As we step into 2025, the trend of repurposing items in our homes is not just a creative outlet but a sustainable lifestyle ...

A suitcase is now a footstool. Dusty glassware changes into a towering totem. ... Repurposing old items into new, exciting pieces can transform a home from blah to eco-chic.

But you can also repurpose items and use them yourself. Take, for example, an old mattress spring. Attach a full-, king- or even crib-size mattress spring to the wall and you ...

Repurposing vintage furniture Antiques and Treasures. Story and photos Susan Eastman Herald-Times [email protected]. ... Today we travel with small, lightweight suitcases, ...

Amanda Blake Soule, creator of the well-followed blog, Soule Mama, and author of "Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials Into New Family Treasures," shares some of her ideas.

I recently came across the word repurposing in a magazine article about finding new uses for the old things we have in our households. Repurposing is both green -- when an item has a use it doesn ...

Two of Anna Marie Bevaqua's homemade pet beds crafted out of an old suitcase at her Plano, Texas home on Feb. 13, 2015. ( Rose Baca - Staff Photographer ) The beds range in price from $50 to $200 ...