New uses for old things

16 September 2009

My favorite feature of Real Simple magazine has always been the section where they offer new uses for common things. I subscribe to Real Simple’s Weekly Tips and today’s edition offered a bonanza: 50 All-Time Favorite New Uses for Old Things.

I love this stuff. I think my favorites are:

Using an old frame for a vanity tray (#1)
Transforming cardboard coasters from restaurants or bars into gift tags (#6)
Using an old cassette case to store iPod earphones—there’s a certain irony in that, isn’t there? (#11)
Using an old mouse pad for a trivet (#23)
Making place cards out of paint chip strips (#45)

The website offers one tip per screen, asking you to click for each one. However, if you click on Print, you’ll get all 50 tips connected in one screen that you can scroll through (complete with Real Simple’s trademark styled photos).

Enjoy!

Tagged with: real simple, repurposing