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Guest Blog: Home decor from trash by Katya the intern

It’s Katya the Intern again with another part 3 of my Eco-home tips & tutorials series (here’s part 1 & part 2) This round is for recycled, re-purposed and reused decor to pretty up your house. Recycling  household trash and clutter  into decor is is definitely a simple way to reduce waste gong into a landfill. Most things just need a simple cleaning or a new coat of paint and others, like the glass bottle frames, can pretty much be used as is. Of course, you can get about as complex as you want and end up with some pretty fabulous design that no one would ever guess was once something as humble as a milk jug.

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1. Glass Bottle and Jar Frames by Design*Sponge
2. Scrap Fabric Rag Rug by Vintage Chica
3. Toilet Paper Tube Art by Design*Sponge
4. Men’s Plaid Shirt Pillows by Kelly and Olive
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5. Vintage Spool Vases by LushLee
6. iIbbon Spool Cubbies by Paper n Stitch
7. Recycled Yarn Branch by Leethal
8. Crayon Initial by Frugal Life Project
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9. Broken Whiteboard to Magnetic Chalk Board by Made by Nicole
10. Recycled Milk Jug Fixture by Dan Goldwater of Instructables
11. Lightbulb Terrarium by The Hipster Home
12. Bike Chainring Clock by The Hipster Home
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Post a comment — This entry (permalink) was posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 10:05 am by indiefixx. Filed in Green Stuff, Guest Blog, Home Decor & Wares and tagged , , .
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9 Comments

  1. brittni: papernstitc

    Thanks so much for including my Ribbon Spool Cubbies in this roundup. I love the other projects you selected.
    -Brittni

    Posted on 20-Jul-10 at 10:47 am | Permalink
  2. amy

    you got me with the title of this one – super clever! and this is a really great round-up.

    Posted on 20-Jul-10 at 10:59 pm | Permalink
  3. Terri

    I love the men’s shirt pillows… and the crayon initials would be perfect in a kid’s room! Great ideas!

    Posted on 22-Jul-10 at 12:00 am | Permalink
  4. genevieve

    What great collection of clever projects! My boys and I are re-organizing their every growing collection of rocks, shells, mini-sculptures and so on and I think Ribbon Spool cubbies will be perfect!
    Thanks -

    Posted on 22-Jul-10 at 12:28 pm | Permalink
  5. eden home decor

    I love #10 Recycled Milk Jug.

    Posted on 26-Jul-10 at 1:50 am | Permalink
  6. Nicole Maki

    Thank you so much for including my busted whiteboard make over. Very sweet of you.

    What a great line-up of projects. I’m impressed with all the cleverness and creativity.

    Posted on 27-Jul-10 at 10:03 pm | Permalink
  7. indiefixx

    So welcome, Nicole!

    Posted on 27-Jul-10 at 11:23 pm | Permalink
  8. Tiles Flooring

    I like #11 Recycled Bulb

    Posted on 22-Oct-10 at 9:15 am | Permalink
  9. Andi

    wow very creative! this is the besting to do
    this coming school break.
    thanks for sharing.. my kids will love it for sure..

    Posted on 17-Feb-11 at 12:21 am | Permalink

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