Tag: recycle
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Shop Your House: Don’t buy new, repurpose instead
Have you ever had something in your house that you love, but due to its age, it doesn’t look as good as it used to? Or maybe it’s not something that doesn’t look usable anymore but you can’t bring yourself to get rid of it. At our wedding eleven years ago, we lined the sidewalk […]
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Reuse and repurpose: Five new uses for cardboard
We seem to always have a lot of cardboard around here. When our kids were younger we had diaper boxes. Now we have boxes from Amazon purchases and Christmas gifts. And with two daughters and a shoe fetish of my own, we have tons of shoe boxes. Whether it is a big box or a […]
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What can you make with pool noodles?
Pool noodles are ridiculously cheap, and you can find them almost anywhere. And while most of us use them to float in a pool, there are many other ways you can use them as well. In today’s Pinterest roundup, I’d like to share some creative ideas for repurposing pool noodles. You can use them to […]
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From discarded basket to farmhouse planter
I found a neat looking basket in the discard pile at my job. Yes, I trash pick. #notashamed I liked this basket because it had feet and I liked the shape of it. It was also in great shape. I thought it would make a cute planter. I promptly painted the basket white with some […]
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Make it Monday: How to create fashionable storage boxes from ordinary shoeboxes
I apparently have a shoe buying problem. With two little girls who like shoes as much as I do, I don’t see it getting any better. My husband isn’t impressed by the shoe buying, nor is he impressed by my shoebox-hoarding. I just knew I could do something cool with them. I’ve wanted to reorganize […]
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