Get first-rate recycled furniture at stores in Grapevine, Lewisville and North Dallas

By Rita Cook / The Dallas Morning News
August 14, 2009

We think of recycling household items every day, but what about recycling that "still in good condition" furniture that you don't want anymore? After all, your trash just might be someone else's fabulous find. Besides, recycling furniture is an important part of the bigger ecological picture.

Besides buying used, furniture shoppers have another Earth-friendly option: A Dallas company makes furniture and accessories out of reclaimed wood.

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Thursday's agenda: Grapevine Market opens and more

Get ready to shop in the great outdoors

Now you know it’s spring: The open-air Grapevine Market opens for business today in downtown Grapevine. The outdoor marketplace, which offers handmade jewelry, antiques, sweet potato pies and more, will be open 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. every Thursday and Saturday through Oct. 17. The market is between the 100 and 300 blocks of Main Street at Liberty Park, across from City Hall. 817-410-3185; www.grapevinetexasusa.com.

Floral tributes

Flower arrangements inspired by Spanish masterworks are on display at Dallas’ Meadows Museum from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Founders Garden Club presents "The Splendor of Spain: the Meadows in Bloom" with 20 interpretive floral creations inspired by paintings in the Meadows collection. There will also be a large number of floral entries on exhibit in Jones Great Hall. Tickets are $6-$8, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on the Southern Methodist University campus. 214-768-2516; www.smu.edu/meadows/museum.

Main Street time!

It’s the kickoff for the four-day feast of arts, music and entertainment otherwise known as the Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival. This is the 24th year of the festival, which showcases fine art and fine craftworks, live concerts, performance artists and street performers — along nine blocks of Main Street, from the Tarrant County Courthouse to the Fort Worth Convention Center. Through Sunday. Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. today; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. www.mainstreetartsfest.org.

Founder's Plaza re-opens at DFW Airport

Sept. 17, 2008

Hundreds of employees and aviation enthusiasts this morning celebrated the re-opening of Founder’s Plaza at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

The American Red Cross and airport officials asked those in attendance to donate blood and money to help the victims of Hurricane Ike.


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Southlake Carroll drama students forced to change play plans

Sept. 19, 2008

Southlake Carroll high school drama students who spent the summer practicing songs and memorizing lines from the musical Sweeney Todd got a big surprise last week.

School officials suddenly canceled plans to do the play about a barber who murders his clients. The department, known for its lavish, cutting-edge productions, now plans to stage The Sound of Music.

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