We just love reading Re-nest for their great home ideas, and they recently published two fun ones. We wanted to share these with you, since they are great re-use ideas for things that might otherwise be thrown away. And what can be more green than saving old objects from the trash by making them into something useful?

The first idea is a laptop stand, perfect for resting on your legs when you’re using your laptop and want to boost it up a little. All you need is a shoebox, a ruler, a box cutter and tape. It’s simple and ridiculously cheap. Check out the post which gives images in more detail.

Re-nest also featured a cool table idea: using an old ironing board for a side table. It’s perfect to use in place of a console table, and can be squeezed into narrow spaces. Just grab some paint and make it over!

What other household objects have you re-purposed? Let us know in the comments!

Images courtesy of re-nest

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I love the ironing board idea!! I actually have a vintage ironing board sitting my garage right now and was thinking about selling in on craigslist because I couldn’t think of what to with it…but now I know!

Thank you!