When it comes to home decor, I am a HUGE fan of recycling. Before I go out and buy something, I often look around my apartment to try and use something I already have. Just this week I desperately needed to light some candles around the house (long story short – Roxy dog had a little accident that made our house smell NOT so pretty) and while I had a ton of votive candles lying around, I had no candle holders. Well low and behold, my obsession with ball jars saved the day! Cute and fireproof! Keep reading…
Viewing Archive: recycleUpcycling: The process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value. And GREAT for home decor! Refrigerator Door → Wall Shelf The Alternative Consumer Alcohol Bottle → Drinking Glass Old Suitcase → Barstool T.O.M.T Newspaper → Storage Basket Pier1 Old Suit Jacket → Decorative Pillow Hilary Cosgrove Album Covers → File Box FreeStyle Gifts Map → Coffee Table Bowl MrGnome Wine Bottle → Cheese Plate Keep reading… Following a previous post about what do with empty wine bottles, I received a ton of great ideas and requests for how to reuse corks. I’ve actually been saving corks for quite some time now (and kinda like how they look right now!) From Jenny’s HFoP But I have a plan, and that is to create a trivet, like one of these: Wine Enthusiast ($13/set) But there are so many other cool things you can do! Coasters (1) Wine Enthusiast (2) Etsy ($15/4) Keep reading… So this time of year especially, does anyone else have a hardcore collection of empty wine bottles hanging in their recycling bin? Anyone?? Well I know I’m not the only one, so thanks to my Dad’s great suggestion, and Mom’s dedicated assistance with providing empty wine bottles (hehe) this post is all about what you can do with the bottles AFTER the wine is gone. The party AIN’T over people! Not only does this post help save the environment (whoohoo!) but the suggestions here are all relatively inexpensive. So rather than my usual LOVE IT and WANT IT section…. Let’s go  |
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