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    DIY Upcycling Projects: How to Craft, Renew and Repurpose Everyday Items: Recycle, Reuse, Renew, Repurpose
    DIY Upcycling Projects: How to Craft, Renew and Repurpose Everyday Items: Recycle, Reuse, Renew, Repurpose
    DIY Upcycling Projects: How to Craft, Renew and Repurpose Everyday Items: Recycle, Reuse, Renew, Repurpose
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    DIY Upcycling Projects: How to Craft, Renew and Repurpose Everyday Items: Recycle, Reuse, Renew, Repurpose

    By Vanessa Riley

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    Have you ever considered how many perfectly usable things you throw away every day?  Are you tired of buying new household items just because you no longer like the ones you currently have?  You can start reusing, renewing and repurposing your furniture and decorative items at home.  You can learn to use free, salvaged wood to create your own patio furniture and planters!  You can easily start refinishing and renewing furniture instead of buying new, expensive items!  With a little creativity, you can make headboards out of discarded items and make trash into usable items for the home.

    Written in easy-to-understand language, this book will explain how you can turn unwanted items into beautiful, useful decorations and furnishings for your home.

    Inside you will learn—

    • How you can reuse, renew, and repurpose old items around your home.
    • Tips for crafting beautiful furnishings, decorations, and useful household items out of discarded items or thrift shop finds.
    • Step-by-step instructions for creating headboards and dressers out of  old pieces of furniture.
    • Detailed instructions for repuposing old pallets into beatiful, useful patio furniture and planters.
    • Tips for making unique and useful household items out of things you use to throw out!

    You can do it!  Reduce your carbon foot print!  Stop wasting your money by throwing away perfectly good, reusable items.  Learn how to remake used items into new, beautiful, and useful furniture, decorations, and handy items for your home.

    Learn the tips and strategies for using free or inexpensive materials to create chic furnishings for your home.  Stop wasting what you have!  Start reusing and renewing your old psossessions. 

    Downlod now!  Start using thrift shop and free cycle finds to craft like new items for your home!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGuava Books
    Release dateFeb 9, 2017
    ISBN9781386618485
    DIY Upcycling Projects: How to Craft, Renew and Repurpose Everyday Items: Recycle, Reuse, Renew, Repurpose

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      DIY Upcycling Projects - Vanessa Riley

      Introduction

      Are you frustrated with how expensive it is to buy new furniture, decorations and household items?  Do you want to spruce up your home, but don’t want to spend a lot of money?  Do you want to learn to renew, reuse and repurpose things you have around the house?  This book will show you how to reduce your carbon footprint while saving money and crafting beautiful and easy-to-make items for your home.

      Chapter 1 starts out with a basic description of upcycling.  Reasons why reusing, renewing and repurposing items makes sense today are presented.

      Chapter 2 discusses strategies and tips for renewing old furniture to create beautiful like-new pieces for your home.  Detailed plans for crafting headboards and dressers will be presented.

      Chapter 3 takes you step-by-step through the process of making useful and decorative items out of old picture frames.  You will learn how to make stylish mirrors and attractive trays with your old picture frames.

      Chapter 4 provides easy-to-follow plans for reusing wood from old pallets.  You will learn how to create planters and patio furniture out of this discarded wood.

      Chapter 5 gives you several ideas for easy-to-make household items out of common materials you have around the house.  Learn to make useful and creative items out of materials you usually throw out!

      Finally, the Best Practices and Common Mistakes section gives you useful Do’s and Don’ts to remember as you start to craft, reuse, renew and repurpose items for your home and as gifts.

      With these tips and strategies, you can start creating beautiful items for your home with old and discarded items from flea markets, thrift shops, or around your own home.

      Chapter 1:  What is Upcycling?

      A number of people are interested in reducing their carbon foot print.  Today most people want to reduce the amount of materials they use and simply throw away.  Upcycling is an environmentally responsible way to reduce what we waste. 

      In this chapter, you will learn:

      What upcycling is.

      Why upcycling makes sense today.

      Where you can find items to upcycle.

      What is Upcycling?

      Upcycling is the process of reusing discarded items or materials to create useful and beautiful new items.  Through upcycling you can take items that are no longer needed or wanted and transform them into creative and useful materials for your home.  Upcycling adds value to your unwanted items.  The purpose of upcycling is to create a more sustainable life by reducing the amount of materials that are discarded in landfills.  Upcycling also improves the

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