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Another donation from MIL of citymade, Nancy, a pair of cargo pants. Nobody could wear them, so we decided that they would make a really good bag. It was easy to do. We added a lining made from old curtains … Continue reading →

I really liked this hand soap bottle. I know that is weird, but it was just the right size and the pump part worked really well. So when the hand soap ran out, I didn’t want to throw it away. … Continue reading →

This idea came from friend of citymade, Michele P. We took an unused neck tie (it has a nice pattern, it just had a few stains that prevented it from being worn as a tie) and trimmed the bottom half … Continue reading →

Citymade MIL, Nancy, gave us a large bag of clothes to re-purpose. We used one of the T-shirts to make this cute drawstring bag. We cut the T-shirt to the size we wanted our bag to be and sewed the … Continue reading →

Sister of citymade, Susan, sent us this great idea for a gift box. She took a cereal box, cut it in half, and with some tape and pretty paper created a gift box. What is great about this project is … Continue reading →

Our final project with the old chiffarobe is this door to chalkboard. The “wardrobe” part of the chiffarobe had a really nice door on it. Rather than just tossing it in the garbage, we decided to paint it with chalkboard … Continue reading →

Since the old chiffarobe had perfectly good drawers, when we were taking it apart,(and by we I mean Christian did the  actual taking apart, I just did the directing), we decided to use the set of three drawers as a … Continue reading →

It’s furniture week here at citymade. We are re-purposing old furniture into new things! We looked around our houses and found pieces of furniture that were still usable, just needed some updating. Our first few posts will feature an old … Continue reading →