Upcycling Old Furniture Step by Step for Complete Beginners
In the UK we spend over £1,500 per household on furniture every year (ONS). Despite this level of expenditure we throw away over 22 million pieces every year (North London…
Upcycling Pallets Into Garden Furniture Planters and Raised Beds
Disclaimer: While we can link to the statistics backing up many claims in this guide, we don’t want to bombard you with interruption links. References are compiled at the end…
Where to Find Free or Cheap Furniture to Upcycle in the UK
It’s immensely satisfying to find an old piece of furniture and restore it into exactly what you want for your house. I started doing this long before thrift-flipping was trendy…
Upcycling vs Recycling and Why Giving Things a Second Life Beats the Bin
I thought I was doing well with my recycling. Each week I’d separate bottles from cardboard and rinse out yoghurt pots. Putting them in the right bin made me feel…
Upcycling Home Decor and the Projects That Look Professional Not Homemade
From my battered old dresser to my rustic shelf made from reclaimed fence palings, my flat is full of upcycled items. Things that started life as something else but have…
Upcycling for Profit and Whether You Can Actually Make Money Selling Restored Pieces
I get asked this question repeatedly over in my local Facebook marketplace group. Can you really make money upcycling furniture and selling it? Actual proper money, not hobbyist amounts –…
E Waste Upcycling and Creative Uses for Old Electronics
You have a drawer full of old phones, laptops, tablets, chargers with no matching devices, and random other tech bits and pieces that you don’t know what to do with.…
Upcycling Ideas for Renters and the Projects You Can Take With You When You Move
Renting comes with restrictions. How do you make your rented home yours without drilling holes or otherwise permanently altering someone else’s property. Especially when you know that eventually, you’ll have…
The Day I Realized My Leggings Were Poisoning Fish (And What I Actually Did About It)
A few months ago I was in my bathroom staring at my jar of plastic free toiletries (each jar labeled with my terrible hand writing using masking tape) and I…