DIY Paper Organizer For A Home Office

If your working space is a mess, organize it making a paper and newspaper holder of a piece of wood and plastic. For this craft you’ll need 3 plastic bottles, a piece of wood, 3 can tops, a knife, scissors, a screwdriver, a ruler, an awl and some screws. Cut the top of the bottles, don’t deform them; using the awl or a drill make holes in the tops of the bottles. Screw the bottles to the slab of wood and from the other side fix some screws for hanging on the wall. If you don’t like the edges of the bottles you can decorate them with some braids. Enjoy the organizer!

Source: design-remont

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DIY Green: Turn a plastic bottle into a unique-looking vase

The inspiration for this post came from seeing this post on ReNest about creating hanging vases from plastic bottles (pictured at right). Great idea, easy to make and eco-friendly, right?

Well, after a little more research, I came upon this tutorial on WikiHow for a making a unique "woven" vase from a plastic bottle (pictured below). It's so pretty, you'd probably never guess that it was made from a used soda bottle!

It's yet another way to give something you'd probably throw in the trash — or hopefully recycle — new life as eye-catching decor and would also make a great project for kids (with adult supervision).

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The video below shows another variation of the aforementioned instructions.

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