Dumpster Diving

Probably half the stuff in my apartment came out of the apartment complex’s dumpsters. It's absolutely amazing to me what folks throw in the trash.

And I come by Dumpster Diving in a legitimate fashion, my Gramps was always going through the neighbors garbage. The lawn chair he was sitting in the night he died came from someone's discards (he loved that old chair).

But, I don't know about today's find.

I went to a neighbors to drop something off, and right there, sitting by a dumpster, was a rocker/recliner! And, other than being very dirty, it looked sound.

Since I've been looking for SOMETHING to sit in (other than my wheelchair or hospital bed) for months, I jumped on the chance. I had a couple of neighbors install it in my living room, and had them take the huge hide-a-bed couch that I found at a dumpster a few months ago, out.

(I can’t even imagine what it must be like to pick out furniture you’d want, that would fit your room/needs, and buy it, new!)

I threw an old sheet over the recliner, and transferred into it. Pretty good! It had a slight list to the left, but not bad. But after sitting there for a few minutes, I became aware of the smell! Really, really, bad.

I'd been planning to get upholstery cleaner, fabreeze, and a new 'cover'. But I'm wondering now if it's worth it, that recliner smells so bad, I don't know if it would 'clean up'. I might be wasting my money. Does anyone have any hints for cleaning upholstery???

OTOH, I really do need stuff to SIT on (Now the only seating in my living room is the chair. Before there was the nice looking couch that guests could use, but I couldn't, and it took up the whole room!). A quandary for sure...