Category: Up-cycle & Recycle

How To Remove A Dent From Wood

How To Remove A Dent From Wood Dents in wood surfaces can be annoying. A dent may be the only defect on a table top, coffee table or desk top. Though it can seem like a waste of effort to sand the entire top, there seems to be no other way to remove it — …

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75 Frugal Hacks for Your Home

75 Frugal Hacks for Your Home When it comes to frugal tips, there are some old tricks that have been practiced for a long time. For instance, one of the many uses for baking soda is as a cleaning substitute to wash your countertops. Or, to give new life to your grungy sponges, you simply pop …

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How to Build a Clay-Pot Smoker

How to Build a Clay-Pot Smoker A Google search turns up many hits for “clay pot smoker” and I’ve benefited from their advice. One of the modifications I wanted to include was to move the temperature control outside of the smoker into a separate box so I wouldn’t have to disassemble a hot smoker just …

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How to Remove Ink from Plastic Containers – Reuse Your Containers

How to Remove Ink from Plastic Containers – Reuse Your Containers I have just discovered how to remove ink labels from plastic containers and reuse them as storage containers. I didn’t even know it was possible and it is so easy to do! Now not only am I reusing my old yogurt containers for leftovers but …

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40 Essential (and Easy!) Homesteading Skills You Can Learn By Video

40 Essential (and Easy!) Homesteading Skills You Can Learn By Video For me, one of the most exciting aspects of modern-homesteading is learning new skills. There is something so empowering about learning how to do something new with your hands – don’t you think so?! The key to a successful homestead does not only lie on being able …

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