the local Dump, there's always some sort of random crap that can be rummaged through, and they have the New-To-You trailer where folks drop off stuff they no longer want. I'm off to there this morning, and will update this post later with some more pics and todays booty. 

 

Wooden school chair, the back finish is a bit worn, but otherwise in fine shape. There's something so pleasing about any school chair. 

Anything furniture made of metal always comes home, and this task stool is great. I love the beaten top, chipped white paint and splayed legs.

Beaver Hi-Fi Master 5-tube Radio

Garage sales are on bitches! We got this gem as part of a 3 radio lot for $5. Kinda lousy reception (maybe it's our remote location though), but I love the colour. I think this was made in Japan.

DYI Bird Feeder & Bird Bath Project - episode 1

Our current bird feeder was a $1 score at a garage sale last summer. We had it right up against the window for the whole winter. It was awesome, we had tons of birds (well to be honest, it was pretty much just chickadees and a couple of raggedy-assed red squirrels), but now that spring has sprung we've been trying to attract a few new residents to the neighbourhood. Between the greedy squirrels who sit there eating for hour long stretches and twitching like a rock hungry epileptic crackhead and the jittery chickadees who spill more food than they eat, there is a ton of sunflower seeds strewn about. All of it seems to be attracting lots of different birds that only eat off the ground; sparrows, grackles and juncos so far. I have started to throw extra food on the ground and it seems to be attracting more birds.

After some google research I decided to try to rig another feeder for the backyard, and a bird bath fpr the front yard. Supposedly once your bird bath is established, it will attract more birds than a feeder. Not having any cash, I have tried to use whatever was available in the garage. So far, it's pretty much been a disaster. Not a single bird has bathed so far, and it's been a week. I used a metal fish trivet balanced in a planter. I read that birds like flowing water so I suspended a water jug and stabbed a few holes in the bottom. The water flow has been a bit inconsistent, so I guess I need bigger stabbing holes. Supposedly it takes a few days before the birds don't think the bath will eat and attack them, but so far it hasn't inspired a single sitting yet. I think I might relocate it closer to our blue spruce bush so it can have more of an overhang. Hopefully I'll be able to do an update with some photos soon.

Here's my lame attempt for our new backyard feeder. It's this useless 50's BBQ, and I filled it with some of the sunflower seeds. I also spread some seeds around the base of the apple tree. There's also the stump I use for chopping wood. So far, 1 week in, only the red squirrels have noticed it. Hopefully it will become the new cool spot for all the kids. We have a lot of woodpeckers (Woody, Downy, Pileated, Red-Headed) that frequent the woods behind the house that I would love to start stopping by.

$4.99 flea market oil painting by Sarde

Sonya found this oil painting by Sarde in this overpriced Goodwill on the westside of Ottawa. I couldn't believe it was only $4.99. She also spotted my awesome new steel & oak desk for $29.99 (pic to come)

White Wrought Iron Hoop Garden Chairs

We got these nice hoop chairs over the weekend for $5 apiece. They're different from the usual ones we have. I love the bent legs on these, the webbing is in pretty good shape, they could use a bit of paint touch-up but they'll be great in the garden this summer. Thanks Value Village!

Dump Score - Taiwanese Mod Pods

Scored these 'objects' at the dump over the weekend along with a cool child's school chair. They look kinda cool by the turntable.