Upcycled Design Lab Blog

Upcycled TP Tube Advent Calendar

Hello, I am very late with my post this week since this is actually last weeks post. Still with me? :-) My timing is all messed up with the Thanksgiving Holiday. Anyway if you are in the States I do hope you had a lovely holiday weekend full of good food, family and friends. I will be brief today since I am so far behind. I am trying to get a few "Pet Proof" Christmas decorations up, no Christmas Tree with all the new furry friend this year, but I still wanted a few decorations so I decided to make... Read more →

Quick and Easy Upcycled Christmas Decoration Light Boxes

Hello, Today I have an easy and fast project to share. I have been seeing these pretty glass boxes with Christmas lights inside. Well you know me or maybe you don't but I don't have any glass boxes and I do like to use up the stuff I already have laying around. Awhile back I cut up a bunch of CD's to make some placemats. I know some folks think that is terrible to cut up your cd's but I didn't want them any more. So, sorry if I am making you cringe. Anyway the placemat project left me with... Read more →

Cat Clawed Curtain Camo Repair - Dogs vs Cats Episode 6

Hello from the battle field otherwise known as my living room. The latest casualty is our living room drapes. If you saw the tin can table top cover up post then you know that the big picture window in our living room is one of the favorite locals for both the Cat Monsters and the Dogzilla's. And over the course of the last several months the drapes have taken quite a beating. The Dogzilla's do deserve some credit for a couple of dirty paw prints but most of the credit for the demise of the drapes does have to go... Read more →

The Battle Over Bedding - Dogs vs Cats Episode 5

Our new pups have official turned one year old and while I have explained to them in detail that they are now officially adult dogs, it says so right on their bag of dog food after all, they persist in their endlessly energetic puppy behavior and continue pursuing one of their favorite pastimes.... Chewing. Awhile back we purchased a new foam mattress and with my must save everything DNA I cut up the old one to make dog beds. In what can only be referred to as horrifically lazy, but with the hope that the beds would stay cleaner, I... Read more →