Wedding Gift Idea: 'Something Old, Something Recycled'

Attending a wedding of someone dear to you, perhaps your son or daughter or your sister, brother or best friend and couldn’t find the best wedding gift for the couple?

Why not search around your house or the local vintage shop or Salvation Army shop…the others’ trash may be someone else’s treasure!

The hall stand above is antique and guess where my Husband found it? In the rubbish dump! Yes, it’s from the late 19th century that he found in a dump and that he polished and looked after till it’s presentable! At the time that he showed it to me, it did sort of make me squirm knowing that I’ve got furniture rescued from the dump but now, as this hall stand proudly displayed in our foyer, I come to love it more and more…It’s something old but still relevant in these modern times, in our house at least.

So if you have an old chaise lounge that just needs a bit of re-upholstering or an antique lamp (yes, we’ve got one! My Husband loves the old stuff!), you can pass it on to someone you love and not have to spend on commercially available, mass produced products in the shops right now.

Nothing’s stopping you from shopping from said stores (I shop at these stores all the time!) but like I said, if you want something old to be passed on to a son or daughter then perhaps, now is the time to look at all those boxes in your garage or your attic that you haven’t opened for years and you might find a gem that will be perfect for a special couple :-)