Some things in life ARE free.

The Gods of Craigslist smiled upon Christina one day, and blessed her with a pedestal table and four chairs for free. FREE!  Hold on a second, I’m going to go see what the Phoenix Craigslist has to offer for free today. Ok, I’m back. Prepare yourself.

This toilet:

“Could be used as a funky planter!” the description cheerily suggests.

This (obviously dead) Christmas tree:

“We have nowhere to plant it,” the giver sadly declares.  Here’s an idea. In a bonfire.

These hoses:

“They are all cut and have holes in them.” Perfect.  I’ve been looking everywhere for useless hoses.

This DVD player remote.  Just the remote.

Question: who on earth would drive all the way across town just to take a free remote control off your hands? Someone you don’t want to give your address to, that’s who.

This pile of sticks:

Great for building that bonfire.

And finally … this:

I don’t even know what this is, but I can assure you, I do not want it. Not for free, not if you paid me, no.

Ok, sorry for that assault on your eyeballs. But now Christina’s before table is going to look pretty dang nice, never mind the after.

Right? But the after will really knock your socks off:

Oh yeah. Beautiful! Gorgeous! She stripped and sanded everything down (unnecessary actually, it only needed a good sanding, she later realized) and freshened it up with a few coats of white paint.  But my favorite part is that driftwood finish she created on top.  Head on over to Remodelando la Casa to see it up close!