5 EASY DIY Recycling Ideas

How to create a stronger bond with your decorations using these 5 EASY DIY Recycling Ideas.

Hopefully it will inspire you and give your materials a second chance for Decor!  In turn, this will be good for the environment, your bank account and your home :).  Additionally, I will talk about how the newly transformed decorations create a stronger connection to your home. 

The decoration purchase cycle

We all have decorations at home, some that we use frequently others seldomly. We might have once enjoyed when they were new and for whatever reason not anymore.  For this reason, we are now thinking about replacing it for a new one.

There’s something attractive about new products which makes it hard resist the fact that we want to ‘Buy’.  Either because it’s the latest fashion or simply because it’s on sale.

As woman, I perfectly understand “it’s a good feeling to have a new decoration to refresh the look of our home”.  

For this reason, it’s a little challenge for me since I love changes and renovations in my home.  To this day, I try to control myself as much as I can in front of a decoration and try not to buy everything!

How I broke the cycle

Alas, living in a really small apartment of less than 50 square meters (538.196 square foot), I learned that for everything new items I bought, I would have to “sell” or “give way” the old decorations.

Here are the reasons, this ‘cycle’ stopped making sense to me :

• Why buy a new decoration if I don’t have enough space ?
• Also, why accumulate objects that I will eventually need to throw / give away?
• Will I use this new piece and if so for how long ?

Feng Shui states that, we should keep our homes as clean and simple as possible.  This, I totally agree with!

How my transformation and Recycling Ideas began

One day, I watched an HGTV serie called “Buy it, Fix it, Sell it”, where they were transforming used objects into totally new and different one. I then thought “Why not do the same with my own objects ?”

I also believe the act of transforming the ‘decoration’ itself and the internal transformation of being able to put your creativity to work which leads to seeing the final result, makes us happier and is also more rewarding than buying a new item!

The DIY Recycling name should be “Recycling Therapy”.

Read on to see the list of “5 Easy DIY Recycling Ideas”, where I’ll share a few personal projects of mine.   These projects were meant for my home, where instead of throwing out objects, I managed to transform them into great pieces of art.  Based on these  experiences, I confirm that I now have a stronger bond with the new decorations because I invested my time and creativity.  And I think the bond will be strong with you too. 

I hope you like it and please leave your impressions !