Category: Upcycling and Recycling

Now we have housed our birds with those birdhouses made from recycled things we need to feed them and there are so many great things you can turn into a bird feeder that I could talk about it all day long! But this is just a small list of ten of the very best things you can use to make …

These days buying a new birdhouse is pretty cheap to buy (no pun intended). But why buy new when you could make one of these birdhouses that are all made from amazing things! From bottle corks to things you won’t blive. If you have ever wanted to build your own birdhouse this is the post for you…

Are you thinking of making a chicken coop? If you are you might want to save some money and make one of these out of recycled and repurposed things. To be fair, some look amazing and others more for temporary use, but they do at least save more rubbish going to a landfill and that can only be a good …

While many of these staircases look amazing I can only imagine they are more for aesthetics rather than practical use. But it is always nice to look at them and I bring you ten of the most amazing staircases all made from recycled materials…

These days you can buy a shed for pennies at many garden shops, but why buy one when you could get the satisfaction of making one! You will need some serious skills to replicate many of these sheds you are about to see, but if you can pull it off that simple garden shed could become a thing of pride…

You could grab yourself a cheap wine rack from IKEA, or you could make it something special by making it from recycled things. I have found ten people who have done just that and turned all sorts of things into wine racks and some of them look simply amazing…

Are you thinking of getting a new office desk? If you are you might want to hold off buying one and build your desk out of recycled things. But what can you possibly use to build an office desk that might have otherwise have been recycled or even thrown away? The answer is just about anything and here are ten …

While you could buy a stationary holder online it will be more fun and much more rewarding to make one for something you can reuse and recycle. That is what these ten people have done, they have all made a stationery holder from amazing things and while some of them will be difficult to make ourselves they are still all …

With everyone taking more and more pictures with their smartphones there really isn’t a lot of love for picture frames these days. But I personally love to print off my digital photos and place them inside a picture frame. If you want to do the same you could always buy a new photo frame from a shop, but I think …

With summer coming up thick and fast you might want to consider getting a new bench for the garden. But why spend money when you can make one from various things that you might throw away? These ten garden benches are all made from things that have been repurposed, recycled and of course, reused…

We have already seen some pretty amazing sofas made from various recycled materials, but now it is time to look at armchairs. The term armchair means “a comfortable chair with side supports for a person’s arms.” OK, so some of these don’t look all that comfortable, but they do have armrests and they are all made recycled things. From Bathtubs …

While an Ikea coffee table doesn’t cost much you could try and make one of these amazing coffee tables instead of getting a new one. What is so special about these? They are all made from recycled things which means you are saving them from going to landfill and making yourself something amazing at the same time. If you are …

It doesn’t matter if you call it a sofa or a couch, what matters is how important they are to the room they are placed in. But having said that, I am not sure what rooms you would place any of these ten sofas in as they can be a little… quaint. They are all made from various recycled materials …

While it is nice to go out and buy a new bed you might want to consider making your own from recycled or upcycled things. The ten beds you are about to see are all made from such things, from pallets to things you wouldn’t have thought you could use in a million years…