Natural Christmas Place Settings With Foraged Sprigs: 9 Ways to Set the Table
A sprig of cedar cut this morning will still be green on the table in three weeks, which is longer than the cut flowers most … Read more
11 Zero Waste Christmas Gifts to Make at Home
Most zero waste gift guides are a shopping list wearing a hemp shirt: bamboo cutlery sets, stainless straws, a “starter kit” of things nobody asked … Read more
Foraged Twig Christmas Decorations From the Garden
By early December the red-twig dogwood at the back of most gardens has done the one thing it does brilliantly: dropped every leaf and turned … Read more
10 DIY Denim Christmas Garland Ideas to Make From Old Jeans
Most denim Christmas projects start with the darkest jeans in the pile, on the theory that deep indigo is what reads as denim. On a … Read more
Punched Tin Can Luminaries for an Outdoor Christmas
An empty soup can has walls roughly a third of a millimeter thick: thin enough that a finish nail drives through with one tap, stiff … Read more
Upcycled Christmas Gifts You Can Make From What You Already Own
The standard advice on upcycled gifts is that anything can become something, and that the thought is what counts. It isn’t. An upcycled gift fails … Read more
13 DIY Denim Christmas Stockings From Old Jeans
A single pair of adult jeans carries enough usable denim for one large stocking, and almost every part earns a place: the back pocket becomes … Read more
Rustic Pallet Christmas Decor for Renters Who Can’t Drill the Walls
The pallet Christmas tree that fills every holiday board is bolted to an exterior fence or screwed flat into a garage wall. Fine if you … Read more
13 Reclaimed Pallet Christmas Signs for a Farmhouse (That Don’t Look Store-Bought)
The farmhouse Christmas sign has a formula, and the formula is the problem: break down a pallet, sand it smooth, whitewash it grey, then stencil … Read more
Upcycled Tin Can Christmas Lanterns for the Porch: 7 Ideas That Hold Up Outdoors
Empty soup cans make a better Christmas lantern than half the pre-lit resin things at the garden center, and they cost nothing. The catch is … Read more