Use pine cones as natural mulch to keep dogs, cats, and other critters such as slugs and snails out of your flower beds and veggie garden.

Use a standing paper towel holder to keep your rolls of painters tape, duct tape, ribbons, and other similar things organized and ready to use.

Add some vanilla extract to your paint before you begin painting your home. This will not affect the paint color; however, it will mask paint fumes, and your entire home will smell like vanilla.

Use an empty lotion bottle to make a stylish cell phone charging holder. Cut away the upper part and secure the bottom to the wall right below the socket. Before putting it on the wall, decorate it to match your personal style.

Reuse the water you used to boil vegetables, eggs, or pasta to water your plants. You can also water your plants with the water from your fish tank after you cleaned it. It will save you money and is good for your plants as the water is full of nutrients.

If you want to paint your wall with polka dots, you can use the bottom of an old laundry basket for that. Cut out the bottom, attach it to the wall and start painting perfectly even polka dots.

If you do not want to spend money on expensive furniture, make an awesome couch, chair, or bed from wooden pallets.

If you need to cool down your laptop and do not want to spend the cash on a cooling pad, put overturned egg cartons under the laptop. Problem solved.

Create a useful cutting board drawer by drilling a circular hole in the board and putting a waste container underneath.

Glue a magnet to the bottom of your hammer so you do not have to hold your nails in your mouth.

If you put an old wooden CD tower in a horizontal position, you will get a great bathroom organizer.

Glue a magnet to the side of a paintbrush. When you need a break from painting, stick the paintbrush to the inside edge of your paint can. Any drips will drip back into the paint can and stay off of the floor.

Clothes hangers do not have to hang clothes only. By adding a few eyelet screws, it can be turned into a handy jewelry organizer or a shoe holder.

When you paint a room, put some extra paint in a little jar and keep it handy for quick touch-ups (that are almost sure to be needed soon or later).

There are many things you can create out of used plastic bottles. If you have enough of them, you can even craft a DIY boat by just tying them up with a rope.

Use a plastic pant-hanger to create original chip-clips. Just cut the ends of the hanger off, and use them as clips to keep your chips and other bagged foods fresh.

By screwing old door knobs on a wall, you get great towel or clothes hangers.

Paint your keys with nail polish to easily distinguish the sets.

By removing part of the side of a wine barrel, you can create and decorate a baby cradle. Stabilize it by securing it with ropes to the ceiling or creating your own base. Just make sure there is no wine left in it.

An old window shutter can make a creative mail holder. Secure it to the wall and add your favorite postcards in the slots.

Keeping your knives loose in a drawer might be dangerous. Fill a glass container with bamboo sticks and put the knives in it. The sticks will hold the knives securely, but they will be still easy to grab and use for you.

Wine lovers can use the bottle corks to create an original bulletin board by gluing the corks to a wooden frame.

Paint empty cans with your favorite color and glue them stacked up horizontally into a pyramid-like structure. You just created an original and very handy desk organizer.

Ladders can be used for more than just helping you reach higher. Fitted with a few boards, it can also serve as a stylish shelf.

Instead of throwing your old sweater away, make a bed for your pet from it. Just stuff it with some other old clothes and sew it together. Your cat will love it.