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The Big List: 49 Smart, Money-Saving Creative Reuse Ideas

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Managing Editor ofCubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was the founding Design and Lifestyle Editor for Kitchn and the Managing Editor for Apartment Therapy’s green living site, Re-Nest (RIP). After a few years offline and then working elsewhere, she’s back to share ideas about design, kids, and family life. It’s helpful that she now has two little kids and lots of thoughts about all those things. She lives with said kids and their father in St. Paul, MN.
 updatedMar 11, 2020
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We get excited about stylish, functional, and innovative creative reuse ideas, from the myriad ways you can reuse a jar, to uses for chipped tea cups, antique bread bins, vintage card catalogs, bubble wrap, wallpaper scraps, even old gym floorboards. Here’s a big roundup of some of our favorites…

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The Many Amazing Ways to Reuse a Jar:

• 10 Simple Uses for Spaghetti Jars
• Crafty Uses for Baby Food Jars
• Don’t Throw Out That Jar!New Uses for Old Jars
• In Praise of the Mason Jar
• How To:Make a Mason Jar Lantern
• Simple Green:Use Empty Food Jars for Your Bulk Items

Other Great Creative Reuse Ideas for Everyday Items:

•10 Common Thrift Store Finds and Ways to Use Them for DIY Projects
•20 Creative and Repurposed Kitchen Storage Ideas
• Salvaged Ladder Pot Rack
• How To Make Wine Crate Kitchen Cabinets
•为肥皂回收饮料瓶,油和酒egar
•8 Bathroom Items To Repurpose Around the House
• 5 Things To Do With Bubble Wrap After You Move
• 10 Ways to Reuse Plastic Plant Pots
• 6 New Ways to Use a Cutlery Tray
• Use an Old Mailbox to Store Garden Tools
• 6 Ways to Reuse Bread Tags
•7 New Ways to Use an Antique Bread Box
• 10 Ways to Repurpose Lightbulbs
• Rescue Stained Textiles with a Cool Graphic Pattern
• Creative Reuse:Flip Your Old Deck Boards
•DIY Idea:Blanket Upholstered Ottomans
•7 Easy Ways to Reuse a Plank of Wood
• Steal This Idea:Paper Menus-Turned-Take-Away Bags
• Before & After:Mailbox Umbrella Stand
•How To:Make a Recycled Wine Bottle Torch
•7 Ways to Repurpose an Ice Bucket
• 4 Ways To Reuse Wallpaper
• Look!Garage Door Headboard
• 5 Uses for a Collection of Liquor Glasses
•5 Favorite Reuses for Wooden Crates
• Roundup:New Takes on Old Doors
•Look!A Pallet Plate Rack
• Look!Vintage Tea Cups Make Great Storage
•剪贴板挂艺术品
• 10 Ways to Reuse a Card Catalog

Inspirational Creative Reuse:

• Ref-Use Turns Wood Scraps Into Furniture
•15 Repurposed, Upcycled and DIY Storage Ideas
• Upcycling Thrift Store Dishes
• Cool Cabinets Built from Recycled Gym Flooring
• DIY Artwork: Frame an Everyday Object
• Vintage Airline Food Carts by Flight 001
• Recycled Carhood Tables
• Inspiration:The Dram Tumbler Lamp by Propellor
• Furniture Made of Old Airplanes and Fighter Jets
• Dumpsters Turned Swimming Pools!
• Creative Reuse:Toothpicks Turned Lampshade
• T.O.M.T:Refitting the Planet
•酒瓶矩形ycled Shelving from Zero-Waste Design

Re-edited from a post originally published 7.22.10 – JL

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