{"id":956,"date":"2012-02-04T20:04:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mi-ling.com\/blog\/?p=956"},"modified":"2012-02-04T20:04:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T20:04:38","slug":"find-new-uses-for-old-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/find-new-uses-for-old-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Find new uses for old stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em><em>By Mi-Ling Stone Poole\u00a0&#8211; DEAR READERS: <\/em>Are you guilty of collecting too many THINGS? My weakness is dishes, tablecloths, shoes, purses, jewelry and just about anything from family members who have passed on.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months I have been updating some of the spaces in my home, and I have come to the conclusion that, although I have plenty of storage space, I need to de-clutter and get rid of some of the THINGS that seem to be bogging down my life.<\/p>\n<p>I have been collecting STUFF for years and now I want to reclaim the space in my home and de-clutter the drawers, closets and storage compartments that are filled with memorabilia of past lives and family heirlooms.<\/p>\n<div>Sentimental value<\/div>\n<p>One of the problems I\u2019m having is letting go of the STUFF that has sentimental value. My grandmother\u2019s worn tablecloths, one of my favorite dresses that I will probably never wear again and one of my father\u2019s favorite shirts that he wore before he passed away.<\/p>\n<p>My plan is to repurpose some of the family heirlooms that I cherish but never use.<\/p>\n<p>One of my grandmother\u2019s tablecloths will be cut up and made into napkins and shared with my siblings. My father\u2019s shirts will be transformed into a cozy pillow and placed in my office or game room. I plan to make a few more shadow boxes to hang on the wall, as well.<\/p>\n<p>A number of items already have been donated, and I\u2019m still thinking of a way to convert my dress into something I love. Maybe I should turn it into a silk table runner for my dining table?<\/p>\n<p>The point is, when you repurpose your THINGS you are helping the environment by being more eco-friendly and you are able to enjoy something you love in a unique way.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any ideas on how to repurpose family heirlooms?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mi-Ling Stone Poole\u00a0&#8211; DEAR READERS: Are you guilty of collecting too many THINGS? My weakness is dishes, tablecloths, shoes, purses, jewelry and just about &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[147,161,193,311,371,404],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-mi-ling","tag-eco-friendly","tag-family","tag-grandmother","tag-pillow","tag-shirts","tag-tableclothes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1556,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}