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Oh MY! Trampolines!!

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creative permie uses for old jeans

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uses for soup cans

34 replies 1 12 21

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Upcycling mismatched socks

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Re-purposing old hoses into pretty/useful things

30 replies 1 15 22

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Upcycling October - what will you make?

36 replies 1 12 26

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Creative ideas and uses for parts from broken washers or dryers -

20 replies 5 1 19

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Pill bottle reuse

25 replies 9 22

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Improvising, making, or sourcing DIY (do-it-yourself) garden cloches

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Upgrading a standing lamp to be a battery powered lamp that charges by usb?

13 replies 4 2 3

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Laundry soap containers

17 replies 4 9

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retrofit a water cooler to a bed cooler?

17 replies 16

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How to Repurpose Your Real Christmas Tree

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How to reuse a tin olive oil can?

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For what would you use these jars?

15 replies 1 3

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Dead solar panels reuse ideas

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Making a shoulder bag from paper

22 replies 3 1 7

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Akiko Ike's Boro/Sashiko embroidery

18 replies 2 10 11

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what to do with old oak barrel staves?

10 replies 15 3

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old rusty nails

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Scarecrow - or in my case, Scareeagle

11 replies 7 13

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upcycling

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How to make/upcycle some durable plant labels

20 replies 1 4 4

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DIY foot rest / warmer ideas?

15 replies 2 10

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uses for rancid skin oils?

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Olla from plastic bottles and mortar

17 replies 2 9 15

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Cast iron leaves - what can I repurpose them into?

14 replies 4 5

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Laminate wood floor boards

5 replies 1 5

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Use for Old Laptops

18 replies 2 7

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What would you do with this?

20 replies 10 7

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Neat Idea for a Fountain

8 replies 4

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upcycle restaurant table-top convection oven?

12 replies 2 6

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What can I do with Cedar Shavings?

13 replies 3 7

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How to extract sheets from aluminum cans?

17 replies 2 3 7

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Raised Beds From Bike Wheels

12 replies 4 11

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55 Gallon Barrel Pontoon Boat / Dock / Barge

34 replies 7 20 10

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Bottle cap washers

25 replies 4 14

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A skirt no more - making handkerchiefs and other useful things

5 replies 11 9

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Odd or fun upcycling for the home and garden

11 replies 5 9

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Raised bed, untreated wood, lined with tile

12 replies 1 8 7

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Things to do with dead wellington (rubber) boots

12 replies 5 15

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Voiding Warranties - Using things in a way they weren't designed for

16 replies 8 19

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Toaster oven to solar oven conversion

5 replies 6 8

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The Fridge as building block...

15 replies 2 8

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Pallet Yurt.

26 replies 17 9

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3d spool tomato root tunnel, and dog cage upcycle question

9 replies 12 2

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Unwinding and repurposing barbed wire

17 replies 8 5

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5-gallon carboys

13 replies 1 2 4

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Transforming an old t-shirt into a net bag

14 replies 1 1 4

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upcycling as a side hustle

6 replies 1 21 11

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Upcycling or repurpose for pets

7 replies 23 11

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other ways to recycle cardboard...furniture design

6 replies 2 2 1

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Old Walk-in Cooler (Repurpose or Sell)

13 replies 1 11

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Free Craigslist playsets

4 replies 1 2

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large pile of concrete, rubble, stones ~ what to do

17 replies 11 10

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Food Gift Container ideas

15 replies 4 8

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Folding tripod as A frame level

2 replies 4 5

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Kitchen sink micro-pond

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juice can lids

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Looking for ideas - what can this be used for?

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