Reuse, refurbish, reinvent

These have been in use for years. They are washed with towels in washing bags. For heavy makeup one might consider a darker towel.

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Bonus tip. Use old cereal liners to keep the paint off the table.

Original FB link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/215658688640/permalink/10161195405893641/

I’ve been searching around for resources to add to my list of thrifting or freecycling resources online.

I am trying to locate good online resources for thrifting and freecycling items, and have had some tips for good resources that I put into a list. I found out about Kijiji yesterday, but other than Wikipedia entries (and the sites branding-oriented info), I know little.

Source: Transcend furniture on YT, link to the video in question

When you have a smaller space, like a student dorm room or tiny apartment, functional furniture and storage is tricky. Sometimes the kitchen nook is so small that you can’t fit a normal table, and the hallway too narrow for a normal console. Folding console tables, while practical, can make it feel too temporary and bare. And it’s hard to get hold of free or thrifted furniture that fits in the space.

This is one of the reuse projects that I stumbled upon several years ago, and I am happy that the creator is still active. Daniel Maher, of DM Stained Glass [Facebook], makes stunning stained glass windows, and teaches courses for beginners and the more experienced.

We were having issues with an annoying crow who repeatedly yanked out my pepper seedlings to get at tasty worms/other bugs below. Thankfully this old window screen mesh proved to be enough of a deterrent.

I’m not going to bore you with the history of the Billy bookcase, the Wikipedia entry can. What the history page won’t tell you is that it’s also a pun, as the Swedish word “billig” (usually pronounced the same as Billy) means “cheap” or “affordable” in English.

Very basic and simple, yet it might be handy for some people. We were thinking of making one for a teenager who wants to play games on the laptop in bed, albeit with a different look.

This is an interesting project based on pallets, where they made a daybed for a patio. The process is described in detail. The armrests are made with industrial pipe and flanges, and it is movable as it has casters.

All material picked up off the side of the road, destined for the dump. I needed trellises for my peas and this fit the bill perfectly.

I’ve been trying to find simpler reuse/reinvent projects without only posting Youtube links (and avoiding Pinterest or content aggregator sites). I know Facebook isn’t ideal as well, but I wanted to share this simple creation by a Swedish woman (post is in Swedish as well): Link to Facebook and the post

Katie is a Canadian who fixes and freshens up furniture from trash pickups or from thrift stores. She used to be a furniture flipper, but seems to do quite well now, so the furniture that she shows on her channel of late is usually kept for her own home or gifted back to thrift stores or friends.

(Sorry for the messy backgrounds)

I really was inspired by some Youtube channels to dare repaint, re-stain or reinvent and reuse furniture, both mine and my friends’, that was otherwise going to the landfill or trash burn pile. The DIY wife was one of these inspiring YT channels. As of late, they are designing their own furniture, so they might not be as relevant to this community. However, their older videos with restyling might be relevant to other people like me who are trying to save old furniture that is too worn out or doesn’t fit the current aesthetics of your home.

We had an old IKEA chest from the 90’s that we didn’t like. It was practical for storing winter gear (helmets, knitted hats and gloves, overalls, boots etc). But it was made from laquered pine, which (to us) was fugly.