again or even give them new purpose so that they facilitate our daily grind. Easy upcycling ideas to adjust and improve items in our favour are either sewing on some extras from other used fabrics or cutting parts of it off and changing the objects shape.
Adding extras : Attach tassels, a racing stripe or laces to an old jeans to give it new life.
2. Upcycled Decoration We spend a good amount of money on making our homes cosy spaces, which are to reflect us as the people we want to be. A sustainable and low budget alternative, to purchasing deco items, is creating your own decoration from obsolete things that a household naturally produces over time. Do you have books you don’t read anymore, bits and pieces of gift wrapping paper or the newspaper from last week? Craft a bunch of paper roses!
Waste, which barely any household can circumvent, is light bulbs. But why dispose them when there are so many beautiful ideas how to upcycle? One inventive trick, to keep the bulb within its field of illuminating our home, is to craft a chandelier. If that is too much of an effort, there are many more options, to repurpose light bulbs. For instance, they look nicely delicate as hanging vases.
Roses made of paper
A light bulb chandelier.
Removing: Cut an old shirt into an off-theshoulder top.
When actually repurposing a piece, it is stripped of its initial function and after transformation, it serves a new purpose. This way clothing items can become accessories such as bags or earrings, or even act as a storage item in the house.
Create your own little hanging garden!
Conscious Life Magazine