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Repurpose This: Round Metal Whatsit
When I found this buried deep in the debris at one of the project houses, it was bright and brassy. I painted it a hammered bronze, with the intention of using it as wall art. It’s cool-looking, but...
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Repurpose This: Blown Glass Curiosities
Ok, folks, it’s time to put on your thinking caps for another “Repurpose This” challenge! These curiosities are made of glass blown into wire forms. They are about 5 inches high in total. The wire...
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Repurpose This: Landscaping Lights
What a glorious morning! I had a chance to rummage about my stash of found treasures, and I came up with a battered box of landscaping lights. They appear unused, and are no doubt from a project in...
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Repurpose This: Chipped Mugs
Not that you couldn’t drink out of these mugs, but they are a bit worn. And frankly, they are a tad on the small side for what goes as a serving of coffee these days. I do love the soft green color,...
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Feeling Lucky? Repurpose This
Although we have been working on the Shelly Project for months, somehow we missed seeing this treasure in the rough. It just seemed to turn up during the final cleanup this week. Hopefully, it will...
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Repurpose This: Fur-Covered TV
Hah! This will be a challenge for sure. This is a large-ish, regular TV. Electrically, it seems to work fine, but there is no active cable to hook it to, so I can’t vouch for reception. But since even...
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Repurpose This: Coolest Hat for Coldest Days
Say what you will about fur, it is undeniably insulating when the weather drops. And since this is a vintage hat, it’s not contributing to any questionable economies… there’s no sense in tossing it in...
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Repurpose This: Lampshade?
Perhaps you know exactly what this is. It looks like a small lampshade made out of slices of shells, inscribed with stars and dyed red. Bigger than a shade for one of those Christmas...
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Repurpose This: Working TV
This television set was actually our own, here at the No Acre Homestead. But a while back, Mike got his heart set on one of those giant, fancy flat-screens. I thought that we could actually make use of...
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Repurpose This: Wallpaper
For the past few weeks, I’ve been a bit stymied in trying to give this wallpaper away. It’s been up on FreeCycle in a few locations, and gotten some interest. I email back and forth to the Freecyclers,...
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