Warning: My scrap wood pile hit 200 pounds this weekend

I was cleaning out the garage in Austin and realized I've been saving every decent offcut since we moved here three years ago. The bathroom vanity project finally pushed the scale past a number that made me stop and laugh. How do you decide what's worth keeping versus just letting go?

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the_john22d ago

My scrap wood hoard is a serious fire hazard now.

gibson.robert22d ago

My garage in San Antonio hit that point last spring. I had a whole milk crate of pieces under six inches, convinced I'd need them for shims or small repairs. Finally had to make a rule: if it's smaller than a paint stir stick, it goes in the kindling bucket. The pile still takes up a whole corner though.