Anyone that knows Papi, knows that he has an incredible knack for using/transforming what we already have into what we need instead of buying. Anyone remember the pinball table turned into ribbon rack? I was so sad to have to leave that one in the U.S....
In Mexico, anything with any conceivable future use is saved and used again. It is really pretty amazing. I will have to take my camera out and collect some pictures.
Just for one example, produce around here comes in these wooden crates called rejas. If you are lucky, you can get your hands on the plastic crates like my Mom uses at her house. I haven't been that lucky, yet.
A little scrub with some water and bleach if I am going to use it inside, just because I'm a little weird like that...
Sofi pushing Fatima's crate swing...
Bookshelves and cubbies at the elementary school...
Seat for cute babies on the tricycle...
And when they get really shabby, as in, a lot of cracked boards or rotted, people that cook outside on brazeros, basically a camping-style cooking fire elevated up on a table, will come buy them for cooking wood.
I love me some rejas. I pick out the nicest looking ones each week and keep finding more uses for them!
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