If you’re concerned about the environment the best thing you could do is never throw anything away. Of course, that is impossible. But there is a lot to be said for reusing items. This is especially true when it comes to furniture. If you can find a way to give your tables, chairs and sofas a “new lease on life” then you’ll be taking a big chunk out of your carbon footprint. That’s what one local Houston business owner is all about.

“The greenest thing to do is to not buy something new and instead to find new ways to use what you have,” says Jeff Kaplan. He is the founder of the housewares stores New Living and the Green Painter and they’re all about making something old new again. They’ve even begun to offer classes calls Finishing School which teachers folks how to refinish furniture.

“Instead of building furniture, we’re buying vintage pieces off garage sales and Craigslist and have community of artisans refinishing them in-house with nontoxic finishes. Instead of a custom table for $3,000, we can offer a refurbished model for $800,” Kaplan says. “The Finishing School classes are a really cool way to bring it home. Instead of making it about chemicals, we want to make it about making cool things as well as making spaces that are healthier and improve quality of life.”

That actually sounds like it could be a fun DIY project. Then again, do you really want to spend your free time on a weekend fixing up a sofa? Perhaps not but you still need a new sofa. Enter Junk King Houston. Once you’ve gone shopping and found a new couch to your liking you’ll need to get rid of the old one. Leave that job to Junk King. They’ll have that old sofa picked up and carted off in no time. Here’s the added bonus with Junk King: You could end up having your sofa refurbished anyway. That’s because Junk King makes it a point to recycle or donate the vast majority of everything they collect. With furniture that usually means dropping off those pieces to a local Houston charity that specializes in refurbishing. They’ll fix up that sofa or loveseat then make sure it’s donated to a family in need. Even if you think nobody would want your old couch, it might just need a little TLC to be like new again.

Junk King Houston  can also take away all the other oversized items that have been cluttering up your home. Add it all up and you could fill up the entire Junk King truck! Think of how great your home would look then! Give Junk King a call today to put that plan into action.