tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276531209730408101.post4082363156085524425..comments2024-03-18T21:13:23.616-04:00Comments on Ecofrugal Living: Best Budget Decor, Part 2Amy Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362533758291353748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276531209730408101.post-10742786567209300642014-02-13T14:38:13.232-05:002014-02-13T14:38:13.232-05:00Unfortunately, the nearest Habitat store to us is ...Unfortunately, the nearest Habitat store to us is an hour away, so we can only make it there on Saturdays (and it's not a trip we can reasonably combine with other errands). That makes stopping by regularly to see what they have in stock a bit impractical. So we could make a special trip to check it out, but if they didn't happen to have something we liked, we'd be out of luck. (And even if they did, the cost of professional installation might eat up our savings.)<br /><br />My fantasy was to find some old soapstone lab benches that we could repurpose as countertops. Wouldn't those be super durable? But alas, I'm not sure where we might find such a thing. I thought our local university's surplus store might have some, but it's is even harder to get to during business hours than Habitat; it's not open on weekends at all, and during the week my husband needs the car for work. He did stop by there once on the way to or from work, but all he found was some old office furniture and supplies.Amy Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362533758291353748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276531209730408101.post-59512154923085245352014-02-08T19:20:42.643-05:002014-02-08T19:20:42.643-05:00Habitat for humanity-might be able to score some b...Habitat for humanity-might be able to score some butcher block, granite. Would have to have either cut and installed. Worth looking into.CTMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825780992878036362noreply@blogger.com