Repurposing

To mark the fall season, create a autumnal array of festive gourd crafts for your home.

Give your holiday decorations a new lease on life with these intriguing ideas.

These innovative projects will inspire you to dig through your discards and repurpose them into useful furnishings and interesting accents for your home.

Introduced in the 1920s, the original Q-tips were merely wooden sticks with cotton wrapped around one end. Today, the improved two-sided version with its flexible paper applicator has become a household staple with myriad baby care, beauty, and DIY uses. But did you know that Q-tips can also tackle a wide range of domestic duties? Here are more than a dozen surprising household uses for the ingenious little cotton swab.

You don’t need to be a master craftsman to furnish your home with style. DIY your way to a dream furniture collection with these 20 stunningly simple projects for every living space.

You already know the value of spices for giving the dishes you love that perfect savory or sweet taste, but you may not know that many of the spices found in your spice rack are good for more than just seasoning foods. In fact, they’re good for many things that have nothing to do with food. We’ve rounded up 13 unusual uses for the spices in your kitchen. Click through to find out how to get the most out of your spice collection.

Declutter your home without adding more trash to landfills with these creative upcycling ideas.

Whether or not you have a slight shoe obsession, it seems that everyone has an abundance of old shoeboxes taking up space in the closet. Put those sturdy cardboard containers to good use with these 18 ideas for recycling shoeboxes into fun and functional objects for your home.

You have the best intentions, but just because you don’t want these things anymore doesn’t necessarily mean they should be donated to the thrift store. Find out what items thrift stores don’t want or need.

When you think of cork, your first thought might be of a bulletin board pinned with reminders, but cork’s handiness knows no bounds. This renewable resource is actually one of the most versatile materials you can use around the house! Cork—which is bark from cork oak trees—is naturally so lightweight, pliable, resilient, and beautifully textured, it’s no wonder it’s being used in all sorts of domestic applications. From an entire accent wall to a simple vase, these 9 great ideas should provide you with ample inspiration for bringing cork into your home.