Earth Day is coming up soon (although, really, isn’t every day Earth Day?)! I love a good celebration of recycling, upcycling, and repurposing to save our planet!
Remember this? From my IKEA Hack Trash and Recycling Center project.
In celebration of Earth Day, today and all week, I’m sharing my favorite DIY repurposing and upcycling projects.
I turned an old tripod into a floor lamp – and it looks a lot like one you can buy at Pottery Barn for $400+ more!
For the sports fan in your life, turn an old gym floor (or any old wood) into a headboard!
Old chairs’ fabric got you down? Here’s how to reupholster parsons chairs! Did I mention you don’t need to sew to do this?!?
Can’t find a daybed you love or it’s too expensive? I had that problem, so I made a daybed out of old doors:
This is the project that landed me in This Old House Magazine!
You can find extra cabinet doors at thrift stores and Habitat for Humanity ReStores for super-cheap! Grab one and turn the cabinet door into a memo board like this:
Click here to check out more DIY repurposing and upcycling projects!
A "recovering lawyer," I turned in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.
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