Garage Sale Hunting Inspiration
Early autumn garage sales are some of our favorites; wake up early, throw on a hoodie, grab some cash and coffee and foray into the unknown yards and garages of those who purge at the change of seas...
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Recycled Garden Shed (and a Weekend DIY Shed Event!)
Sunset
We love the idea of the backyard shed as peaceful getaway, like Lisa's beautiful cottage in Port Orchard, Washington, built and decorated with recycled materials. If you're interested in building your...
Dream House Raffles: Would You Buy In?
"Dream house" to be raffled off by Community Action Marin Seems like in recent years, there have been quite a few Bay Area "dream house raffles," big-ticket raffles that benefit local charities, wher...
A Sustainable Move: Karmaboxx.com
Seattle
Recent years have seen an increase in options for moving that don't include heaps of floppy cardboard boxes. Karmaboxx.com is just one, but they're new and Seattle-based, and throw a little value-ad...
Furniture Re-Designs From Donna Walker
Furniture and object upcycling is one of the more intriguing new artistic media of our era. These days it seems there are so many artists and designers working in the spirit of sustainability, bringin...
Recycled Coastal Allegiance Coasters
Punny but pretty cute, these coasters are all about your coastal allegiance (and presumably, your guests'). Made from recycled tires, they allow you to......
Look! Wine Rack Made of FedEx Tubes
Ah yes, we can certainly appreciate impromptu, but correct and recyclable wine storage. Putting one together on the spot would be a great ice-breaker at a party to hold everyone's wine contributions...
Geopark: Recycling at its Best
Dwell Magazine
The petroleum industry doesn't typically conjure images of smiling children, sunday walks, or play dates. But this park is here to change that... Made from recycled and repurposed elements from the oi...
How To: Make Long-Lasting Mini Lanterns
Score! We love those tiny little glass jars of jam and honey we get in restaurants sometimes, and never tire of thinking of ways to reuse them. This idea for turning them into longer-lasting, bright...
How To: Make a Newspaper Basket
This newspaper basket triggers flashbacks to elementary school, where we wove (hundreds! thousands!) of paper place mats for our school's tap dance recital. Since then we've shied away from the craf...
Weekend Project: Doily Stencil Lampshade
While we definitely plan on spending every available second outside this weekend, good weather is also not a bad chance to complete indoor projects that require spray painting, outside. One of our f...
Top 10 Flea Market Finds
Canadian House & Home
This is just the kind of list we're always putting together in our head, but Canadian House & Home beat us to actually writing it down. There are a few things we always beeline for in the thrift sto...
How To: Cereal Box Storage Bins
Storage bins are such a basic organizing tool that it just makes sense to, first of all, make them ourselves; and, second of all, use one of the most common sources of household cardboard to do so. ...
Just In Time for Mothers' Day: Button Frame and Plant Pot
We've come full-circle. When we were kids, our Mothers' Day gifts were always handmade, and therefore personal, frugal and one-of-a-kind. After years of gift certificates, dinners, flowers and earri...
Look! Counter Made from Books
Once we go through and purge our books, which happens a couple of times per year, we generally don't want to see them again (the cluttery look is why we get rid of them in the first place). But folk...
Gallery of Salvage Makeovers
Sunset: 04.20.09
Often, remaking something old is the most accessible way to have anything new to look at in our house. The new issue of Sunset features a gallery of home items that have been refreshed — and in s...
New Life for Old Pianos
The Oregonian: 4.17.09
An unused piano is a huge item to keep in one's home, rivaled in size only by the sentimental and historical value that may be attached to it. The Oregonian profiles a piano shop that transforms unp...
Repurposed Storage at a 90˚ Angle
click thumbnails for larger pics We talk a lot about repurposing around here, but it can be a bit difficult to look at the same old things in new ways, no matter how motivated we are to save money o...
No-Money Home Makeover Ideas
Real Simple
It can be really frustrating to want to make a significant change to your home decor without the funds to buy a new piece or hire help, but very often the most significant changes require no or very...
Before & After: Flokati Rug + Vintage Bench
Before Rather than send this bench and rug to the Outbox, this blogger decided to combine and transform the two into a revitalized piece greater than the sum of its parts. Both items had thier share ...
Cheap Ways to Spruce Up for Spring
SF Chronicle
Creating a carpet runner at SCRAPEven if your budget for home-related expenses has shrunk, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can't spruce things up a bit for the new season. The SF Chronicle shares...
Look! Cabinets Made from Suitcases
From makeshift side table to auxiliary storage to pet bed, we thought we'd seen plenty when it came to reusing a suitcase. But this takes the cake as a creative option for a travel-themed bar area o...
Free Recycled Paint from Sunset Scavenger
Each day our local waste collector, Sunset Scavenger, receives the equivalent of several drums of latex paint for recycling. But instead of sending it off to be used as a cement additive (as many recy...
The Lives – And Remnants – Of Others
The Oregonian
Growing up, we always dreamed of a basement filled with items the previous owners had left behind. Not junk, mind you, but old clothes, books and letters...clues as to who came before and what kind of...
Giving to Those Who've Given To Us
We try our hardest to let friends and family know how much we care for them throughout the year, but there are people and causes that we don't always get to thank and show our appreciation for on a da...
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