Sure, you could just throw ’em into the recycling bin…but wouldn’t you rather put those cardboard cylinders to good use? We’ve got nine clever ways to reuse wrapping-paper tubes around the house. Just ...

Not many lighting designs can claim to be as green or as convenient as R16. Designed by Amsterdam-based Waarmakers Studio, the lamp uses an ubiquitous and often discarded material as a main feature of ...

November 15, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google You swear you have holiday wrapping paper somewhere—you just can't pin it down. And all that birthday paper ...

December 7, 2015 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you’re starting to wrap presents for the holidays, you might want to hold on to those long cardboard ...

They're often quickly discarded into a bathroom wastebasket, but used-up toilet paper rolls (and paper towel and wrapping paper tubes) can be upcycled into super cute crafts. Flatten the toilet paper ...

DEAR HELOISE: I have a number of seasonal and holiday flags that we hang outside to celebrate. However, they were getting wrinkled when I stored them. So I saved the cardboard tubes that came with ...