Creative Wood Recycling

Throwing away scrap wood, like any other waste, is truly wasteful, because it's a valuable material that's incredibly easy to repurpose through creative recycling. It can be used to make plant shelves, frames, coasters, and trays.

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Shelves for plants

Shelf with fruit crates. Photo by wood.crafting/Instagram

One of the most popular projects in the creative recycling of wood features fruit crates, now widely used in every field. Here they are presented in their raw state, assembled together to form a plant shelfIt's not essential to maintain the order of the images; you can combine them however you like, depending on the space you have and the number of boxes you have. And of course, you can also paint them after sanding them. In short, there's plenty of room for creativity. Remember that you'll need wood glue to attach them together.

Plant holder

Plant stand with old window — Planter with an old window – Photo by Il Riciclo ed il Restyling by Alessandra/Facebook

The conductor itself can take various shapes, in bare or tinned copper, with or without insulation. In some cases, a preferential bend can also be applied to the joint so that it operates exactly as designed. old wooden windows They are recycled. How? For example, by transforming them into beautiful outdoor plant potsRemove the glass and attach the pots to the various sections of the window with thin string until it's completely filled. You can plant the same type of flowers in different colors in the pots, or play around with varieties.

Mirror with wooden twigs

Mirror with twig frame — Mirror with a twig frame – Photo by diy_wood_crafts/Instagram

To make a plain mirror more personal, you can use wooden twigs , provided you're a fan of rustic style. Get several of them of roughly similar dimensions. The length should be calculated based on the size of the mirror. Clean them up a bit if necessary and begin applying them to the mirror frame with a strong glue suitable for both wood and the target material. Continue applying them little by little until the mirror frame is completely covered, then add more twigs, gluing them on top of the previous ones, until you achieve the desired result.

Wall Clock

Clock made from recycled wood — Recycled wood clock – Photo by Wanos “Wood & Design”/Facebook

Get yourself 4 pieces of wood of the same size. If you don't have any, you can cut them so they're all the same length and width. You'll need four, one of which will be painted your favorite color. Drill a small hole in the center of one of the pieces, then attach the hands to the front side and the back of the clock to the corresponding back. Join the various pieces together to form a square or rectangle using wood glue. Now all that's left to do is add a hook to the back and activate the clock, then hang it on the wall.

Shoe

Recycle 4 to 6 wooden fruit crates, sand them well, paint them, and join them together to form a convenient wall-mounted shoe rack, which you can place on the floor or hang on the wall.

Coasters

In this case, the wood scraps should be circular, and it doesn't matter if they're not all the same size: they'll be even more noticeable. Instead, if you want to complete the project, paint some floral designs to complete your DIY coasters.

Trays

Make a leaf to use as a tray for serving cheese. Carefully prepare the various pieces of wood and build the shape, then attach them one on top of the other with hot glue. Add small nails to the most delicate areas to make it less fragile and easier to handle.

Pen

If the scrap wood is sturdy and deep enough, you can hollow it out well and make a handy pen holder.

What to do with wood scraps