Comments on: 25 Frugal Ways To Reuse Everyday Household Items.

By: PattyH

PattyH — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:48:45 +0000

my all time favorite and best recycling tip is for drycleaning plastic. Remove your clothes and take one end and tie a regular knot in it. Put knotted side in the bottom and gather excess plastic and tighten with another simple knot on the side of your bathroom basket. Since bathroom waste is typically smaller and lighter, this plastic works perfectly!

By: Bill Swan

Bill Swan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:20:47 +0000

Bath mats s mops- found one I never heard of before! I could write a post on 50 ways to use plastic bags.

By: Roxeanne

Roxeanne — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:39:53 +0000

I just saw an article in Womens Day that used glass jars and glued orange tissue paper on the outside and black construction paper for eyes, nose and mouth and put a small candle in it and you have a halloween decoration for your porch.

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By: Mandi

Mandi — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:11:26 +0000

I love the idea of using glass jars to keep dry beans and legumes in. My kitchen gets fairly hot during the spring and summer and every year there are some type of silk worms or something in all my cabinet food (rice, beans, flour etc) but I had some in a glass spaghetti jar and it stayed good for EVER!!! Now I am trying to think of a good way to reuse my old couch that my kids have jumped on until it broke. I can use the wood for my chicken coop but am not sure about the fabric. WAIT!!! I KNOW!!! I will cut and sew the fabric into bean bags to throw at the kids when they aren’t listening to me….. JK!!!!

By: MaryJane

MaryJane — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:54:23 +0000

I had a dresser with 9 drawers and matching side table with 3-It was a beautiful marble green color-but one drawer and the whole top of the dresser as well as a leg on the side table got broken in our last move. I took 6 of the drawers from the dresser and made a gorgeous bookshelf by “stacking” them so the the bottoms became the inside back of the shelf.! I used scrapbook pages to line them. I also mounted the 3 bed side drawers to use as a shelf for books and indoor plants as well as one in my closet for a sock “drawer”/shelf and finally one above the toilet in the bathroom for hiding extra TP or rolling and storing wash clothes and hand towels. I used it for bath salts and candles for awhile The remaining drawer still in tact from the dresser I used as under the bed storage by putting wheels from a broken chair on the bottom for ease of use! Finally I used the last -broken- drawer as a bed for my kitty by sewing an extra-fluff pillow/cushion (from old pillows and stuffed animals and a shower curtain I no longer used)and made a cover to it with Velcro so I could easily remove the whole cushion and wash just the cover, PLUS if she ever decided to potty in it the liner was “moisture” proof from the curtain — also I use herbs and rice or beans sewn into a fabric of the same size as the cushion and in winter I heat it in the microwave and slip it into the cover so she has a heated bed at night!

By: geekdad

geekdad — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:57:37 +0000

I’ve nailed up tin cans to my peg board in my garage to keep all the screws nails and nuts and bolts organized.

the paper egg cartons make great plant starteds and if you space out the seedlings you can plant the carton after you cut the bottoms to let the roots through.

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:34:18 +0000

Plastic Milk Bag Mat Beds
SENT TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

LET’S RECYCLE and MAKE A DIFFERENCE

All you need to start is:
Plastic milk bags (the outer bag which holds 3 smaller milk bags)
1 pair of scissors
1 – 9mm crochet hook
(crochet single chain ““ very easy)

Mat sizes :
Adult mat 36″ x 65″
Child mat 30″x 45″

It’s FREE; It’s FUN; It’s EASY
It’s for a GOOD CAUSE !

for more information e-mail rlsrachel@sympatico.ca