I admit it, I don’t like to throw things away. Knowing the predisposition for hording in my family I have also had to adjust my purchasing habits and try not to buy too many things either. The second hand shops help – once I began to think of them as lending libraries rather than stores […]
My son has recently acquired a passion for basketball. He is practicing four or five hours a day – on his own at the park. He is a serial obsessionist. His goal today is to be an NBA star. What I can be thankful for is that he has the concept very clear – you […]
A lot of my DIY’s start with a problem, usually one that isn’t easily or cheaply solved by conventional shopping. Either that or the options that are available have short shelf-lives or are worse for the environment than whatever I can piece together. This time the problem was with chairs. I have a table – […]
The thrifting worlds aligned this weekend to make this project come together. First on Saturday, my husband proposed a morning of yardsale-ing. I wasn’t really interested but went along to spend time with the family. Of course I came home with a pile of finds – one reason I was reluctant to go. Among them […]
I’m headed back to work next week after a semester off on a planned leave. I’ve sent in my thesis for revision and had time to squeeze in one more project. I don’t have a quilt that is big enough for my queen sized bed and so someone (usually me, I’m smaller) always ends up […]
So a couple of weeks ago I turned my three seater couch into a two seater couch. That worked out well (in the end) and now I am noticing that my throw pillows are pretty sad and flat. I bought most of these second hand after our last move – so they weren’t new when […]
I don’t need to post a tutorial for this one because there are lots out there already. This video has four cut pieces, includes really clear instructions. This video has only two pieces, so a bit easier – it not quiet as fitted. Here is a written tutorial if you prefer written out instructions with […]
We found a matching pair to our 1960’s lazy boy for $50. Problem: our couch now didn’t fit in the living room – with the two chairs. Time to get the DIY on 🙂 The wonderful thing about social media is that you get to cut out all the hard bits. It got done, not […]
There are some things we haven’t figured out how to buy without packaging. And truth be told the pandemic has seemed to make it even more difficult. However, we still try to reduce our impact where possible. Here in one example: parmesan cheese. I actually did buy a block of solid cheese without packaging and […]
I may have reached a whole new level of recycling. I am now picking up garbage from my neighbors bins to reuse at my house. Here’s how the story goes… I was sitting on my front porch one morning, having a nice cup of tea and contemplating my very sad front gardens. Wanting some kind […]
