Eco-makeovers
Recycling Paper in our Home I just love my subscription to Natural Home & Garden magazine. As a professional organizer and interior decorator, the articles in this magazine combine the best elements for both -- in a natural living way.
The current issue features eco-remodeling (ecologically-friendly) and provides great resources to make your home more energy-efficient while preserving our natural resources. It amazes me that doing this isn't as expensive as we think it would be. Contrary, by spending money to save on energy and water, we save money.
There was one article in particular for recycling your paper that used paper in a remodeling way ... as wallpaper! Talk about creative uses for old paper, this beats any ideas I've ever had!
One wall treatment was to take paper grocery bags, crumble and scrunch pieces of them (to soften them), then tear them into little pieces. Prime sections of the wall surface with 2 parts water / 1 part white glue, then apply pieces of the paper, overlapping them and brushing with the glue mixture to remove air pockets.
You can also do collage wall treatments with old phone book yellow pages (although you don't need to crumble them).
They say the nice thing about this type of wallpaper is that you can patch it up anytime if it gets torn or marked up. Now, that's what I call recycling!
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