Adding a kitchen island is a great way to add some needed storage and counter space to a kitchen. If you’re a builder, you can build a good kitchen island from scratch — or if you’re not, then you can start with a sturdy piece of furniture and upcycle it into the island of your […]
11 Ways to Reuse Old Calendars
The year 2014 may be over, but that doesn’t mean you have to throw out your calendar. If you love last year’s colors and images, consider some new uses for the pages! Reuse old calendars and calendar images by making them into some useful and decorative new things. Recycle the pages of your calendar into one […]
10 Great Recycled and Upcycled Projects
[tps_header] Recycled and Upcycled Projects Hope you’re having a fabulous summer and had a great holiday weekend! We really love finding new bloggers and fabulous new projects here at the party, so come strut your stuff and bring a friend 🙂 Don’t forget to go check out last week’s great party and then link up […]
The Amazing Things You Can Do with Salvaged Wood
Today we get to hear from not one by two guest bloggers—a husband and wife blogging team! (We’re kind of partial to those, around here.) They are going to be sharing the knack they have for reimagining old, worn out things into new, useful things. One of their recent projects was this reclaimed wood key […]
Repurposing an Old Shutter Into a Bathroom Counter
Fishbone Chair Project Plans and Tutorial
Upcycle us is what comes to my mind when I look at the full recycling bins before trash pick up. Upcycle us is also a blog featuring upcycled items from the same trash pick up. The items you will see are highly influenced by designers who use minimalist designs and concepts, such as making […]
Built in Banquette from Recycled Cabinet
Budget Breakfast Nook using Recycled Cabinets! Built in Banquette! By Rachel I have the most super best friend from college. Smart and funny, she’s the only one that can get me out of a funk when I am having one of those days. Now that we are “grownups” we live 3 hours apart but […]
Recycling Glass Insulators Into Pendant Light
Recycling Glass Insulators Into Pendant Light Contributed by Girl In Air Photo Source Oh how I wish I had all these fabulous colors!! Ever wonder what you could do with those old glass insulators?? How about a pendant light!? I am really into re-purposing things right now….and I […]
Neirmann Weeks Lighting Look Alike DIY
This project has been around the blog-o-sphere a little bit, but I still had to share it because it is quite genius. I love it when people have the ability to make from two separate, out of fashion pieces a unified, updated whole, that is just plain awesome I really respect them! So, this fabulous lighting remake comes […]
From Crib to Plate Rack; Up-cycle project
I was just surfing blogs when I came upon this project, and I had to ask if I could share it with you! It is from Erin at The Little Apartment on the Prairie. Anyway, she had a crib that her little one just didn’t love! So she made a beautiful dish display it is TOO COOL […]
DIY Serving Tray From Old Cabinet Door
Sharyl at The Little Brown House has created a great project using an old cabinet door as a serving tray. I think that this is a great way to reuse and repurpose something. So, my oldest sister has a birthday this month. And she mentioned to me that she would like a serving tray. Don’t tell her you […]
Feeling Spindle-y, Re-purpose, Guest
Gail from My Repurposed Life sent over this little project and I love it. I think they are beautiful. And after reading her post I am wanting to move to a place where you find such great junk on the side of the road. Jamie told me that I needed some height on my mantel. […]
Clearly Awesome; Recycled Window Greenhouse; Guest
Okay, it’s true, I have a special place in my heart for re-use projects and this in one of my favorite ideas that I have ever seen. Check what Dori at Sparta Savings did with a whole bunch of old windows. Recycled Window Greenhouse by Sparta Savings We had these studded wall […]
Window to your Stuff; Window re-use
Gail over at My Repurposed Life is literally my new window re-use hero. And I have some windows just like this… Yea! Check out what she did: This was a long time coming. Seems like that’s becoming a habit with me, huh? Just to refresh your memory . . . I picked up two of […]
Get off the Bench! Headboard Projects
This is such a great headboard project. I have seen these benches around and wish I had either an old headboard, a place for one in my house or a great patio space, or someone that wanted to make one for me and give me a gift… then for sure I could make room for […]
