Today, to continue the conversation about frugal living, I would like to talk about the most common entry in my blog, reusing or upcycling. A lot of you might not even realize that I do a lot of this already without even considering it. Heck a lot of you might even be doing this without considering it a form of frugal living. Here are a few examples in which I have reused or Upcycled:
Reuse can be defined by Wikipeadia as: “To reuse is to use an item again after is been used. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function and new-life reuse where it is used for a different function.”
Upcycling can be defined by Wikipeadia as “Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.” And yes everyone, I want to point out that UPCYCLING is one word. I have a hard time battling Microsoft word with this J
Why I consider reusing or upcycling frugal:
Upcycling or reusing does not take a lot of time.
Unlike most crafts, in order to upcycle for everyday items, you will not be required to us a lot of time. In order to upcycle a beer bottle into a vase it should only take you about ten minutes. To upcycle a soap dispenser into a Lego soap dispenser it should only take about ten minutes also. You could reuse everything in your home in less than a day (according to my calculations J ).
Where to get ideas:
I find that Pintrest is a wonderful place; I also take a gander on Etsy from time to time. Once I have an idea if Pintrest isn’t able to successfully explain how to create I then will resort to the internet. So get Pinning!
I hope that this little post encourages you to relook at items you might be throwing away and helps you realize that money can be saved by just reusing or up cycling an already used or owned product.
Reused framing in room by sanding and recoating it.
Reused heater covers, by washing and painting.
Reuse can be defined by Wikipeadia as: “To reuse is to use an item again after is been used. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function and new-life reuse where it is used for a different function.”
Upcycling can be defined by Wikipeadia as “Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.” And yes everyone, I want to point out that UPCYCLING is one word. I have a hard time battling Microsoft word with this J
Why I consider reusing or upcycling frugal:
Upcycling or reusing does not take a lot of time.
Unlike most crafts, in order to upcycle for everyday items, you will not be required to us a lot of time. In order to upcycle a beer bottle into a vase it should only take you about ten minutes. To upcycle a soap dispenser into a Lego soap dispenser it should only take about ten minutes also. You could reuse everything in your home in less than a day (according to my calculations J ).
Where to get ideas:
I find that Pintrest is a wonderful place; I also take a gander on Etsy from time to time. Once I have an idea if Pintrest isn’t able to successfully explain how to create I then will resort to the internet. So get Pinning!
I hope that this little post encourages you to relook at items you might be throwing away and helps you realize that money can be saved by just reusing or up cycling an already used or owned product.
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