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Posted by Sunset, December 30, 2009 in Furnishing the garden , People , Techniques

By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer

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Don't trash that string of twinkle lights that just burned out.  Construct a wreath out of the strands instead and have a wreath ready to hang when you uncrate your holiday stuff next year.  This fun idea is from Portland interior designer Shannon Quimby and was published in The Oregonian recently.  For how-to details, click here.

(Our thanks to Portland garden writer Lisa Albert for bringing this amusing recycling idea to our attention.)

Maybe I'll attempt this wreath while my husband watches still another football game.

Sunset wrote about a much bigger recycling project of Quimby's in our October issue.  Shannon and husband Glenn bought a dilapidated bungalow and reused 100% of it in buildilng their new home.  "We didn't use a single dumpster," says Quimby proudly.

Read about Quimby's Reuse Everything Experiment here.


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As soon as I read "bungalow" and realized they were going to tear it down instead of restoring it, I should have stopped without even starting the video.

There should be a law against people buying old houses unless they plan to restore them. Anyone violating that should be shipped immediately to the Planet Xenon, never to return. No, wait, that isn't fair to the Xenonities. Make that some uninhabited planet. Preferably some uninhabited miserable planet.

Posted by:Karen Anne | December 30, 2009 at 09:36 AM

Hello Karen Anne,

I can read that you are very passionate about saving homes. We are too. The past 15 years we have restored many and the REX Project was a step above all. If you listen to the video, you will hear that we tried to save the bungalow. That was why we bought the property to begin with. But the sad reality is that it could not be saved. After a structural engineer and home inspector stating that it should be condemned and the City of Portland declining a permit for a remodel, we decided to save the house from the landfill. I would be happy to share more with you. www.shannonquimby.com

Posted by:Shannon | January 04, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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