Upcycle: from floppy disk to notebook

Pull out that pile of floppies stored few decades ago, it's time to put it in use.

  

 

Easy-to-follow-instructions:

Extra tip: instead of papers, use drawings, pictures, photos or comics and create little picture book.

DIY: recycle an old phone book - make a pen organizer

If you happens to have an expired phone book STOP before you get rid of it. Check out this original idea!

Extra tip: you can make each compartment of different height and color:

Upcycle a toilet paper roll and create an original gift box!

Toilet paper rolls are very popular in DIY / upcycle / recycle culture, because they have many different faces!  In this article you'll find out how can they be used as a gift box, combined with a little wrapping paper.

If you are looking for more toilet paper rolls ideas, check out this wall art and an Easter bunnies project.

Extra tip: play with different wrapping papers, ribbons & shapes and post a photo in the comment section!

Upcycle PVC pipes - reuse them in your bathroom!

Let's say you had to renovate the plumbing system in your house. After the workers had done all the work and left, you ended up with a few extra PVC pipes (if you were persuasive enough and they let you have them). Here's a suggestion on how to repurpose them. It is very, very simple!

Extra tip: colors are welcome!

Upcycling: from a cereal box to a neat folder

If you’re one of those people who eat healthy by which I mean, you regularly eat cornflakes and cereal, you probably have quite a collection of cereal boxes.

You need one box for one magazine folder! You’ll need a pair of scissors and wrapping paper.

Find more details at this place.

Extra tip: if you’re extremely eco-friendly and a recycling freak, you can use an old newspaper or a magazine instead of wrapping paper. The folder won't be that nice, but well, every man to his taste. Feel free to post a photo of your folder!

Upcycled detergent bottles: reuse detergent bottles and turn them into a hardware storing place for your workshop

Have you noticed how detergent bottles, detergent jugs or detergent containers are neglected in the whole recycle - upcycling story? Well, at this page we haven’t forgotten about those.

Here's a simple idea for the reuse of old detergent bottles, ideal if your hubby (or you!) like to keep a well stocked supply of nails, screws and the like.

Extra tip: The bottles can be used as hardware storage in a workshop, but you can use them for storing all sorts of thingies, although, I must say, they seem pretty "at home" in a workshop or a garage.