One colander, ten ideas to reuse it in a useful or creative way. Have you ever thought you could use a colander outside of what it was designed for? Having a colander handy can be useful in the garden, to create a DIY ice basket or a dehumidifier, to make a lampshade for a chandelier, and more.
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One colander, ten ideas to reuse it in a useful and creative way. Have you ever thought you could use a colander outside of what it was designed for?
Having a colander handy can be useful in the garden, to create a DIY ice basket or a dehumidifier, to make a lampshade for a chandelier, and more.
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Sprouts
Having a colander available allows you to grow sprouts without buying a sprouter. The seeds to germinate must be left to soak for 6-12 hours depending on their size, then they will be drained, placed on a colander, preferably covered with a kitchen towel, and rinsed once a day, until the sprouts have reached a length of 3 or 4 centimeters.
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Rinse the vegetables in the garden
Using a colander is useful for harvesting vegetables but also for rinsing them directly in the garden. This allows you to save water. The water will in fact irrigate the soil and will not be wasted in the sink. This is an important stratagem, especially useful in summer for watering without forgetting water saving.
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Dehumidifier
If you don't own a dehumidifier real, try to create one from a colander. Place the colander on a bowl suitable for containing it, cover it with a kitchen towel and sprinkle everything with 100-150 grams of salt, depending on the size of the room where it will be placed. The salt will absorb the moisture and any water will collect in the bowl, which you will need to empty from time to time.
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Garden pots
The colander can be made into a decorative vase for garden plants. In the image we show you have been used some brightly colored colanders, which have been placed on outdoor tables and chairs. An original idea to get vases at no cost from old colanders!
photo source: bonnieplants.com
Kitchen chandelier
The reuses of the colander are truly endless. Someone has thought of turning the colander into a lampshade for the chandelier. In the image you can admire a chandelier made up of several small colanders. THU instead, there is a simpler lamp.
photo source: diyinspired.com
Steam cooking
The steel colander can be easily used for the steam cooking, as well as for draining pasta, rice or vegetables. All you need is a saucepan of the right size. The water must be poured into the bottom of the pot and must not touch the base of the colander and its contents.
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Furin
Furin is a kind of outdoor rattle of oriental origin, known abroad as "wind chime". In Japanese the term "furin" has the meaning of "Wind bell". It is hung from the gutters, verandas and window frames of houses. It is believed that its sound can ward off evil spirits from homes and make the heat of summer more bearable.
photo source: hometalk.com
Skewers
An upside-down colander will be perfect for holding up while making them fruit skewers, lollipop or caramelized apples. This ploy can also be useful for placing gods diy flowers with wire stem during their creation, so as to facilitate the work.
photo source: flickr.com
Ice basket
The easiest way to get a DIY ice basket consists in placing a colander inside a bowl that can contain it completely. The best effect can be achieved by previously chilling both the colander and the bowl in the refrigerator. The colander can then be filled with ice; the water from the cubes that will melt will collect in the bowl.
photo source: flickr.com
Vertical garden
With the colander you can not only make outdoor vases, but also gods baskets in which to insert plants and flowers to obtain a real vertical garden. Here the structure consists of a tree, which is thus decorated in an original way, as you can see in the following image.
photo source: hometalk.com
Marta Albè
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