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Our house tour participants are so creative. Amy used ice buckets to make these sleek, modern planters. Rachel transformed closet hangers into artwork displays, bedspreads into curtains, and a locker into a wardrobe. Jacob and Laurie's entire home is an exercise in simple and not-so-simple DIY projects. The list goes on and on...

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Christy and John used an antique sewing table for a kitchen breakfast nook.

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Jacob and Laurie used a CD rack to store their daughter's shoes.

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Jacob made this bedside table from a drumstool and a piece of plywood.

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Patrick's dentist light decanter is just one of the repurposed objects that fill his home.

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Rachel's home is a great resource for ideas like this magnetic tray clipboard.

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Summer and Josh used a file cabinet as a side table in their Lincoln Park apartment.

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Amy used ice buckets for planters in her Humboldt Park apartment.

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Andreas repurposed a set of IKEA kitchen cabinets as living room storage.

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