DIY Repurposed and Upcycled Projects for your Yard and Garden

Herb Plant Stand from a Stand Up Shower Caddy

April 20, 2017 · By Sarah Ramberg · 44 Comments

I do a lot of cooking at home but I’m not a prolific gardener. I’m limited my own lack of gardening interest, but also by space. That being said, though, I do like to grow my own kitchen herbs in pots as much as possible. You may recall how I upcycled a muffin tin as a propagation tray for growing some herb plants from seed? Well, it’s time to transplant them and I’ll be upcycling a stand up shower caddy to create an herb plant stand!

Plant Starting Tray with a Muffin Pan

March 30, 2017 · By Sarah Ramberg · 45 Comments

Real Life Confession- I love the idea of gardening more than I love actual gardening. Can anyone else relate? BUT. But…I still enjoy having planted herbs around as the weather warms up! So, this year, I’ve decided to do a series of upcycling ideas for an herb garden. And today is Part 1: Repurposing a muffin pan as a seed starting tray or plant starting tray.Read more ›

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Log Cabin Birdhouse from a Vintage Coin Bank

March 2, 2017 · By Sarah Ramberg · 50 Comments

It’s been a while since I created a bird project for our yard. So, I decided to combine this year’s Log Cabin theme with an outdoors project. Since we always have nesting wrens and chickadees at our house, I had a log cabin birdhouse idea that I just couldn’t shake.Read more ›

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DIY Mosaic Stepping Stone with Key Hider

August 25, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 65 Comments

Getting locked out of the house is not fun at all, is it? It happened to me once, and that was all it took. From that day forward, I decided to make sure it would never happen again. And since I love garden stepping stones as outdoor decor, I decided to combine the idea of a mosaic stepping stone with key hider. And I’d upcycle a couple of items to make my vision come to life!Read more ›

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Platform Bird Feeder from Repurposed Pot Lids

July 7, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 50 Comments

On a trip to Nashville, TN, I squeezed in a little time to check out the local thrift stores on my way into town. I happened upon a Goodwill in Lebanon, TN where I found a mismatched pair of pot lids. I loved the colors and the metal was in good shape, so I bought them both to build a platform bird feeder for my backyard.
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Hanging Herb Baskets from Lampshade Frames

May 26, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 91 Comments

Lampshades are a pretty common item at thrift stores, in every size and shape you can imagine. So, I felt a compelling need to come up with an upcycling idea for them, starting with these small lamp shades that I found at Goodwill. I had this niggling feeling that lampshade frames could be repurposed into herb hanging baskets for a vertical herb planter.
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Firefly Lantern with Upcycled Lighting from Habitat ReStore

April 21, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 146 Comments

Upcycling projects with vintage light fixtures is a common theme on my blog and this particular project was inspired by the trendy shop, Anthropologie. After seeing their metalwork hurricanes online, I realized how much they resembled a brass light from Habitat ReStore. That’s when I decided I needed to repurpose one into a firefly lantern. And I suspected that it would be pretty easy to do!Read more ›

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Dutch Wooden Clogs as Upcycled Planters

April 3, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 70 Comments

I’ve had a quiet fascination with all things Dutch for most of my life. Between the tulips and the windmills and summering near Holland, Michigan, I suppose it couldn’t be avoided. I also had my own pair of Dutch wooden clogs, and while I no longer have them, I still wanted to turn some into upcycled planters for our front porch.Read more ›

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Garden Decor Ideas that are Upcycled and Repurposed

March 20, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 57 Comments

Upcycling projects and garden decor really do go hand in hand. Whether you like DIY planters or junk gardens or quirky garden ideas in general, there is a repurposing project out there for you. Read more ›

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Bird Nesting Material in a Rusty Spring

March 6, 2016 · By Sarah Ramberg · 77 Comments

We have a lot of birds that frequent our yard. We offer multiple bird feeders, bird baths, and bird houses (many of which are upcycling projects of mine), and I wanted to make a new one for them. Bird nesting material is something I wanted to make plentiful for them, and I had an idea of just how to do it.Read more ›

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