This springtime, move your backyard from Blah to Booyah! with these cheap, fun, easy and sustainable upcycling ideas. Using repurposed items to up your backyard game means you save money, and you save the planet as old items are kept from the landfill.
Pallets provide the perfect, cheap, natural material to create beautiful upcycled things for your home and family. Get inspiration for your summer projects from these amazing recycled pallet ideas.
Reuse, reduce, recycle and upcycle! Upcycling is a new green living trend which repurposes old junk to make amazing new items for your home or office. Upcycled items aren't just good for the environment, they also carry with them a vintage steampunk charm that endears them to those who make them and those very special folks who receive them as gifts. Almost everything in my home is upcycled and I LOVE it! Here are some of our favorite items:
Cocktails were drunk and fun was had by all, now you've got a phalanx of umbrellas (yes, that's right, a phalanx - I looked it up!) You can upcycle those happy little cocktail umbrellas to make a gorgeous lampshade as a memento to good times.
It’s that time of year when you get to give a little back to the lady who gave you life. This year, put a little added love into your gift by making it a green one. Here is the Greenmoxie list of great green living gifts for mums.
Mornings are hard, luckily there's coffee! You can make these fun DIY upcycled coffee mugs or tea cups for your favorite morning person. All you need is an old coffee mug or tea cup and a little creativity. Wow your neighbors, impress your friends and save the planet by upcycling coffee mugs rather than buying new ones.
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