Flap

To rescue a chair or picture frame from the refuse bin is one of Darla Varney's greatest delights. People ask her all the time questions like, "Hey Darla, where ya goin' with that sawhorse?" "Whatta ya goin' to do with that hubcap?" "Is that my Shop-Vac?" Darla wishes she had a few creative answers to toss back, but the truth is she feels good when she saves things others lose interest in. Darla turns some of her finds into conversation pieces she sells at her craft booth on the weekends. She's especially good at making magazine racks out of driftwood, even though she knows folks look at stuff on their phones more than they flip through glossy paper pages. It's why she calls them "conversation pieces" and not "magazine racks." But Darla doesn't have definitive plans for her newly acquired pair of ripped and zipperless jeans, or the Vera Bradley mailbag with its flap missing. She just likes having these odds and ends around the house for when inspiration visits. Darla is grateful for the fact people treat their belongings with so little care.