Reusing and repurposing things around the home is not only thrifty, but it just makes sense. Here are 15 projects, tricks and tips from our 2011 archives you can use to save a buck and get more out of the items you buy for the house. It's the best of both worlds, plus you can feel cool when your friends come over and say, "Why didn't I ever think of that?"
TOP ROW
• 1 Reuse Produce Netting For Fun Packaging
• 2 Creative Reuse: Glass Bottle Watering Globes
• 3 Creative Reuse: Shabby Chic Garden Bench
• 4 Lamp + Fan: Creative Re-Use of Thrifted Decor
• 5 Hammered Spoon Place Cards
MIDDLE ROW
• 6 Old Locker Turned Shelving
• 7 Easy Reuse: Wine Bottles as Water Carafes
• 8 Repurpose Wine Corks Into Drawer Pulls
• 9 Repurpose Your Junk Mail In The Kitchen
• 10 Repurpose Glasses With Balloons
BOTTOM ROW
• 11 Creative Reuse: Mini Bottle Salt and Pepper Shakers
• 12 Repurpose Broken Plates for Colorful Garden Ground Cover
• 13 Repurpose A Dresser Into A Veggie Garden
• 14 Repurpose Old Apothecary Jars Into Terrariums
• 15 A DIY Bird Feeder: Repurpose Your Old Glass Bottles
(Images: See linked posts for full image credits)
Apartment Therapy's Sofa Shopping Guide
Nikki’s Sweet and Cheery Print Studio
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Sprout Side Table
5 Things Paris Taught Me About Travel
Recipe: Ham, Cheddar & Chive Egg Bakes
It's interesting to see how objects can be reused. I hope you continue with this theme. It's useful and "Green".
My family probably thinks I'm either crazy or super cheap, but I wrapped everything in brown paper and string for christmas - both of which I already had from grocery bags or previous projects. It was nice not getting in line at a store to buy paper that was going to land in my family's trash cans the next day.