If you've been here a few you may have noticed that I, with DH's help, like to re-use decor/furniture in a different way from its original use, or sometimes just a simple update. Re-using items is economical, keeps things from going to the dump, and it can be fun.
I hope you enjoy this months Re-use It project!
Change The Look of Your Dining Room Chair Cushions Without Sewing
This is one of the quickest, inexpensive and easiest re-use it I think I have done! Not to mention, the different looks are almost endless. You can change the look seasonally, every holiday or just because; and this takes up way less storage space!
SUPPLIES:
- Chair cushions
- Then head to Amazon and start searching for 18 × 18 pillow covers
- Oh! Don't forget to have an assistant, opposable thumbs not necessary! ;o)
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| Athena |
- Are y'all ready? Insert cushion into pillow cover, zip closed and your finished!
Easy peasy!
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Vintage Water Jug to Wireless Lamp
Have you ever needed or wanted to use a lamp somewhere in your home that didn't have an outlet to use? How about a Jug or vase that you love but you're tired of using faux flowers in it? This is the issue I was having in my foyer. My mother, a few years before she passed away, gave me this vintage water Jug. They bought it in Thailand while my dad was stationed overseas (1960-1966). I have always loved it!
The foyer is where I mainly used it; except one year when I used it on my dining table for Christmas.
I was getting tired of faux flowers and I needed/wanted a lamp for the foyer, but my foyer only has 2 outlets and neither of them are on the wall where the lamp needed to go. I thought about using an extension cord and dropping a slim but tall enough lamp inside. I did not want a hole drilled in it! Plus the extension cord needed to be at least 10ft long, white and secured to the baseboard; which I didn't want to do either! So I decided to use a rechargeable light bulb. Now I needed to find a lamp, this was easier said than done! Well, I couldn't find one and I was getting frustrated. Then I had an idea...I would use a huge dowel rod and it didn't take me long (thanks to Amazon) to find one!
◇ Step 1:
- Measure your vase/Jug at the narrowest part of its opening. Mine was 3in
- Measure height and width of jug/vase to get the correct size lampshade
◇ Step 2: Buy your supplies
- 3 inch dowel
- Lamp kit (you can buy these at most hardware stores or department stores)
- Rechargeable light bulbs
- Lampshade
- I needed 4 Silicone cabinet bumpers you may want to have some on hand.
- Stain or paint for dowel
◇ Step 3: tools
- Circular saw, compound miter saw or table saw
- Drill & the right size drill bit
- Painters tape or drill stop... drilling holes to a certain depth/finding the right size drill bit )
◇ Step 4: Assembly
- Place dowel in jug/vase, with pencil mark dowel ¼ inch above the top of jug/vase.
- Cut dowel -> REMEMBER measure twice, cut once!
- Drill hole for threaded dowel in lamp kit
- Stain or paint dowel, let dry completely
- Assemble the lamp kit to the dowel
- If needed, apply 3 to 4 cabinet bumpers to the narrowest part of jug/vase. This adds extra stability if the dowel isn't a snug fit.
- Place dowel/lamp in jug/ vase install light bulb add lampshade and your finished!
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