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25.01.2022 We’re hiring! The Bower has 2 permanent part time roles available. Please visit our website for job descriptions and contact details: https://bit.ly/38Bj42G Come feel the Bower Power! #bowerpower #positionsavailable #workavailable #parttimepositionsavailable #parttimework #notforprofit #environmentalcharity #dogoodfeelgood #dogood #joinus

25.01.2022 Jyotsna Bakre will be selling her beautiful wares at The Christmas Edition of our Parra Pickers Trash & Treasure market on Sat Dec 5 between 4-9pm. She uses paper quilling techniques to craft Christmas ornaments and cards, photo frames and decorative tea light candle holders using discarded CDs. Beautiful and simple, handmade and waste-free. Sustainable Christmas gift giving FTW! Parra Pickers is on Sat December 5 at Bower Reuse & Repair Centre, Parramatta. For workshop an...d market info visit our website: https://bit.ly/3lV9dZp cc @art_by_jyotsna #parrapickersnightmarket #parramatta #liveableparramatta #sustainablechristmas #handmade #handmadewithlove #craftychristmas #handmadegifts #papercrafts #quilling #reuse

24.01.2022 Free All Ages Workshop at Parra Pickers - MYO Decorations Using Traditional String Making Practice We’re feeling really fortunate to have educator, maker and bushcraft practitioner Dave ‘Harry’ Harrington (aka Stone & Bones) leading workshops at Parra Pickers on December 5. Dave will lead workshop participants through some traditional weaving practices to create Christmas decorations using reclaimed materials - including shiny bits & bobs from The Bower. Embrace the art of D...IY this Christmas; make your own Christmas decorations incorporating traditional aboriginal weaving techniques. Beautiful! Info & Bookings here: https://events.humanitix.com/parra-pickers-all-ages-craft-y# #sustainablechristmas #liveableparramatta #parramatta #parrapickers #reuse #savedfromlandfill #craft #handicraft #craftychristmas #makeityourself #myo #handmade #parraparents #parramums #familytime #familycraft #parradads

22.01.2022 We are still recruiting for 2 permanent part time roles - retail salesperson and truck driver. Job descriptions and contact details on The Bower website: https://bit.ly/38Bj42G #bowerpower #positionsavailable #workavailable #parttimepositionsavailable #parttimework #notforprofit #environmentalcharity #dogoodfeelgood #dogood #joinus #newyearnewjob

17.01.2022 Workshop Update There are a couple of places left in this weekend’s Introductory Upholstery Course at Parramatta. In just 3 hours you will learn basic techniques that will allow you to upholster a flat surface by creating your own milk-crate upholstered seat base. This workshop includes choosing appropriate fabric, measuring and cutting foam and padding and what timbers to use for creating the base, and will set you on your way for experimenting with more upholstery techniqu...es in future! Generous discounts apply for Parramatta residents with thanks to @cityofparramatta. You’ll never look at a milk crate in the same way again. We’re also offering an online Clothing Repair Cafe via Zoom this weekend. Join our sewist Kate and let her talk you through the basic skills you need to repair clothes you’d like to continue wearing: change elastic, fix hems, repair a dodgy zip and sew on. See what we did there? Register for our Online Repair Cafes here: https://bit.ly/2TbPrvU #repair #reuse #mend #diyproject #diyprojects #diyhomedecor #sewistsofinstagram #sewist #sewists #workshops #repaircafes #repaircafe #onlinerepaircafe #upskill #upskilling #upskillyourself #bowerpower #staplegun

13.01.2022 Another of our consignors, Brian, dropped some beautiful and interesting pieces into us yesterday all on the shop floor and ready to be snapped up. I like to reinvent anything and everything out of whatever I can find, says Brian. I used to watch a cartoon called ‘The Wombles’ when I was growing up; they made things out of rubbish and I think those lessons stuck. We think so too because making a doorstop out of salvaged construction aggregate from building sites is GENIU...S. Brian finds salvaging and refurbishing challenging yet rewarding work: It’s great when things work but I have a serious amount of disastrous crap as well. You can’t be afraid to fail when you do this kind of work; any creative will tell you that. All of the good things I’ve produced have resulted from numerous failings to get there. But I think recycling and upcycling is so very important in this day and age; it is so satisfying to keep some of these items out of landfill and reuse them in clever ways. I can’t stand waste. Hear, hear! Salvaged Aggregate Door Stop with Circle Ring $65 Upcycled Sewing Machine Drawer Wine Rack $65 Refurbished Filing Cabinet Bedside Table $180 Upcycled Panel Cupboard $110 Set of Two Drawers $90 Table with Inlay $80 Brian/Womble combo Priceless Call The Bower on 02 9568 6280 if you’d like to purchase one of these pieces and can’t get into the store quickly. If you’re interested in selling items on consignment in our store please email [email protected] #reuse #reuseguru #refurbishedfurniture #refurbish #repurpose #repurposed #consignment #salvage #pickers #wombles #thewomblesofwimbledon #thewombles #80skids #80skidstv #woodwork

13.01.2022 Happy Black Fri-nay! Everyone loves a good bargain - so instead of hitting up your local shopping centre and buying something new, think SECOND HAND ! The shop is looking extra great thanks to our sales stars Rachel and Tommy who have worked their butts off today. Here comes this Friday's best picks - stay cool over the weekend! Cabinet with glass doors $350 Retro shelves by @retrosmith1 $150 Musical chair $40... Dresser w ornate mirror $150 Side table by consignor Brian Boyle $210 Small chest of drawers $65 Cutesy rug $20 Pink side-table $30 See more

03.01.2022 Berlin - you are cool. How do we encourage the reuse of items that still have life in them? How do we make the idea of reuse appealing to all social groups and not just the environmentally conscious? Maybe this is how. Excellent read by Klaus Sieg on David Byrne’s ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’.... If a system existed to resell those items to consumers who would otherwise purchase new ones, the environmental benefits would be almost incalculable. Think about all of the resources and energy that a single new item requires: the extraction of raw materials, the production, the transport, the storage. Factories, trucks, warehouses millions of them all of which need to be fueled up, climate controlled, flooded with light and washed down. Discuss! https://reasonstobecheerful.world/berlin-second-hand-used-/ #circulareconomy #reasonstobecheerful #davidbyrne #klaussieg #circular #circularaustralia #closetheloop #closedloop #circulareverything #reuse #repair #choosetoreuse #repairinsteadofreplace #sustainability #choosetoreuse #sustainability #environmentalbenefits