The Doorganiser: How to DIY a family organiser on a door

January 22, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

To make the most of the understairs cupboard I’ve transformed the door into a ‘doorganiser’ – a place to store essentials, create a weekly planner for the family & write shopping lists. Here’s how to make your own door organiser by upcycling DIY offcuts…

How to turn an old drawer & scaffold boards into a DIY desk or hallway console table

January 8, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

If you’re working remotely or have got kids studying at home, you might want to DIY a desk to make home-working easier. Or you can use it as a console table to tidy up the keys, cash & post that accumulate in your entryway. Grab an old drawer & let’s DIY..!

How to repurpose sweet tubs to store fairy lights & Christmas decorations

December 28, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Last year I discovered just how handy those empty tubs of chocolate can be after Christmas, especially if you have lots of fairy lights to put away like we do. They’re fab storage for LED lights & decorations & all it takes is a little bit of adjusting…

5 Thrifty ways to reuse and recycle your old clothes at home

November 9, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

If you’ve recently moved house or have moved in with your partner you may now have way too many clothes for your existing wardrobe space. Rather than buying more storage, why not take this as an opportunity to declutter? But before you throw those old shirts and skirts out, there’s plenty of projects that they can be used for. Old clothing is the perfect material for DIYing a lot of other items, and anything that saves you money and keeps material out of landfill is a bonus!

8 Creative ways to refashion a plain T-shirt for next-to-nothing

January 6, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

If you want to update your wardrobe for 2019 but don’t have the budget to go out shopping, why not reuse what you already have in your wardrobe? When you refashion a plain t-shirt, you’re creating a unique fashion piece that no-one else owns and you can usually do it for less than £5 because there are so many low-cost DIY hacks out there. Here are 8 creative and thrifty refashioning ideas to get you started…

Eco-friendly Christmas gift guide – Sustainable presents for all

November 23, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

Sustainable present ideas to help you stay eco-friendly this Christmas while shopping for gifts and stocking fillers…

5 Easy (money-saving!) ideas to make your home and life more sustainable

October 29, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Everyone wants to do their little bit to help the environment and there are so many effective, yet simple changes that could be done around the house that could help the world become more sustainable. Here are just 5 great ideas that you could do on a day-to-day basis that will really contribute to a better planet. Oh, and some of them will even save you some money too..!

DIY Furniture: How to upcycle a drawer to create a coffee table

January 3, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Today I’m sharing an easy project to make a DIY wheeled coffee table. My husband made this within an hour, while I was painting another of our DIY furniture projects so I’m sure it’ll be simple enough for any enthusiastic DIYer to make for themselves.

Thrifty festive fashion for Christmas parties

December 2, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

While it’s nice to look lovely for special occasions over the festive period, there’s no sense in buying an outfit that you’re only going to wear once. Surely you want to be able to wear your new clothes to that new years party, or for Saturday nights out and weekends away throughout the rest of […]

8 ‘Outside the box’ repurposing ideas for packaging

November 19, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Another holiday season is upon us, which means a lot of cluttered boxes and waste from the presents we receive. That’s a whole lot of cardboard! And while you could always recycle them, there are much better ways to use all sorts of different packaging boxes. You could repurpose them into a number of useful […]

Easy ways to upcycle your rubbish rather than binning it

November 3, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Our world is changing and it’s more important than ever that we find new and innovative ways to help make it a better, more healthy and restorative place by putting less in our landfills. It only takes a little creative effort to find some amazing ways to recycle the things we already have in our […]

Be more eco-friendly at home

July 17, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

While the high rate of technological advancement we’ve been enjoying over recent years has made life easier (and more fun!) us all, these developments are not without negative impact on the environment. The use of machinery, fuels, the increase in population and corruption of natural resources like water have eroded quality of the atmosphere. I […]

How does your garden grow? My greenhouse makeover

April 30, 2015.Reading time 8 minutes.

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been taking on the challenge to give my garden a bit of makeover. The weather is finally lovely enough to encourage me outside and I’ve had the urge to start digging, weeding and planting ready for summer. A trip to the garden centre for couple of bags of […]