Eco-Friendly Home Ideas
With Earth Week beginning, you may be thinking about ways to reduce your carbon footprint inside the home. Read on for some ideas on how to decorate and live earth-friendly. Some eco-friendly switches...
View ArticleEco-Friendly Easter Ideas
With Earth Week and Easter coinciding, this year is the perfect time to make your Easter celebration more eco-friendly than in years past. Here are a few tips for an earth-friendly Easter: Avoid...
View ArticlePlastic Bag Holder
Unless you’ve completely given up using grocery store plastic bags, you probably have a drawer in your kitchen (like mine) stuffed with plastic bags that you use from everything to packing lunches to...
View ArticleGreen Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning is all about making a clean new start to the year. As you clean and organize, why not make your home a little greener in the process? Ideas for “Spring Greening”: For the actual...
View ArticleBottle Cap Lampshade
Plastic water bottles are one of the biggest culprits adding to our landfills. Recycling this excess plastic through a city recycling program is one way to do the right thing, but there are many ways...
View ArticleCabinet Door Serving Tray
For Earth Day, I was looking for ideas to repurpose items. How better to celebrate the earth than by using what you already have? Check out the cabinet door turned serving tray I found at Craftynest....
View ArticleMismatched China Lamp
With a lamp kit or parts from an old lamp, you can make a lamp out of just about anything. Make a thrift store run for a couple teapots and cups, and you can make this mismatched china lamp as featured...
View ArticleDecorative Recycling Bins
Recycling bins, like trash cans, are often relegated to the driveway or garage because they’re too ugly to have inside the house. Where can you find a recycling bin that’s more attractive than its...
View ArticleHouse in a Box
Imagine living in a 200-square-foot space. Now imagine that the space is an old shipping container. Sound less than homey? Check out Sunset magazine’s idea house project that takes repurposing to a...
View ArticleBelt Buckle Frames
Using items from around the house for decor can give you such an “I did that” sense of accomplishment. If you know how to turn headboards into fireplaces, sure, you’re going to impress the neighbors....
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