Category: recycle
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DIY Bulletin Board and Chalkboard
We had this white frame lying around and nothing to do with it. It was costly and in good shape, so I didn’t really want to get rid of it. My oldest needed a bulletin board so I figured, why not? I bought a piece of foam board out of the poster section at our…
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Make something Monday: DIY Notebooks from Upcycled Cardboard
At our house, we have acquired a large stack of cardboard. We reuse our cardboard for many things: lining raised beds and flower beds, killing grass before tilling the garden, and for making these neat little notebooks. Say what? Notebooks? First, cut the cardboard to your desired size and cover them with the scrapbook paper…
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Housework Wednesdays: our fantastically modular mudroom (that only cost me $40)
You may recall that my mudroom/laundry room combo used to look like this: That large cabinet was actually a TV cabinet, but we used it to store cleaning supplies. Because our brooms and mops were all stored in the pantry, it really wasn’t ideal. The cabinet was also very large and bulky, and took up…
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Farmhouse Friday: mason jar soap dispenser
You know what I love but have entirely too many of? Mason jars. I have dozens of them and I’m always looking for fun ways to use them. A few weeks ago, I got the idea to make some mason jar soap dispensers so I saved a few of these pumps from some empty hand…
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Dollar Tree Upcycles: farmhouse picture frames
Sometimes I just want to make something cute but I don’t have a lot of time to do it. While my kids were in dance class this week, I browsed our local Dollar Tree just to see what I could find. I found these cute frames and began to consider the possibilities. Then, I found…