Comments on: Out of the Box Uses http://frugalhacks.com/2008/05/14/out-of-the-box-uses/ Good stewardship in action. How do you do it? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jan http://frugalhacks.com/2008/05/14/out-of-the-box-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-3856 Jan Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:22:26 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=578#comment-3856 I needed a coat closet and had a recessed space alongside a fireplace, but did not have funds to pay somebody to built a closet in that space. I was given a cedar chest that was too large to put anywhere in the house. So...I moved the chest to that empty space and stood the chest on end. Since I didn't want to damage the chest, I carefully added a pole (made from an old, fat dowel-type curtain rod) from the inside. I placed some decorative baskets and pottery on the top. Voila! The closet cost me nothing. My out of the box idea WAS a box. :) I needed a coat closet and had a recessed space alongside a fireplace, but did not have funds to pay somebody to built a closet in that space. I was given a cedar chest that was too large to put anywhere in the house. So…I moved the chest to that empty space and stood the chest on end. Since I didn’t want to damage the chest, I carefully added a pole (made from an old, fat dowel-type curtain rod) from the inside. I placed some decorative baskets and pottery on the top. Voila! The closet cost me nothing. My out of the box idea WAS a box. :)

]]> By: Dialectically_Yours http://frugalhacks.com/2008/05/14/out-of-the-box-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Dialectically_Yours Mon, 19 May 2008 02:39:37 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=578#comment-2370 We were browsing Ikea, after buying the one item we needed, and spotted some very utilitarian stainless steel cutlery holders. I liked the idea of putting the cutlery on the counter but NOT the containers. So I browsed at home until I found three flowerpots (painted ceramic, meant to house a plant in a plastic pot, with no drainage holes). I scrubbed them to get rid of the dust from the 'potting' shelf on the carport, and repurposed them. They look beautiful! We were browsing Ikea, after buying the one item we needed, and spotted some very utilitarian stainless steel cutlery holders. I liked the idea of putting the cutlery on the counter but NOT the containers. So I browsed at home until I found three flowerpots (painted ceramic, meant to house a plant in a plastic pot, with no drainage holes). I scrubbed them to get rid of the dust from the ‘potting’ shelf on the carport, and repurposed them. They look beautiful!

]]> By: Mrs. Mordecai http://frugalhacks.com/2008/05/14/out-of-the-box-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 Mrs. Mordecai Fri, 16 May 2008 19:26:15 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=578#comment-2367 I love using anything to hold flowers--teapots, glasses, whatever! My latest repurposing is to use a silverware basket for a napkin holder. Lately if I really think about it, I can almost always avoid going to the store if I just make do. I love using anything to hold flowers–teapots, glasses, whatever!

My latest repurposing is to use a silverware basket for a napkin holder. Lately if I really think about it, I can almost always avoid going to the store if I just make do.

]]> By: Rachel R. http://frugalhacks.com/2008/05/14/out-of-the-box-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Rachel R. Fri, 16 May 2008 16:16:50 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=578#comment-2365 Am I missing something? Or are there NO comments here?! My laptop is currently sitting on a dish draining rack. (That was hubby's brilliant idea; I didn't come up with it.) It keeps it from overheating and shutting itself off four times an hour when it's hot in here. ;) (I recently read somewhere online how it is possible to make a laptop stand from a cookie cooling rack, too.) Aside from that, I am totally drawing a blank. I know I use some things in unorthodox ways, but I'm not coming up with them. Maybe that's why no one else has posted? Am I missing something? Or are there NO comments here?!

My laptop is currently sitting on a dish draining rack. (That was hubby’s brilliant idea; I didn’t come up with it.) It keeps it from overheating and shutting itself off four times an hour when it’s hot in here. ;) (I recently read somewhere online how it is possible to make a laptop stand from a cookie cooling rack, too.)

Aside from that, I am totally drawing a blank. I know I use some things in unorthodox ways, but I’m not coming up with them. Maybe that’s why no one else has posted?

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