Homemade rugs like this penny rug have long been a favorite way to keep fabric scraps from going to waste. HYDE PARK COUNTRY AUCTIONS
The environmentalist movement popularized the saying “Reduce, reuse, recycle” in the 1970s, but the sentiment goes back much farther than that. Historically, people avoided buying new items to save money, or simply because said new items were not as readily available to purchase as they are today. Reusing and recycling materials was done out of necessity, too, but the effect of saving resources re…
