Crafts & Hobbies

Learning to Live with Less Plastic (podcast)

Packed house this week, making the Green Divas’ studio absolutely buzzing with boundless activity. The show was all about plastic — the good, the bad, the ugly, and what you can do to upgrade your own…

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Update Your Furniture: Stencil-Painted Tables

Last year, Remodelista editor Alexa found a wooden table on the street in the worst shade of cheap wood stain. After a few coats of paint, she transformed the table, which is now one of her favorite…

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Clever Uses for Tuna Cans

Did you have a tuna fish party and now have a whole pile of cans to recycle? Stay thy villainous hand! Thou shalt not heft those trusty vessels into the recycling bin! If you just made a record-size…

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A DIY Children’s Playhouse from a Cardboard Box

Forget all the other toys, all any kid really wants is a good cardboard box—especially when it's been DIY'ed into a proper playhouse. At Remodelista, we liked this idea from stylist Aurélie Lécuyer …

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10 Unique Handmade Father’s Day Gifts

While shopping for Mother's Day might be fun and even easy, Father's Day is another animal all together. Dads often want a lot less and maybe even need less than the women on your shopping list. Y…

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10 Handmade Bathing Suits

Memorial day has passed, which means... it's summer! So get ready to break out the swimsuits, towels and sunscreen, 'cause we're headed to the pool, beach or lake in no time (if you haven't already). …

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21 Fabulous & Fun Father’s Day Gifts

Ties, whether striped or paisley, sell well around Father's Day, but does dad really want -- or even need -- another tie to add to his wardrobe? I recently surveyed dads about ties as the standard def…

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Upcycle Glass Bottles into DIY Tiki Torches

Hot time in the GD studio this week! It was 95 degrees and the air conditioning vents in the studio aren’t flowing – ahhhhh. We managed to keep our cool and have a great show anyway. ALWAYS fun to hav…

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3 Unexpected Home Uses for Marine Rope

Here's a quick roundup of practical ideas for using marine rope in the home, knotting skills not required. Above: Cabinet pulls made from nylon straps; via Civico Quattro. Above: Knotted mar…

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8 Natural Mosquito Repellents

Before you grab that DEET-based mosquito repellent, consider using a natural option instead. DEET, also known as diethyl-meta-toluamide, by any other name still stinks. And research proves that the ma…

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