Old Bed Linens Get A New Life

Blankets, sheets, and pillowcases are other items that can be easily reused and repurposed. All of us have them and when they are no useful on the bed, they can be useful somewhere else. Here are some of reuses and repurposing ideas, we have come up. 

Old Blankets

• They are great to use when getting up leaves. Lay them on the ground and rake the leaves onto it. By pulling up the 4 corners toward the middles, you have a handy bundle to carry the leaves off to where you are going to dump them. 
• Use them for bedding for pets. Laid on top of a cushion of towels, a blanket provides plenty of material for an animal to snuggle down in.
• Use them as a ground cover when you are having a picnic. It will provide a layer of protection between you and the ground. It makes a clean surface to lay the food out on. 
• Use them when moving furniture. Lay them on the floor, then lay or set the piece of furniture you want to move on it. The blanket will enable you to drag the furniture across the floor by pulling on it. It will also help prevent making any scratches on the floor. 
• If your shade tree mechanic needs something to lie down on when he is under a car, an old blanket is a very useful thing to have around. 
• Old blankets are just the thing to lay down on a sofa or a couch when you have pets. They can claim the blanket as their own not realizing you are protecting you furniture from getting hair all over it. 

Old Sheets

• Old top sheets a great for adding another layer of warmth in the winter. A few winters ago, we had a very cold winter. We were using all of our throw blankets and still needed an extra layer of warmth. So those old top sheets came in handy. 
• They are also great to take camping. Whether you camp in a tent or a pop camper, old top sheets are great to have on hand when you need an extra layer of warmth. 
• Ladies when it comes to that time of the month accidents can happen when you are sleeping. Laying a doubled up old top sheet down on top of your bottom sheet will provide an extra layer of protection to help you from having to change your sheets in the morning or messing up your mattress. 
• Both the bottom and top sheet of an old set of sheets can be used to get up leaves. 
• Old sheets are another great source for bedding for pets. 
• When storing furniture, old sheets are perfect for covering the furniture up. We used a lot of them when we moved furniture out to put down our laminate flooring. 
• Old sheets make great drop cloths when you are painting or doing some kind of work that requires a layer of protection.
• When a late frost is expected, we use old sheets to cover up delicate flowers and veggies in our garden beds. 

Old Pillowcases

• When you need to wash some delicates on your washing machine, place them inside an old pillowcase. Secure the opening with a piece of string or a rubberband. That way they will be protected from being caught on something and pulled out of shape. 
• If you need wash some of kids stuffed animals, place them in an old pillowcase and secure the opening. This will keep them from getting beat up in the washing machine. It also helps contain any of those little parts that may come off during the wash. 
• They make a good sack to carry apples or other fruits and veggies in. 

I haven't used as many old pillowcases has I have blankets and sheets. The ideas listed above are things that I have done and I am speaking from experience. Curious to find more use for them, I started doing a little research and found some very useful info. The links for what I found out are listed below.  

1. 10 Creative Ways To Reuse Old Pillowcases
2. Cool And Creative Ways To Reuse OldPillowcase 
3. 5 New Uses For Old Pillowcases
4. 12 Ways To Use Extra Pillowcases 
5. 30 Ways To Re-Use Pillowcases 

Old bed linens simply have to many uses to be thrown away. So start looking for ways to reuse and repurpose yours today. 

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