Embracing Creativity and Patience: 8 Ways to Fix (Almost) Everything
There’s no question that the quality of most modern products has dramatically decreased in the last quarter century. Since big box store demand for cheap items and outsourced Chinese manufacturing are...
View Article4 Recycled Headboard Ideas That Look Fancy
Instead of a plain row of pillows lining your bed, add oomph to your bedroom with a headboard. Headboards make a room feel cozy. They add dimension. And, they create a focal point in the room. A...
View Article5 Ways to Reuse Holiday Cards (Now or Later!)
Opening your mailbox is never a more cheery experience than during the holidays. When the postman delivers those corny cards with grinning families dressed in their best (or dorkiest) outfits, you...
View ArticleFrom Our Friends: March 8, 2013
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, our weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts from the past week and more from our friends and partners around the web. This...
View ArticleThe Art Of Container Gardening Part 2: 4 Designs for Happy Artisan Container...
As the world turns in the West, we are becoming more and more aware of the negative impact our consumer problem-solving mentality has on the environment and humanity’s future. It is becoming...
View Article13 Super Crafty DIY Home Repurposing Projects
Here are 13 of our favorite do-it-yourself repurposing projects for your home. These projects feature everyday items like pallets, wine corks, old books, ball jars and even an old slinky. Hopefully...
View ArticleThe Four Commandments of How To Recycle or Repurpose Anything
The Earth is drowning in waste, and if we’re going to survive, we have to learn how to recycle, reuse and repurpose instead of throwing things away. It’s a skill our grandparents and...
View Article23 DIY Repurpose Projects for Almost Anything: From Coffee Filters to Toilet...
From coffee filters and toilet paper tubes to old jeans and tires, no matter how much we try to reduce we’ve all got trash to recycle or send off to a landfill. Repurpose instead of throw out! Turn...
View ArticleFrom Our Friends: January 31, 2014
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, a weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts, published by our friends and partners around the web. This week’s edition...
View ArticleFrom Our Friends: February 7, 2014
Welcome to this week’s installment of From Our Friends, a weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts, published by our friends and partners around the web. This week’s edition...
View ArticleFrom Our Friends: February 14, 2014
Welcome to this week’s Valentine’s Day installment of From Our Friends, a weekly roundup where we highlight some of our favorite posts, published by our friends and partners around the web. This...
View Article9 Fantastic Ideas for Repurposing Unwanted Bookcases
Repurposing or reusing keeps more stuff out of landfills and is the most sustainable of the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle). Repurposing is the act of altering and reusing an item with a purpose...
View ArticleClever Ideas for Springtime Fencing Projects
For those of us with a yard, springtime means it’s time to clean up from the long, cold, rough winter. It’s time to prepare the garden, pick up all those tree branches littering the yard, rake the...
View Article10 Fun Ways to Repurpose a Bouquet of Almost Dead Flowers
There’s nothing that boosts my mood more than scoring a bouquet of flowers – the vibrant colors, the smells, how it brightens the room – but then it starts to wilt, and guilt inevitably ensues....
View Article7 Luxurious and Eco-friendly DIY Projects for Your Home
When some think about DIY projects for the home, images of boring functional design come to mind. DIY sometimes gets a bad rap, but it doesn’t have to be that way. It is possible to create modern,...
View Article3 Simple, Easy Decorating Ideas Using Everyday Items That Will Transform Your...
If you read home decor magazines or watch the any of the those “Real Housewives” shows, they make decorating look easy, instantaneous and not fraught with worries about the cost or conspicuous...
View Article7 Ideas for Egg Carton Crafts and Repurposing Projects
Get creative with repurposing with these useful egg carton crafts and upcycling ideas. If you are a good farmers market shopper, then you remember to take back your egg cartons each time you buy...
View Article12 Super Easy Repurposing Ideas to Turn Old Stuff Into New Stuff
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure is never truer for those of us who enjoy DIY repurposing projects. These simple and clever home decor repurposing ideas will prove us right. Home Decor...
View Article13 Cool Home Decor Craft Ideas to Spring You Forward
Celebrate the season by decorating your home with flowers and color this spring with these simple and clever repurposing craft ideas. Turn your home into a spring oasis with these DIY craft ideas for...
View Article11 Fab Repurposing Ideas for Sheets, Curtains, Tablecloths and Other Home...
We can all come up with more repurposing ideas if we put our mind to it. And we all have old sheets, towels, and more laying around that can find a new function. Reduce, reuse, recycle. We all know...
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