"Repurposing" things - what have YOU done? Or what do you have that needs a purpose?

Mee

There are also weird and wonderful other usess captured in YouTube videos. Haven't tried tit on limescale, yet.

ouraggie

I was the OP.
A little update since my OP: I have dreamt up 3 uses for the aforementioned pink Garnier pots.
I am trying to diet as of Boxing Day, so now I keep one pot in my handbag with two ginger nuts stashed in it, as my Emergency Snack. This is to save me buying choc bars whilst out & about and peckish.
I have put one into our holiday tea-making kit. A pink pot holds 6 teabags so ideal to keep them dry and intact when travelling. A second one contains coffee granules. (Dried milk is in an old Colmans mustard jar inside an odd Spiderman baby sock which was left in our holiday cottage by a guest!)
I have put one into the car, with 2 £1 coins in. Now I will always have the right change for the car park machine when I go swimming. I get the refund from the pool reception and return it to the pot, ready for next time.

Doody

ouraggie wrote: »

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2. Re-purposed a surplus pack of elastic hair ties. I move these from my right wrist to my my left wrist when swimming, so I can remember how many lengths I've done.

That's BRILLIANT! I'm reusing the stuffing from a horrible old sofa chair left in my house - to make new cushions. So not exactly repurposing.

ailz95

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I never used to throw away jars, sadly I now have to with some as the glue used for the label is impossible to remove but I still save all I can and refill with jam and chutneys and also use the larger ones as containers for dry stores in my store cupboard. Sealing things into jars with tight fitting lids prevents a mass infestation of pantry bugs/flour weevils in all your stores and limits it to just one jar so avoids a great deal of waste. We also always save bread wrappers and I use them over and over to store home grown produce in the fridge until I want to use it, I do all the prep and chop veg into the right sized pieces and then tie a knot in the bag and they keep fresh for a long time.

I was told that nail varnish remover will remove the old glue

jackieblack

Ok, new year = new year’s resolutions...

Having recently been binge-watching re-runs of The Great British Sewing Bee, and being particularly inspired by the transformation challenges, I decided, after many years of struggling with a variety of poorly functioning ancient hand-me-down sewing machines, and having accumulated a decent amount of Amazon gift cards (from surveys), to buy myself a basic Singer machine in the Boxing Day sale. (there are a couple of the ancient machines that I will get serviced/repaired at some point in the future when finances and the means to transport them allow, but for now this is a cheaper and more manageable option).

For starters- several years ago I stopped using duvet covers and reverted to using a flat sheet and quilted bedspread under/over the duvet, so have a quantity of bedding available for transforming. I also bought a new mattress a couple of years ago which is much deeper than my previous fitted sheets, so also have a quantity of unusable fitted sheets, and that’s before I start going through my wardrobe and suitcases of old clothes...

The top of one of my quilted bedspreads is getting very thin (the wadding backing part is still good) and I fancy creating a new top (or making it reversible) from some of my stash, and there’s at least one cover that I’ve always thought would make a lovely summer dress

Primrose

I,m find I increasingly use medium sized empty lidded jars for storing small amounts of leftovers in my fridge. They seem to be more space saving than our Pyrex bowls and eliminates the need for using plastic clingfilm over the top to prevent them drying out.

One such jar is going to be dedicated this year for storing/collecting all those annoying copper coins and small change from my purse which makes my handbag weigh a ton whenever I have to carry it.

Plasticfreemama

I was recently gifted old apple crates and made a lovely bookshelf out of it!

jackieblack

My daughter and son-in-law were given a duvet set for Christmas that was neither their taste nor matched the colours in their bedroom, which is rather short of storage space having only one (rather deep) built in cupboard which contains a hanging rail above a chest of drawers then has about a foot of wasted depth.

I used the fabric to make a variety of different sized drawstring bags that they will hang on hooks on the inside of the cupboard doors and use to store socks, tights (my daughter ), bras (also my daughter ) and underwear, freeing up drawer space.

At least they’ll get some practical use from the gift

ToastLady

Have one set of cosy fleece type bedding which was quite expensive, and wanted another set, for those days when you can't get washing dried. Bought 3 extra large thin fleece tartan throws for around £7 each, intending making a duvet cover and using one as a flat sheet. Changed my mind and using 2 as bottom and top sheet, third made into 2 pillow cases and still got some material left. Just using my normal cotton duvet covers. Saved a fortune on buying a new set, dry much quicker than cotton sheets and as warm as toast.

Working_Mum

I was given two old wooden chests of drawers by a friend sturdy and good quality - I painted the frames, sides and top and had a go at wallpapering the drawer fronts.

I now have two bedside cabinets for my spare room which make it look modern and used (rather than all folorn!!). Hopefully the link works!!

https://imgur.com/gallery/u29Bey8