Room Refresh - The Nursery!

Rena Lenari of The Jazz Up, shares a few tips for decorating with free and found items.

1. All of your pieces make up a family—the old and the new-to-you. In the nursery, you need a calm space but it is also a joyful space—the rug helped with this. The neutral wood and walls allowed me to use some reds to add life to the quiet space.

You may be looking to make an area of a room feel more alive, or interesting. That can be a great place to bring in found pieces with texture and a story.

At the end of the day, a nicely decorated room shows a pleasant conversation between its objects—a connection where one object will support the other in its form, function, or both. Decorating with that in mind creates a flow that makes sense because it gives us a feeling of harmony.

Spotlight on: Taking Ownership PDX!!

Freeya has partnered with Taking Ownership PDX, an organization in Portland doing really important work within the Black community. Taking Ownership renovates and revives Black-owned homes that have requested help, with an emphasis on enabling Black homeowners to age in place, generate wealth and simultaneously deter predatory investors and realtors to deflect the gentrification process. Part of their hands-on process often involves cleaning out decades of accumulated stuff. Now they have a place other than the dumpster to give items a new life—on Freeya!

Rat City Rollers! Tickets coming up in the app, starting today!

Saying Goodbye has never been easier!

And that's because we've revamped Freeya just a lil bit to make posting your unwanted items SUPER-DUPER-SO-FAST-SO-FUN! Here's what it looks like if you're into this sorta thing.

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Did you Know?!

• You can now pick-up/reserve multiple items at once with a Freeya Pro Membership! Plan some weekend outings to a new neighborhood and pick up a few items at once.
• You can get advance notice when an item from any of your saved search alerts becomes available. The Freeya Pro Membership allows you to save up multiple search and as a pro member you'll be notified when they hit the feed.
• Be sure you're on the latest version of the app and check out these and other pro-member features! Fun fact: Annual Freeya Pro Memberships come with $59 to spend on Freeya merch and supplies , like this cool shirt that says 'Easily Distracted by Free Stuff' or this cool bag that holds all the groceries or beach supplies.

What version are we on?!

• iOS 1.1.0 and Android 1.0.8 (you're gonna want to get in on this version!)

What's Coming Next?!

We've got a few app updates in the works—we're busy attempting to smooth some of those rough edges in time for Spring Cleaning. Be on the lookout for those updates plus tips and inspiration as we head into Spring!