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They propose new ways of using certain items and they inspire us to think outside the box. You can typically find a few different ways to repurpose something if you put your mind to it. The ideas may not always come rushing in so it’s helpful to check out some projects, see what others came up with. Have a look at the projects featured below and see how many new ideas you can come up with after that. Let’s start with something that most of us don’t even think of saving, the humble toilet paper roll. We’re throwing these things...

We take great care of our clothes and accessories and sometimes we even display them in ways meant to draw attention. Clothes are for us what the colorful feathers are for the bird-of-paradise and the difference that, at the end of the day, we can take them off and prepare some new ones to wear tomorrow. We put them on clothing racks and sometimes we even make them a part of our home’s decor. If you like the idea of an open clothes rack, we have a few suggestions that you might enjoy. Chic racks you can put together yourself...

As we find ourselves unexpectedly hunkered down at home, now is the time to tackle household hopes and dreams—or, at least, to find some inside amusement. Transform your living room by repositioning the sofa, clean overlooked workhorses (such as your washing machine), and get to those repairs and creative projects on your rainy day To Do list. Here are some favorite projects: 1. Finally Do It Yourself Above: Our own Justine Hand used a tree stencil to pattern the white walls of her son’s bedroom: see The DIY Boreal Forest. (She also roller-painted a pattern onto a wall in her...