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One Woman’s Trash…is My New Desk

Creating a useful/beautiful home doesn’t have to be expensive. All my favourite furniture and decor pieces in my apartment were passed along to me by relatives (the mirror on my desk is from one of my aunts’ houses).  I found this vintage flip-top vanity on the curb waiting for the garbage truck on my way …

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Zero Waste Gift Wrap

My family has always been pretty good at doing low-waste Christmas wrapping. My parents have a Rubbermaid bin full of gift bags and paper that we take turns squirrelling away to various corners of the house to wrap our family gifts. At the end of the day, all of the bags and most of the …

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