Ok, so the title is a little misleading because Hubs was also involved in this dumpster diving escapade, and we all know he’s about as far from a diva as you can get. Still, it has a nice ring to it, so I’m going for it. 

Here’s the back story: Our neighbors are doing a bunch of remodeling (new kitchen, new hardwood floors, new carpet, etc.) and they needed to rent a dumpster to haul away all of the old stuff.

Hence, this tweet last Friday afternoon:

But, I did manage to not stare out the window all night and we got on with our plans. Then, Saturday, we spent the afternoon working outside (which we talked about in this post) and I kept asking Wyatt if we could go ask them about dumpster diving–they were throwing away furniture! Luckily, our neighbor came over to apologize for the dumpster and to offer it to us if we had anything to get rid of.

At that point, I jumped in to ask if he minded if we took something out of it! He was surprised, but said we could if we wanted, which was all the invitation I needed!

Here’s what we found:

A metal plant stand that will do great with a coat of spray paint and a new top of some sort.

A couple ceramic tiles, big ones.

This awesome metal folding chair, which I CAN’T WAIT to spray paint!

(We also got a matching table for this chair, but it was after it got dark, so there was no photo.)

And a wooden nightstand in need of some updating.

And some scrap lumber, behind the nightstand.

Have you found any cool trash to save lately? Ever been dumpster diving? What do you think was our coolest find?