Frugal French Upcycling - Recycled Drawer Project.

This week we visited our local recycled resources centre. They save stuff from the bins to give it another lease of life with some DIY. We repurposed some drawers to make a library for less than twelve euros!

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[Amandaayres]

Oh my word! I was slobbering looking at your meals - they look delicious! Bangers and Mash and Egg, chips and beans are the ultimate comfort food!
Shelves look lovely especially the quirky little duck egg blue shelf. It’s so satisfying when old furniture is given a new lease of life 😊

[ShoestringJane]

Wow! What a treasure trove your resourcerie is! I wish we had one here. I actually rather liked the dark blue bookshelves - and the library area looked fabulous. I love it when things are rescued from landfill.

[hillcountrycottage]

I think I would lose my mind with joy in that recycling many beautiful 😍👍💗

[lindahuff]

Beautiful job. I just got a part-time job at our library. We have ALOT of donated books that we are trying to put around town in local coffee shops and salons and such. These are GREAT ideas for shelving. Thank you for sharing.

[marykeen]

What a lovely library corner! Nicely done!

[kathyparandes]

You have made a cute and cozy corner your library. Bravo !!

[lilalavendel]

It looks great, I love your new book shelfs and I am waiting for your next projects. 👍

[debbiekoortzen]

Hi Jane, I loved this video. Upcycling is right up my alley, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" We live by that. Love your company. Lots of love to you and your husband. ⚘

[jomcd]

I love your little library nook. It has turned out so well:))

[Sweetie]

Enjoyed this video along with your other ones. 🙏🏻

[Jennheartsqs]

I know this is an older video (I've been catching up since I'm a new subscriber), but I LOVED this library you built. Most of the furniture in my apartment was free, either found on the side of the road or "gifted" to me by friends who were upgrading their own furniture. I'm a big book lover. Would you ever consider doing a video about some of your favorite books? Or maybe some frugal tips on how to get books for low cost?

[patricktravers]

What a fabulous video and thanks for sharing, I love that you made a great little area into a very useful space with your up cycling and at a very frugal cost too. Well done to both of you and take care……… Love Wendy xx

[patmartin]

Love the video and also the library corner. Would never have thought of using drawers for something like that. The two of you are geniuses at this frugal living.

[karenccs]

I love the library 📚📖📕, and I love the blue paint 🎨❤️x

[jo-believe]

You made everything look so nice.
Hope to see more food Videos.
France way eating. Blessings 🌹

[veronicamoran]

Oh I'd love to wander around your Resource Centre. Your library area is charming, love the idea of using the drawers like that. There is nothing better than completing a satisfying project.

[jeannestott]

I love how the change of paint made the drawers look sooo different, dark on the outside lighter on the inside . Altogether a very cleverly artistic library.

[loopylou]

Really enjoyed the upcycling great use of the drawers please do more. Thank you

[mkhuntstreasure]

I like the blue, it’s very bold and says I care about books!

[seniorbutterfly]

Great job ! They work perfect for your books! I 🙋‍♀️