Want to add a bit of mid-’60s sophistication to your next summer soiree? Create your very own bar cart — and related cocktail-time accessories — with repurposed materials. Read on for ideas we hope you’ll love. Bar Carts DIY Galvanized Pipe Bar Cart Photo: Life: Designed Made entirely from tool shed and hardware store materials, like galvanized pipe and plywood, […]
Holiday gifts can leave the gift recipient with piles of hard-to-recycle wrapping paper, bows, and bags. But showing loved ones you care shouldn’t burden them with overfilled trash bins. To help you ensure that your gifts don’t create a lot of extra waste this holiday season, we’ve assembled a list of low-waste wrapping solutions you can buy or make yourself. […]
After Kris Kringle has come and gone, the gifts have been opened, and the turkey has been eaten, I’ll wager that many of you find yourself thinking … now what? After the holiday ends, the Christmas cleanup begins. How do you dispose of the wrapping paper, decorations, and other holiday trappings in an environmentally friendly way? We’re here to break […]
If you’re anything like the average person, a trip to the mailbox yields more junk than personal letters. Each U.S. household receives an estimated 848 pieces of junk mail a year. Sure, you can send it straight to the recycling bin, but that feels wasteful, particularly when you consider that a huge portion of that mail is never even opened. […]