Upcycle, Re-purpose + Refresh Archives · Nourish and Nestle https://nourishandnestle.com/in-the-craft-room/upcycle-re-purpose/ Creative Living and Delicious Eating Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:47:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://nourishandnestle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Upcycle, Re-purpose + Refresh Archives · Nourish and Nestle https://nourishandnestle.com/in-the-craft-room/upcycle-re-purpose/ 32 32 DIY Bird Bath with Waterproof Terra Cotta https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-bird-bath/ https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-bird-bath/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:04:34 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=21512 Make your own DIY Bird Bath using items you may already have. Additionally, learn an easy way to waterproof terra cotta for a bird bath bowl replacement and suggestions for your birdbath stand.

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-bird-bath/feed/ 13 Ten Great DIY Oyster Shell Crafts https://nourishandnestle.com/ten-great-diy-oyster-shell-crafts/ https://nourishandnestle.com/ten-great-diy-oyster-shell-crafts/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:19:31 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=19633 As the crow flies, I am probably 1 mile from the Atlantic Ocean. The Intracoastal Waterway is between me and the deep blue sea and to drive to the beach would take 10 minutes, from door to shore. My kiddos attended a school that was within walking distance to the beach. In fact, this school is...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/ten-great-diy-oyster-shell-crafts/feed/ 0 DIY Cold Frame Using Old Windows https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-cold-frame-using-old-windows/ https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-cold-frame-using-old-windows/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:15:27 +0000 https://www.nourishandnestle.com/?p=17483 The Little DIY Cold Frame that Thought it Was a Greenhouse Plans for an easy-to-make cold frame from old windows and how to keep your cold frame warm during winter. Imagine the disappointment…through your entire, albeit short, existence…you’ve been lauded as a ‘Greenhouse’. There’s a certain cache to ‘Greenhouse’…it’s lofty and it’s a structure that...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-gingerbread-man-candles/feed/ 8 How to Restore an Old Wood Cutting Board https://nourishandnestle.com/restore-an-old-wood-cutting-board/ https://nourishandnestle.com/restore-an-old-wood-cutting-board/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:27:53 +0000 https://www.nourishandnestle.com/?p=13474 I’ll show you how easy it is to restore an old wood cutting board. We’ll walk through how to clean a wooden cutting board, how to sanitize a wood cutting board, how to sand a wooden cutting board and how to condition and refinish a wooden cutting board.   I am not one of those who...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/painted-window-santas-sweet-shoppe/feed/ 26 Week 6 ORC: The Final Reveal! https://nourishandnestle.com/week-6-orc-final-reveal/ https://nourishandnestle.com/week-6-orc-final-reveal/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:17:21 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=8311 Well my friends, I made it. I may be gasping as I cross the finish line, there may be unidentified odors emanating from my refrigerator, which is shocking since there is very little food in my home, and the laundry may be piling up, but I made it! As in…I.JUST.MADE.IT! But…I am very happy with my ‘new’...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/week-6-orc-final-reveal/feed/ 46 Reupholster a Chair https://nourishandnestle.com/week-4-orc-reupholster-chair/ https://nourishandnestle.com/week-4-orc-reupholster-chair/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2016 21:54:39 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=8090 Sharing the techniques I used to reupholster a chair. Yippee Yi Yo Kiyah! I did it! I finished reupholstering the chair for my office. This is something I’ve been wanting to try my hand at for several years and finally, the planets aligned and it happened! I will not sugar coat it, it wasn’t what...

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