Summary

Make the most of your waste materials by transforming them into practical, reusable home accessories. This guide shows you where to find the best sources of materials to recycle and how to alter them to suit your needs to create pieces of art, furniture, soft furnishings and home decoration. Many materials are easily found and are inexpensive and abundant, such as driftwood, broken china and old clothes, or they can be collected, such as tins, scrap metal, plastic or rubber.