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Secondhand bed and table linen: checks and revival
Old linen sheets and tablecloths are among the best-value finds in a thrift store, because the fiber outlasts almost everything made from…
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Thrift Finds
Planning a Toronto Thrift Circuit: Six Stops, Six Roles
How to plan a one-day thrift circuit in Toronto: six kinds of store, what each one is good for, typical prices as…
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What never to buy secondhand for a home
Some things are cheap secondhand for good reasons: mattresses, child car seats, helmets, smoke alarms, anything with a lithium battery. Eight categories…
Thrift Finds
Six Secondhand Finds, Ranked by Cost per Wear
Six common secondhand buys at typical prices and realistic wear counts, ranked from about six cents a wear to over $6. The…
Outfits
A 12-Piece Thrifted Capsule for Seven Outfits
Twelve secondhand pieces, seven outfits and an estimated cost for each. By my rough math the capsule comes to about $337, so…
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Ten Pieces for a Month: What Repeat Wearers Learned
Wear the same ten secondhand garments for thirty days and log every outfit. The failures show up fast, and the experiment says…
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A secondhand rug: inspect it, then clean it
Turn it over before you discuss the price: the back tells you how it was made and the pile tells you whether…
Outfits
Office Outfits From Secondhand Tailoring, Priced Out
Secondhand tailoring is a cheap, credible route to an office wardrobe that looks expensive. What to buy, roughly what alterations cost, and…
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Buying secondhand glassware without worrying about lead
Most secondhand glass is inert, and the risk sits in the decoration and in old ceramic glaze. Which pieces are safe for…
Outfits
All-Secondhand Travel Outfits and a One-Bag List
Airlines don't care what your coat cost. Every layer here can be found secondhand, and the whole trip runs on the same…
Outfits
Layering for the Weeks When Nothing Else Works
Two awkward months a year, and one layering formula that handles most of them. Built mostly from what you already own, with…
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Measure the doorway before you buy the furniture
The piece is rarely too big for the room. It is too big for the turn at the top of the stairs,…
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Inspecting a secondhand sofa: frame, joints, springs
Tip it on its back, open the dust cover and sit on one corner before you agree on a price. A kiln-dried…