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Hand-stitched curtains

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How to make picture frames from excessive packaging

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Handmade phone sock from real sock

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What to do with disposable chopsticks and old wooden spatulas? Some new pot stands!

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Frosted shade for oil burner

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Turning old videotapes into decorative doorstops

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We're moving all contents to a new site You can find us here at the new  old videotapes into decorative doorstops URL   If you've come here through an old bookmark, please update accordingly 😊 😘 I refused to just throw my small collection away and insisted on keeping them in the drawers, gathering dust for years. I do that a lot with most of my stuff: used envelops, boxes, bubblewrap, extra cloth material; you name it. But until I come across a useful task for them, they remain a clutter in the the corner. However, we recently moved into our windy new place on the hill, and I realised that we need some doorstops due to the strong wind. The previous tenant has left behind one rubber doorstop but it only fits under one door, because every single door in the house has a different gap from the floor. That means it is quite impossible to find any doorstop in the shops that fit them all. Then I saw a sandbag doorstop in a shop which gave me an idea! I ran b...

What can we do with used CDs and DVDs?

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