What do you do with random stuff you just can’t throw out?

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I hate to throw things away. Anything at all useful, if I don’t keep it in case I need it, I try to pass on to someone else who needs one. Anything in good condition and popular (like clothes or crockery) I donate to a charity shop. More obscure items like vintage handkerchiefs or old tools I offer for sale on eBay. Old clothes or furnishings that are worn out I try to make into something else. Totally random things I give away on Freegle. And then I’m left with things that I can’t use and they are no use to anyone else either, nobody would buy them and yet they are not actually broken…like this old plate. It’s probably getting on for 100 years old (it came from my great-aunt and uncle who died in the 1970s), the glaze is all cracked so no-one would want to use it for food and it probably wouldn’t withstand washing in hot water, it’s got no maker’s mark so it isn’t a valuable antique, and yet it’s still an intact and in a way, quite pleasing plate. In the end I hit on the idea of hanging it on the wall. I think it’s quite attractive and adds a bit of character. What do you do with random bits and bobs? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.