Creative Reuse Blogs

Editor’s note: Shuai is a frequent contributor to Urban Life / Cycles and has shared many wonderful ideas for creative reuse projects. Here she offers more online sources to feed your creativity.

Hi everyone!

Although I try to bring you interesting and novel creative reuse projects all the time, there is no use in me reinventing the wheel. There are many great creative reuse and repurposing blogs out there on the internet, so in this post, I will tell you a couple that I find especially inspiring.

A clock created from rolled magazines and a CD, sold on Etsy.

Filth Wizardry is a cute creative reuse blog about the adventures of a creative mother and her two young daughters.

Making Do With the Not So New links to various fun creative reuse projects around the internet.

Replayground features many interesting and fun creative reuse projects. It’s written by Tiffany Threadgould, who recently published a creative reuse book—ReMake It! recycling projects from the stuff you

I just recently discovered “How can I Recycle This?”, which takes a question, such as “How can I recycle or reuse a mattress frame?” and comes up with ideas such as planters for your garden.

And sometimes, for creative reuse inspiration, I just search for “repurpose” or “creative reuse” or “upcycle” on etsy and try to reverse engineer their creations.