New Uses For Old Things
Like many of you already know we reuse, recycle, upcycle and re-purpose things at our house. A perfect example of this habit occurred the other day when our nephew and his lovely new wife came by for a visit. We love sending them home with a bag of veggies from our garden. She ( our niece in law?, hmm is that right) thought I was very clever using a lingerie bag to hold veggies. I have my moments, giggle. I use old lingerie bags for onions and potatoes too. The bags hang on the hooks inside the pantry door. I also use lingerie bags when I go to the market. I stay away from the plastic bags they provide in the fruits and vegetables aisles. Lingerie bags are light weight so they don’t add much to the scale and they are meant for washing your dedicates so cleaning them easy peazy. They are inexpensive too. win, win, win.
When I was making my cup of tea this morning, I thought about my little tea bag caddy. Another inexpensive item that is originally meant for desk drawers or to hold silverware ( although the cheaper ones are not usually long enough to hold knives). I keep hubby’s kcups in one too. They sit side my side in the cupboard. Easy to grab one or the whole tray.
I hang onto food and spa gift baskets from the holidays too. Once all of the goodies are gone there are so many uses for them. I keep the little boxes of cereal our grandchildren like so much in this one on the top of the fridge. I just put the basket on the table so they can make their selection.
An odd shaped basket similar to the example here, holding the instant foods, arrived one year. The rounded bottom made it difficult to use for household things. But, it’s perfect for our sweet Izzy’s toys. He just gives it a little tip if he wants to dump them all out or he reaches inside for the one he wants.
My constantly changing eyeglass prescription has provided me with a lot of eyeglass cases over the years. One of my favorite uses is a “to go” first aid kit. Just the essential fit inside and you can toss it in your purse, a tote bag or in the glove box of the car.
I would love it if you shared your New Uses For Old Things in the comment section.
I found a few more new uses for old things!
Ms. A says
September 13, 2013 at 01:57I LOVE the lingerie bag idea! I use a lot of the little rectangular plastic baskets and have other, regular baskets I use for toys, washcloths and hand towels and mail that gets dropped on the counter. Hadn’t thought of anything as ideal as the eyeglass case/first aid kit. Great idea, Katie!
KizzyDoll says
September 13, 2013 at 02:33Super super!! I do love when I can use one thing for many other things, it makes it easier, as I don’t like going to the store so much. These are great!! I hope you have a lovely Friday & weekend too xx
Janine Huldie says
September 13, 2013 at 04:52Great new uses and the last one is my favorite using the eye glass case for a First AId Kit. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!! 🙂
Heather @ new house, new home, new life says
September 13, 2013 at 05:37Great ideas – I especially love the eyeglass case turned travel case – smart lady.
Alex J. Cavanaugh says
September 13, 2013 at 06:54My wife is always finding uses for baskets. Often she fills them with goodies and gives them as gifts.
Cindy says
September 13, 2013 at 07:22Really a great fancy idea for that eyeglasses case, you always come up with those simple ideas with a big result! Thanks for sharing it Katie – have a wonderfull weekend
Anna Popescu says
September 13, 2013 at 07:51Katie, love these tips! I’ve done some of them but here’s one for the eyeglass case. I have a large one that wasn’t being used so I now keep my iPod in it, along with my earbuds and the USB recharge cord.
Blessings & hope you’re doing better!
XOXOX
Anna
Patty Rumaker at Home and Lifestyle Design says
September 13, 2013 at 08:10Lots of great ideas! Hope you have a great weekend.
Patty at Home and Lifestyle Design
Marla Martenson says
September 13, 2013 at 08:19I love the lingerie bag idea for produce. I have never seen one of those bags. I shop at the 99 Cents Store a lot, but have not come across them.
Karmen says
September 13, 2013 at 11:00Awesome ideas! I have been searching for a better way to store those K-cups! Thanks–you are clever!
Linda says
September 13, 2013 at 14:09Great post, Katie! Love your ideas, especially the lingerie bag one.
Melissa says
September 13, 2013 at 16:11I love all of your “recycle” ideas! =)
Have a great weekend!
little wandering wren says
September 13, 2013 at 19:03Your lingerie bag idea is brilliant, I had a chuckle because my lingerie bags all have embroidered or printed pictures of bras and pants on the front and I would imagine that would raise an eyebrow with your nephews wife!
Wrenx
PS Go on make my day, tell me you tidied up your pantry especially to take that photo?!
Shenita says
September 14, 2013 at 00:40Wow, these are such clever ideas! Love the lingerie bag idea! They have come in handy for many things around here!
Missy says
September 14, 2013 at 20:11I really enjoyed this post! Thank you for sharing!