| RECYCLED DECORATING By Helen De Bruin Here are a few ideas where you can use recycled and pre-loved items in your decorating: Take an old framed window, cleaned and dry. Use a good quality decoupage glue and apply it to the glass. Add preserved flowers, leaves, nuts, seeds etc. When your �picture window� is complete, hang it up using hook and eyes and old wire for a rustic look. Use old balustrades and banisters, lean them up against a blank wall, then add flower garlands and entwine them between the rails. An old wooden chair, hung up on a bare wall can be used as a shelf to display collections. Old gates can be used as headboards. Salvaged doors can be hinged together with brass hinges to form a screen or room divider. Old doorknobs can be either mounted on a piece of wood, or fitted directly to the wall to be used as hooks for a variety of uses, including hats and coats, tea-towels, bath towels, or simply to hang a loved toy on. |