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Some of the most exciting projects on Hometalk are repurposing & upcycling projects. Hometalk members love to Hometalk about all of the ways that they repurpose and upcycle. You can find photo inspiration for repurposing & upcycling projects, or you can ask the Hometalk community for help with repurposing & upcycling. Creating stylish home décor out of repurposed & upcycled materials is good for the Earth, and good for your wallet. Share your repurposing & upcycling successes on Hometalk!

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Repurposing & Upcycling: Vintage screen part two.

I took a good look with my glasses and it seems that the designs on the screen were once a green color and have quite a bit of rust. I'm wondering if I should do some restoration along ...»

Repurposing & Upcycling: What to do with old glass door

Have old glass door and want suggestions as what to do with it

Melissa Senter Yesterday

What does it look like? You can etch a design in it and use it as a pantry door, etch your ...»
address numbers in it and set it out front of your home, have a decal made with a cool design on it to go with your decor, for the table idea even if its not a thick glass you can lay a thicker glass over the top and in between the two glass put photos or trinkets if there is enough space between them.

Repurposing & Upcycling: Brass urn

I have two ugly brass urns.What can I do with them to make them more appealing to the eye?If I paint them,do I prime them first?

Frankie Laney Yesterday

I think they would make great planters for the garden or even inside.

Repurposing & Upcycling: What to craft with old cds

I am gathering up my old cds for crafts and know I'm going to make some coaster out of some of them for christmas but what other ideas do you have that is fun and creative??? I looked ...»

Nancy 3 days ago

Hang them in trees or posts near the garden to keep birds away.

Repurposing & Upcycling: Repurpose

I found this at an old home site and need some ideas, as how to use this somewhere outside.

Sia@South 47th Yesterday

Judith F Sure you can! ;) They ...»
really only take some basic skills and some of the Tutorials are fantastic! Can't wait to see what you do with this! I'm sure whatever it becomes will look great! xo

Repurposing & Upcycling: What to do with a 30 foot pool liner??

We have a 30 ft pool liner that was purchased a couple years ago, but then we got rid of the pool. Any ideas of what to do with it if I cant sell it??

Tonya H 3 days ago

I would use part of it as a pond/ fountain liner.

Repurposing & Upcycling: Old coat rack

I have an old wooden coat rack that I really don't use due to re purposing other things to hang coats etc from.. I would like to use it for something . Any ideas ?

Repurposing & Upcycling: Who created the yellow pallets with painted tires concept?

who created the yellow pallets with painted tires concept?

Sia@South 47th 5 days ago

Suzette T Have you tried to do a ...»
search here on Hometalk? Have a go at that first, it usually helps a lot. xo

Repurposing & Upcycling: Any ideas on uses or crafts for baseball caps?

Cleaning out closets and drawers and finding way too many hats. Hats from jobs, promotions, places visited, funny sayings, etc. I've seen ideas for ties and clothing, but not the baseball type and other hats. Any ideas?

Kris Lee 7 days ago

Take a spring tension curtain rod, thread them through the opening in the back (if they have ...»
one as some don't) and make a cute valance for a window.
I too am cursed w/a hubby that loves hats. Can't throw them all out, and I love the idea of donating them to a cancer hospital.

Repurposing & Upcycling: garden ideas for bowling balls.

My parents used to bowl and each had their own balls. They're both gone and I inherited the bowling balls ( i don't bowl, btw ) I'd love to use them in the garden and have googled it. ...»

Pat Koltz on May 15, 2013
I just completed a penny ball for my sister, whose name is Penney (it was our father's ball, ...»
he passed away 9/7/2011) so it had sentimental value as well. It was relatively easy, but I did learn a few things as I went along. I used E6000 glue and once I allowed the glue to harden, I spray painted the entire ball a gloss copper, then several over coats of clear gloss polyurethane to help weather proof it. There are so many people using bowling balls to decorate or paint and place in your garden to highlight them. I've seen some very pretty balls that are just painted very unique colors with high gloss so they shine. I've got a couple more balls used by Mom & Dad I'm going to decorate also. One is purple, one is blue and one is RED. I want a ladybug ball, can't decide if I should use the red ball for that, or a black one I found at a thrift store. In any case, it's fun looking at what others have done by searching for bowling ball yard art.
I filled the holes with a waterproof silicone caulk. Others I've read have packed the holes with paper towel and then the last 1/2" or so, sealed it with the waterproof silicone caulk. I will do that next time because when the caulk was dry it was supposed to dry clear. It never did loose the white, so I'm assuming there was too deep a hole that it didn't get air to dry the entire hold. If you're interested in any of the other projects I've completed or working on, please visit https://www.facebook.com/Backonthefarm?ref=h... Here's a link to all sorts of bowling ball art for the garden. http://pinterest.com/crazypi/garden-bowling-...