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Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Home & Design Show Ultimate Upcycle Challenge

by Tazim Damji

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting the 4 other bloggers who are participating in the Ultimate Upcycle Challenge, at the Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver ReStore. Bright and early in the morning, I drove down to the ReStore in South Vancouver to scout out the place for items to repurpose.

The Vancouver Home and Design Show this October will be extra exciting to visit this year, because people will be able to see the upcycle submissions at the Habitat for Humanity booth. I’m so happy to have been chosen to participate in this challenge, but have a problem. . .I saw so may great pieces and bits and bobs at the ReStore that I can’t decide what to select for my DIY project!

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I’ll share with you the before photos of the main piece I’ve selected and show you how I’ve transformed it to the finished project in the coming weeks – and I’ll need your support in October when it comes time for voting!

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This new project is a great way to promote both Habitat for Humanity and ReStores – which, I learned, are responsible for making enough money to completely cover the administrative fees associated with donations. As you can see in the sign below, the ReStores not only allow creative DIY-ers the opportunity to pick out some great pieces to work with, but also keep tons of waste out of landfills. Sounds like a win/win situation to me!

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Do you have any projects you’re working on or have you recently completed any? I’d love to hear about them in the comments.

*Edit – forgot to mention that people will be able to bid on the finished DIY projects, with proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.

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About Tazim Damji

Tazim Damji is a permaculture gardener and certified holistic nutritionist from Vancouver, Canada. She is passionate about photography, vegan food, and gardening. Read more posts by Tazim. Visit her food and adventure blog Celebrate Life's Adventures Connect with Tazim via Twitter or on Facebook .

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  1. PR Solutions YVSG says

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    Looking forward to following your DIY project! Habitat for Humanity is a great example of 'giving back' to ones community. Thanks for sharing.
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    • tazimd says

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      Absolutely, I'm happy to be able to contribute to it's efforts in some way.

  2. Alisha Kostiuk says

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    I am always looking for DIY projects, will be following and will for sure be voting.

    • tazimd says

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      Thanks Alisha! Hope I'll be able to inspire you a little with my project.

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    Wow! This blog looks just like my old one! It’s on a completely different subject but it has pretty much the same page layout and design. Excellent choice of colors!

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    Hey there! I’m at work browsing your blog from my new apple iphone! Just wanted to say I love reading through your blog and look forward to all your posts! Keep up the excellent work!

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    Hi, i think that i saw you visited my website thus i came to “return the favor”.

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