An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday Items.
You can win 1 of 2 copies of the Real Simple 869 New Uses for Old Things: An Encyclopedia of Innovative Ideas for Everyday Items
Need some help organizing your home? Maybe you have some things laying around that you think you might have use for some day, well, this may just be the book for you!
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Product Description
“New Uses For Old Things” is one of Real Simple’s most popular franchises. It showcases how to repurpose everyday items in clever ways. These ideas appeal to readers because they’re a) economical, b) green, and c) surprising.Over the past decade, Real Simple has developed 800-plus ideas for all sorts of common items, from accordion files to zippered plastic bags. It seems fitting that in honor of their ten-year anniversary, they’d give readers the opportunity to enjoy these ideas in one convenient place.
Here are a few other books from Real Simple that will help you get organized:
Real Simple: The Organized Home
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A drawer full of tie twists that my husband keeps saving. I throw some out every 6 months or so. That's just naming one item. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
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Coffee containers. I think I can find a good use for them. A craft maybe.
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I keep a bunch of random sized rubber bands in my desk drawer "just in case" They have definitely come in handy more than a few times!
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Rubber bands for some reason. We save rubber bands off of everything!!
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