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Repurposing: From Tabletop to Countertop

I'm always looking for ways to reuse what someone already has instead of buying new things - it's the crux of my alternative design business. So when a client needed a little eating space in his ti...

Custom Cabinets for Old Drawers by schubLaden

A friend of ours posted a link to this company on her Facebook page last night and we were instantly smitten. schubLaden, a German furniture making company finds old drawers and builds new casings ...

5 Things to Do With Bubble Wrap After You Move

A year ago we moved across the country, an endeavor that required A LOT of bubble wrap. We kept it and used it recently for a smaller move within the same city, but now we’re done moving for awhil...

Big Blue Bins: New Addition to Boston's Visual Landscape

For months, we knew they were coming. But when the big blue recycling bins landed in Jamaica Plain recently we were amazed by how LARGE they are. Due to their size people are having a hard time f...

DIY Dyed Rug

In response to our recent post about Alexandra Wentworth's dyed rug profiled in Elle Decor, the mother of an Apartment Therapy reader was kind enough to send in her own step by step DIY version for ...

Repurposed Objects Inspired by Makea

In response to our throwaway consumer culture, a collective called Makea sprouted in Spain in 2006. Makea's aim is to inform and inspire people to repurpose cast-offs instead of buying new stuff wi...

Building Materials Resource Center & Boston Building Materials Co-op

For every do-it-yourselfer who lives in Boston, Building Materials Resource Center and Boston Building Materials Co-op should be ground zero for all your home projects!......

City of Cambridge Now Accepting Food Compost!

A little while ago we posted about a couple who generated only one bag of trash for an entire year! One of their tactics included composting their food scraps. We live in a three family home liter...

Survey: Having a Yard Sale - To Price or Not to Price?

We're gearing up for a multi-seller yard sale this weekend and one of the questions up for debate is whether to price each item or not. What do you do when you have a yard sale? When you're a yard...

Guess What These DIY Cushions Are Made From?

In this week's AT Boston House Tour (Two Friends Create a Blended Home), we revealed Sarah and Megan's lovely, homey apartment which they decorated and furnished almost entirely with trash finds and...

Easy Way to Recycle Your Batteries!

We encounter piles of household alkaline batteries all the time when we're working with clients of our organizing business. Last night, during an errand, we were delighted to discover where folks ...

Can't Find Empty Boxes? Buy Used Ones

We can hear the groaning already...BUY USED boxes??!! When you're in the market for empty boxes for moving, storing or sorting stuff, obviously the first places to check include friends, local merc...

Clean Out Your Closet with a Clothing Swap!

Winter, the season of hibernation, is a great time to clean out your closet. (Wes & Kayla think so too - see their post yesterday about how to organize a closet clean-out.) All year long we stockpi...

Using What You Have to Create Larger Storage "Unit"

This was one of those moments when we reminded ourselves to practice what we preach. The premise of our redesign business is to use what you already have to make your space work for you. When we r...

Art Swap:Would You Temporarily Trade Your Art?

Every day we help clients of our redesign business use what they already own to transform their spaces. Sometimes clients are simply tired of their current stuff but don't want to or can't afford ...

Your Ideas for Quick, Handmade Christmas Tree Decorations?

For the first time in our adult life, we're getting a Christmas tree this year. We don't have decorations and we don't want to buy any. So we're going to invite some crafty friends over to help us...

What Do You Do With Styrofoam Packaging?

We're embarking on a long overdue attic clean-out which includes some remnant boxes with nothing but lots of big, chunky pieces of styrofoam. As we all head into the gift giving season there will b...

Reusable Dry Cleaning Bag/Hamper from Greenward

As a professional organizer, we find dry cleaning bags to be irksome for a couple reasons. The environmental waste is obvious. But from a closet organizing perspective, we see a lot of clothes org...

Do You "Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do"?

Years ago, a friend of ours was downsizing her stuff and we scored this genuine World War II poster (above) in the process. The poster's sentiment is particularly relevant today, in light of our s...

Look!: The Coffee Table That Lived Forever

As many of you know, living in a studio in an expensive city requires ingenuity. We were delighted to learn that one of our clients, Paul Irish, employed the "use what you have" principle so creati...

Restoration Resources: Architectural Salvage Store

One of the delights of living in Boston is the incredible architectural history and diversity. Thanks to Restoration Resources, Boston's largest architectural salvage store, you can incorporate bits...

Recycle Your Plastic Bags at All Whole Foods Markets!

Clearly, consumers are being encouraged to reduce their reliance on plastic shopping bags, but it's going to be a while before they're completely obsolete. In the meantime, perhaps you're stockpili...

Repurposed Truck Spring Kitchen Stools

We spotted these marvelous repurposed stools in the July 2008 issue of House Beautiful. This is one of the more brilliant salvage reuses we've seen in a long while. When folks repurpose things, i...

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