Nigel's Eco Blog – 10 ways to furnish your home for free (and have fun doing it) We throw out a lot of stuff every year — 10 million items of furniture alone in the UK — but often it’s still perfectly usable. Guest blogger, Cat Fletcher from online re-use community Freegle, explains the benefits of re-use, upcycling and sharing, and offers her top 10 tips on how to make the most of what other people don’t want. The chesterfield sofa in this pic was in good condition but dumped on the street. Cat stumbled across it while doing some photos – it then got freegled. photo by Sam Eddison I’ve been living a bit like a Womble for a while now — collecting things myself and others need, from people who no longer want them.
Over the past few years, this innovative approach has become quite popular — even the Daily Mail has picked up on it! I have managed to furnish everywhere I’ve lived for three decades by doing this, only rarely buying new things, and saving loads of money into the bargain. The reason it’s so easy to do this? Wooden pallet plant grower 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Scrapbook for Kirstie's Fill Your House For Free from Channel 4. Upcycling With Pallets Infographic | Ultimate Pallet Upcycling Guide. 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects. Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:30 am, Posted by Chris Groves | Internet 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Topics: At Home Project Ideas , Creative DIY Home Projects , Do It Yourself Projects for 2012 , Fun How To Projects , What to Do with Extra Stuff Are you bored and have a bunch of extra little items hanging around here and there?
Well we were in the same boat so we decided to round up 20 different awesome at home projects you can do. Anything from soda pop cap lids to spoons and more. You honestly don’t know some of the creative things you can do with what could possible be junk. That’s why we want to turn ordinary household items into a fun project that may keep you busy or entertained- who knows maybe these will also make great gifts as well? If you know of any great at home Do It Yourself Projects please leave a comment to include your own and maybe we will add it to our list. 1.
More info: here | Buy: here 2. More info: here 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Floor Cushions. September 21st, 2010 A while ago [a long while ago] I bought a load of old/vintage fabrics from charity shops with the idea of making large floor cushion / bean bags. You can see the prototype I made here. I never got round to making them – work and diy etc got in the way. So when I saw this tutorial on Design*Sponge I got totally inspired to get the sewing machine out again. The tutorial shows you how to make a lovely cushion like this: Isn’t that lovely! As we’ll be using our cushions on the floor and I know the dog is probably find them irresistible, I want to make covers that are removable and so I’d want to use either a zip or velcro and an inner lining to hold the ‘beans’. So thanks to this tutorial I think I will at last get round to making my floor cushions – go check it out! 35 Amazing Uses For Old Pallets.
Print Hula Hoop Rug Page | Crafts | FamilyFun. DIY Month: Home Decor Ideas from Our Favorite Bloggers - iVillage. A ModernTake on the Doily - $850 Lamp for less than $50. A Modern Take on the Doily $850 Lamp for less than $50? Yes Please! Hello Pretty people! We are so excited to share a project we did this past weekend. A few months ago, I came across a ceiling lamp, I absolutely loved. It was $850, and I just couldn’t justify the spend, being it was simply made of doilies.
I can’t claim the quality of the lamp we DIYed is the same of the more expensive one, but I can say, we are pretty darn happy with the results! To get started, you are going to need a few things to make this project successful. Corn starchballoon (we used a 40” blown up until completely round, as pictured)upholstery thread (but any thread will do)twinedrop clothschool gluecheap paintbrushpetroleum jellylamp kit24+ doiliesstiff stuff We sewed the doilies around the balloon with the upholstery thread, very carefully.
Make sure to create a space to place your bulb socket. Once you have sewn about ¾ of your balloon, stop and do the last ¼ separately. I am Lana. Like this: Like Loading... - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon.