Brushes and Berries

Fine quality shoe brushes and shoe care products and a vintage still life print reproduction in a primitive frame. What can get better than that? The fact that they're all free – that's what!

Fine quality shoe brushes and shoe care products and a vintage still life print reproduction in a primitive frame. What can get better than that? The fact that they’re all free – that’s what!

Vintage print of "Still life with strawberries" manufactured by Winde Fine Prints from around the '50s or '60s. Online price: Starts from $7 to $20. Got it for – ZERO.

Vintage print of “Still life with strawberries” manufactured by Winde Fine Prints from around the ’50s or ’60s. Online price: Starts from $7 to $20. Got it for – ZERO.

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These are really fine quality products made by fine brands. Score!

These are really fine quality products made by fine brands. Score!

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Living in an apartment building may not allow you to have a nice backyard of your own. However, there are lots of advantages as well and one of those is the abundance of freebies in the form of discarded but still useful items from other residents.

Down in the basement of our building is where the big garbage disposal bins are kept and some really thoughtful residents keep some of their still useful garbage on a small shelf near the bins, in case some other people (like me) can make a treasure out of their trash.

Lucky day for me! The print sells for at least $4.99 at the thrift store and when sold online it can be sold for $7 to $20 depending on the dealer and on the condition of the print.

An interesting thing to note is that, the brand Dack’s has been around since 1834 and the logo seen on the shoe brush is what they used during the ’20s to ’30s. I really believe this stuff belongs to a dapper old man who cared a lot about his shoes.

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