Life on the farm has been great so far!  We have had a steady stream of visitors ever since we moved in, and it has been a blast to show our friends the place, fire up the sauna numerous times {like, every single night}, and cook meals together.  We have gotten nearly zero unpacking accomplished, however………hence why I have not posted any photos of the place on here yet!  It is still a jungle of boxes and laundry baskets full of STUFF.

Ugh…stuff.  Don’t get me started on stuff.  Well ok, since you brought it up:  we have too much stuff.  Most of the stuff looked good/made sense in our old house…but in the new house it doesn’t look right.  I want to decorate the new house a little differently…yet, I’m not about to go out and get ALL NEW STUFF, so I need to find ways to use the old stuff in new ways.

Therefore, I am coining a new Twitter hashtag:  #ReuseTues

Use the tag to tweet about reusing old stuff to make new stuff.  There’s way too much throwing away happening in this country.  I’m not condoning a pack-rat mentality at all, I’m just saying that we should think twice before we dispose of items that, with a little wit and creativity, could serve a different function perfectly.

Ladder turned bookshelf:

From http://curbly.com/From http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenatheart

Rug made from old t-shirts:

From http://www.etsy.com/shop/greenatheart

 Cookie sheet turned clock:

From http://www.etsy.com/shop/lovenostalgicwhimsy

Have you ever reused an old item in a new way?  I’d love to see and share your projects/pictures with everyone, so send them my way for future ReuseTues posts!

{P.S. Even though it is pretty easy to lose track of time and days here in the woods, I am actually aware that today is Wed., not Tues…but I came up with the idea for ReuseTues one day too late…and “reuse” doesn’t rhyme with Wed.}