Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
15-09-2012, 08:32 AM
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Room divider
I saw a nice idea for a movable room divider, tall louvre doors hinged together. It was like one of those screens you change behind but bigger. It's not a permanent divider but might work as a...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
08-05-2012, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 3
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Willow withies
Hello. As far as I know there is a Sally garden on Heir Island in West Cork. If you're still looking for withies I can ask around, might be able to track them down. I've a few willow trees myself,...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
09-07-2011, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 140
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Non-slip slipper soles
I wonder would a piece of inner tube work as a non-slip? Cut in the shape of a heel / sole and glued on...
Think I saw somewhere too that lines of silicone squeezed onto the soles (from those tubes...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-06-2011, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
21-06-2011, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,907
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
20-06-2011, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,086
Delighted to see this again. We built a similar...
Delighted to see this again. We built a similar press (not as snazzy), spent an entire day pressing apples, left too much air in our fermentation vessel, and ended up with apple cider. Not the nice...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
20-06-2011, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 6
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I'm in Wicklow Vagabond, it does seem an awful...
I'm in Wicklow Vagabond, it does seem an awful waste doesn't it, and I could do with a quick turnaround myself. I knew a man years ago who kept rabbits for the french restaurant market, not sure if...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
20-06-2011, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
20-06-2011, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
20-06-2011, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 6
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use of land
Hiya Vagabond, there's a similar thread already here about this and it got me thinking too. I have about an acre doing nothing and I'm wondering about hedging plants, or trees - would it be an idea...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
17-06-2011, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 73,123
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
17-06-2011, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 18,853
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
06-06-2011, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 73,123
Webbing strap & elastic pen/phone holder
Here's a thing I made out of a discarded strap from a banjaxed camera bag, and a bit of black elastic (pillaged from a waistband). I was tormented carrying around my work diary, specs, phone and pen...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
06-06-2011, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 73,123
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
02-06-2011, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
14-05-2011, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,265
Picnic bench
That's fantastic, thanks for the great links as well.
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
13-05-2011, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 140
Views: 73,123
Repurposed t-shirt
My first ‘before & after’ thanks to all the inspiration on this thread. I couldn’t find the right colour leggings for under my new dress so my (clever)aunt suggested this: I got the colour I wanted...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-05-2011, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 34,119
Used furniture
Betty Boo, have a look at Buckley's auction rooms in Sandycove, I've got a few bargains there before. The auctions are usually on Thursdays but you can leave a bid in advance.
TickTock, you just...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
30-04-2011, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 140
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-04-2011, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 237
Views: 199,253
Out of date food
I agree with Merienne and always have to remind myself that 'Best Before' and 'Use by' are different things. I always keep 'Best Before' long after it's date. Also that racket of multipacks being...
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Forum: Before & After (Upcycling)
10-04-2011, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 140
Views: 73,123
bag patterns
Hello psj, I found good instructions on this site http://www.u-handbag.com/ and there are probably links there you can follow up on. I reckon Gormal has a better suss on it though, she's made a few...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
07-04-2011, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,774
recycling wool
Gorgeous rugs here, lovely and colourful.
I read something recently about woollen fibre duvets(as opposed to acrylic ones which is all I can afford). They're natural and breathable and all that; ...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
03-04-2011, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,160
torn lining
TickTock, you can get iron-on tape for holding up hems. Maybe you could get a piece of fabric the length of the tear and the width of the iron-on tape, and iron/glue it across the rip? Hold the 3...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-03-2011, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 59,509
Nice washing-line cover
My sis came up with an idea I like. We've been using polythene to cover the line in the rain but it's ugly so she suggested a nice looking shower curtain - bungee or tie it to the 3 corners and it...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-03-2011, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,274
sweet tins
I stood up a few biscuit tins (and lids) as reflectors behind my seedlings on the window board, so they grow up straight (for once!). M.
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