Eye Opener: Junk on the Brain

Part I

Antiquing: Antiquing is a process of seeking out, shopping for, buying, selling, or trading antiques. This can be done at garage sales, estate sales, etc. Antiques themselves are older decorative objects or household items.

Junk: Any old or discarded material such as metal, paper, rags, etc.

Flea Market: A flea market is a place where a collection of used or inexpensive goods can be sold or traded.

Thrift Shop: A retail store that sells used or secondhand products at bargain prices.

Upcycling: A process that attempts to convert older useless or damaged products into higher quality more environmentally friendly products.

Resale shops: A store or shop (consignment shops, resale stores, or thrift shops) that sells gently used clothing or goods.

Part II

The terms listed above describe different ways of shopping that have less of an impact on the environment and on your wallet. By purchasing antiques, junking, or checking out a thrift store, you're helping eliminate waste that could possibly accrue if these products were not re-used. Reusing or upgrading old products is also a great way to shop more cost effectively.

To partake in this sort of shopping, here's a few options:

Antiquing: Father Time Antiques- 395 S Lake Ave #1 Duluth, MN 

(218) 625-2379

Junking: Andy’s Auto Recycling- 1040 State highway 45 Old, Carlton, MN 

(218) 384-3930

Flea Market: Hinckley Flea Market- 701 Fire Monument Road Hinckley, MN

(320) 282-6096

Thrift Shop: Savers- 1740 Mall Dr, Duluth, MN 

(218) 722-1894

Upcycling: Unable to find an upcycling resource for Duluth, MN

Resale Shop: Dannie Duluth- 932 East 4th street, Duluth, MN

(218)724-8507






Of the resources I listed I've only personally been to Savers and Dannie Duluth. Savers is great if you're looking for halloween costumes, for example, or need to dress up for any other occasions. It's also great for finding furniture and other odds and ends. Dannie Duluth is a pretty nice store for finding every day clothes at a great price. I've found lots of great brand name clothes there for fairly cheap and I highly recommend it.






Part III

I thought this was a really cool project I found on the website junkmarketstyle. I always wear hats and I also love gardening, so using old garden trowels to make a hat hanger seemed like an awesome idea to me!

I also really like this picture frame/ window project. I have a lot of photos and finding frames or thinking of clever ways to hang them up is always a challenge for me. I thought this was very creative and I plan to spice up my photos using similar framing techniques. 

Lastly, I thought this was a really cool idea for a coffee table. Having the old buckets built right in seems like a good plan to me. Coffee table + storage is great and I love the bright colors.