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Boutique Trash Chic is a project to spread the idea to have a place in your house where you keep stuff you give away to guests. It's taking the concept of the Give-away shop with the goal to put it in every one's home.

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/ is now up

How to

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/how-to

Origin of the name Boutique Trash Chic

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/about

Take and Leave Box

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/take-and-leave-box

What kind of stuff?

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/stuff

Reactions

People are often confused and feel weird to take stuff for free the first time. For guaka, it makes him happy to see someone wear some clothes that he hasn't worn in many years and probably wouldn't ever again.

Great fun for Parties

It's great for parties: tell people to bring clothes they don't want anymore and have a dress-up party, or simply take some of the fun party goers to the boutique and let them dress up.

Philosophy

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/philosophy

The website

http://boutique.trash-chic.org/about

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 ===Origin of the name Boutique Trash Chic===
-The name Boutique Trash Chic was conceived in [[Brussels]], in the house [[User:Guaka|guaka]] is living (2010) on a cold February evening, [[User:Dante|Dante]] was also around.  There was another spelling ''boutique trash chique'' and there were some different ideas, but this one really stuck.
+http://boutique.trash-chic.org/about
-At [[User:Guaka|guaka]]'s place there's a space of about 3 by 3 meters in the garage.   The "shop" is filled by guests and by the inhabitants of the house who regularly dumpster dive stuff (especially [[clothes]]) they don't directly deem useful themselves but that are of good quality and that will make other people happy - and also just old stuff they don't want (enough) anymore.
 ===Take and Leave Box===
-A good concept for people with less space is the '''take and leave box''', see http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=31704 and http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=6080361
+http://boutique.trash-chic.org/take-and-leave-box
 ==What kind of stuff?==
-What we can leave in the Boutique or the Box?
+http://boutique.trash-chic.org/stuff
-* Books
-* Clothes & Shoes
-** anything goes, but especially stuff against rain or cold is nice to have around
-* Bathroom Products
-* Beach Sun Cream
-* Travel accessories
-* Toys (freesbe...)
-* Unused Tickets/Pass (Bus, Ferry, Museum...)
-* Nonperishable Food
-* Maps, Travel Guides, Flyers
-* List of Tips, Your favourites from your stay
-* Tents
-* Bike parts
-* Bags, back packs
-* Cellphone and other chargers
-* Foreign coins
-* CD's, tapes
-** fun for [[hitchhiking|hitchhikers]] and people with tape systems in their cars (hitchhikers often come across cars with tape systems)
-For more spacious boutiques:
-* Kitchen stuff
-* Small furniture
-What not to leave:
-* Perishable food
-* Dirty stuff
-** If clothes are dirty, wash them first
 ==Reactions==