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12 DIY Ideas for Second-hand Spoons: Creative Upcycling for Home and Garden
Harriet Wainwright
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Browsing past the cutlery basket in a charity shop means missing out on serious creative potential. Second-hand metal or wooden...
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Turn a Spider Plant into a Living Sculpture
Harriet Wainwright
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The spider plant is often seen as an indestructible classic: easy to care for, pet-friendly and found almost everywhere –...
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Old Jigsaw Pieces: Creative Upcycling Décor Ideas for 2026
Harriet Wainwright
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Never throw them away – these colourful pieces could become the understated décor star of your home in 2026. Half-finished...
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Twin Needle T-shirt Hems: The Forgotten Sewing Machine Function
Harriet Wainwright
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Many home sewers become frustrated by wavy, broken T-shirt hems – yet the answer is often already sitting unused in...
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Sew a Bread Bag from an Old Tea Towel
Harriet Wainwright
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Rather than throwing them away, you can turn them into a surprisingly stylish accessory with country-house charm. Many homes still...
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How to Take Better Moon Photos With Your Phone
Harriet Wainwright
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For the first time in more than 50 years, people travelled back to the Moon last month aboard NASA’s Artemis...
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Alfredo Cunha’s Leica Years at the National Museum Soares dos Reis
Harriet Wainwright
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The National Museum Soares dos Reis in Porto is showing images from 50 years of work by photojournalist Alfredo Cunha....
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Vintage jeans: gain a whole size with this 5-minute trick
Harriet Wainwright
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With one straightforward trick, it is often possible to gain a full size after all. Many second-hand and flea-market fashion...
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Make Sewing Weights from Old Coins
Harriet Wainwright
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Many households still have tins and jars filled with old coins that are no longer accepted at the till. What...
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Met Gala 2026: The best red-carpet looks
Harriet Wainwright
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Each year, on the first Monday in May, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts the traditional Met Gala, held...
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Nazi-looted Goudstikker painting found at home of SS collaborator’s heirs
Harriet Wainwright
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A work of art looted by the Nazis from the world-famous Goudstikker collection has resurfaced at the home of a...
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Repair a zip with the grandma trick: pliers, pencil and drinking straw
Harriet Wainwright
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A coat that simply will not fasten in the morning, or a handbag whose zip keeps coming open: many people...
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Turn Toilet Paper Rolls into Seedling Pots for Your Vegetable Garden
Harriet Wainwright
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Empty cardboard tubes do not have to go straight into the bin. One keen gardener has shown how toilet paper...
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Anozero Coimbra 2026: Art, Architecture and the Common Good
Harriet Wainwright
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In the demanding task of devising a contemporary exhibition programme, etymology has proved a valuable ally. It is easy to...
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Old Fabrics: How Vintage Textiles Can Command High Prices
Harriet Wainwright
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Old bed sheets, tablecloths and fabric offcuts often pile up in homes, seemingly with no further use. Yet these unassuming...
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Enlarge a Trouser Waistband: Up to 5 cm More Room in 30 Minutes
Harriet Wainwright
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A simple sewing trick can save them. Many people know the feeling: a few extra kilos, a bloated stomach after...
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Jorge Molder at CIAJG: Come Di (Part I)
Harriet Wainwright
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A show currently on view in Guimarães is well worth seeing. Presented as the first major systematic retrospective of the...
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Memory blanket from baby bodysuits: preserving precious family memories
Harriet Wainwright
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Almost every family has these boxes: tiny bodysuits, first babygrows, the miniature T-shirt from that first Christmas. They are kept...
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Tea Bag Garden Lanterns: The Viral DIY Lighting Trend
Harriet Wainwright
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Anyone who has looked at the prices of solar string lights, designer lanterns and premium candle holders will know that...
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Turn an Old Metal Clothes Hanger into a Bird Feeder
Harriet Wainwright
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As the first birds become active in gardens again during spring, many people face the same issue: ready-made feeding stations...
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Memory, Art and Desire from Hamburg to New York
Harriet Wainwright
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Perhaps death always catches us with our trousers down. However expected it may have been, it never seems as though...
