So when these tutorials make you, too, obsessed with suncatchers, and you, too, have a handful of DIY suncatchers crowding every sunny window and sparkling in every corner of your back deck and garden, all I have to say is…
You’re welcome!
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Homemade soap is easy, fun, and satisfying to make, and you can craft your soap to your exact specifications.
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Whether it’s a 20″x24″ bath mat for your kid’s bathroom, or a couch-sized pom pom rug for your family room, the power to make your new favorite floor covering is in your hands!
Two Dozen Eco-Friendly Rugs, Mats, and Floor Coverings to Make Read More 👉
If you were lucky enough to have guests over for the holidays, now is the perfect time to up your tableware game for NEXT year’s holiday hosting.
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It’s possible to remove most candle wax from most fabric, even if your candle wax is highly pigmented, and even if your fabric is precious and delicate.
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These glass bottle bottom ring holders are quick and easy to make, and don’t require any additional supplies other than several grits of sandpaper.
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Whether you’re rolling beeswax candles with kids or pouring a multi-color, multi-layer jarred candle, homemade candles give you the power to fill your home with exactly the sensory experiences you want, with no mysteries and nothing unexpected.
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The solution for displaying your favorite treasures is that cardboard box hanging out in your recycling bin!
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Don’t let a wicker basket’s unfortunate appearance blind you to how versatile it can be for containing and organizing your clutter in an attractive way. Read on for a selection of easy tutorials that remake, remodel, and otherwise transform any ugly wicker basket into the perfect home accessory.
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Painting a wicker basket is a super quick project that makes a big change in the overall look of your room. And when you get tired of your current color scheme, repainting that basket is just as quick and easy!
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There are huge environmental and economic benefits to covering your windows with curtains. You conserve energy when you insulate even energy-efficient windows with another layer or two, and if your windows are older, the energy conservation is even more extreme. With that energy conservation comes concrete savings on your energy bills. It’s a win-win situation!
15 DIY Curtains and Window Coverings for an Eco-Friendly Makeover Read More 👉
Drapes are a surprisingly eco-friendly home furnishing.
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I love how versatile raised beds and containers are for urban gardening.
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I don’t have any kind of yearning to restore my wonky old house to its original condition, but it would be pretty cool to clean and refurbish just those antique door fixtures, just to see what they actually look like.
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Instead of tossing it into the waste stream and feeling bad about yourself because of it, give that broken dish a second life by upcycling it into something fun, beautiful, and useful.
20 Ways to Upcycle Broken Dishes Read More 👉
Whether you make your sewing table from scratch, or modify it from an existing piece of furniture, DIYing it is a great way not only to avoid buying something else new that will one day end up in the waste stream, but also to make yourself the exact custom sewing table that you need, exactly the way you want it.
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A new table runner is an easy way to transform the look of your table setting.
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My favorite plant markers are the simplest ones you could make–they’re just wood burned sticks!
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Frosted glass is easy to DIY, and there are a ton of different methods to do it.
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For every single-use disposable, there’s a DIY reusable option, and often one that you can make from supplies that you already own.
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No matter the special occasion (or even no occasion at all!), I guarantee that there is a perfect bunting for you to make for that event.
A DIY Bunting For Every Occasion: 30 Projects Read More 👉
There’s not a lot that’s more charming than a sprig of flowers and greenery and ribbon worn on one’s lapel.
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Christmas can be fun and festive without using precious resources or adding to the waste stream.
50 Eco-Friendly Christmas Crafts Read More 👉
Thanksgiving tends to get lost in the build-up to Christmas, but even though there’s snow on the ground outside my window right now, I personally still want to pretend like it’s autumn.
30 Eco-Friendly DIY Thanksgiving Decorations Read More 👉
It’s easy to have beautiful music outside your house on any windy day.
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One of my favorite parts of windy weather is enjoying the sound of the wind chimes singing from my front porch and back deck.
Make an Upcycled Aluminum Can and Silverware Wind Chime Read More 👉
A handmade welcome sign is a terrific way to incorporate a DIY element into your wedding decor.
20 DIY Wedding Welcome Signs Read More 👉
Whether you pick a project right from this list or use it to inspire you to create your very own project, you’ll find lots of wonderful ways to use dried flowers right here!
36 Dried Flower Crafts Read More 👉
You likely have everything that you need to dry flowers already in your house.
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If you’ve got an unloved clipboard that you wish you didn’t, check out this list of my favorite upcycled clipboard crafts.
20 Upcycled Clipboard Crafts Read More 👉
Keep your front door in tune with the season by DIYing a beautiful, eco-friendly spring wreath!
30 Spring Wreaths to DIY Read More 👉
You’ve got to paint a few coats of sealant on your picnic table, anyway, if you want it to last outdoors–you might as well paint something interesting onto it first!
How To Refinish a Picnic Table with Paint Read More 👉
If you do not use plant markers, you will regret it.
30 Handmade Plant Markers Read More 👉
I did what I do with every single even vaguely container-shaped piece of junk that needs a second life around here–I turned it into a planter!
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