Originally published in January 2008. Harness your creativity to make something useful and keep something else out of landfill. I like the idea of making unique pieces of furniture for my home, and I like not having to pay (or paying very little) for materials to make something that’s worth more than the sum of its parts.

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Flashback Friday: EcoDIY make a chair

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Originally published in November 2007.

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Flashback Friday: 7 groovy handmade recycled gifts to make & give

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I used to sleep on a pallet bed when I found myself a young single mom living in London on a small income and in need of a bed. For a few pounds and some help from a friend with a van, I got 12 old pallets home for a double-sized bed for me and six for my son’s single bed.

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EcoDIY: Toddler pallet bed

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You only need an empty can and a pair of pliers to make this cute flower cookie cutter. Full instructions at Instructables: Quick And Simple Flower/Clover Cookie Cutter From A Soup Can

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EcoDIY: Quick and simple flower cookie cutter from a soup can

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If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you’ll be starting to eat frozen lollies before long. If you collected enough of them (friends, family, local Scout group) you too could make one of these.

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EcoDIY: popsickle stick guitar

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These sweet bottle gardens are made of glass bottles, cut in half and tweaked to take soil and herbs or other small plants and look gorgeous on your window sill.  Full instructions here . we like it wild: bottle gardens [Design*Sponge]

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EcoDIY: bottle gardens

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Look at the texture on that armchair cover.  I’d love to run my hands all over it. Genius armchair cover made from left-over yarn by Els Van Hemelryck. Moral of the story: left-overs are beautiful, and shouldn’t go into the bin

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Genius armchair cover made from left-over yarn

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Working with my hands gives me a sense of purpose. Taking something that’s old and tired and turning it into something new makes me feel like I’ve achieved something really worthwhile.  Lucky for me, the internet brings inspiration to my fingertips, easily, without trips to the library or the shops for books and magazines. It makes me happy to find so many wonderfully creative people online, who are eager to interact and make friends and share their ideas

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7 go-to blogs for creative greenspiration

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When one half of a pair of socks passes over to the other side (where do they go?), the lonely sock that’s left behind spends too much time lying at the bottom of the clean washing basket or at the back of the sock drawer.  Imagine what that must do to a sock’s self-esteem.

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How to make an odd sock feel important again

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Terracycle’s Tiffany Threadgould shares a super groovy cereal box pencil case tutorial at Craft:.  Cool, innit? Quick Craft: Cereal Box Pencil Case [Craft:]

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Eco DIY: cereal box pencil case

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