DIY Ideas and Inspiration

Here at the ReStore we've been getting a little crafty ahead of the holidays. Check out these nifty projects our amazing Raleigh ReStore associate Cynthia has been working on: 

Snowman spindles: 

This post was written by Emily Crawford, an N.C. State student interning with Habitat Wake. Emily graduates this December, and we will miss her! 

In this age of material excess, it can be all too easy to amass enough stuff to qualify for Hoarders. If this sounds familiar, don’t panic: by practicing a little restraint and doing a bit of legwork, you can organize your home in three easy steps.

It's that time of year again! College students are settling in and prepping for a great year ahead. Still working on getting your dorm or apartment set up?

This blog post was written last August by our Development and Communications intern, Chauncey Bowden, who happens to be an expert on small spaces, as she currently lives in a little Raleigh apartment. With students coming back to the Triangle, we thought it might be a good time to dust i

Mike Hillis, a local of the Triangle, renovated his bathroom using Habitat Wake ReStore tile, among other things.

There’s so much you can do with leftover tile! This is an inexpensive material we get often in all of the ReStores.

By now you’ve probably heard of the KonMari method of tidying up, which advocates for minimalism and only owning items that spark joy.

This blog post was written by Briana Gorman, who recently began volunteering at the Cary Store and is an amateur DIY-er. As every good DIY-er knows, sanding is an important step when refinishing any project.