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Sara Hesikova

Ran out of wood stain for your DIY project? This free alternative is hiding in your home

A wooden dining table with a vase of flowers and metal chairs

In the current cost of living crisis, we are all looking to get the best bang for our buck. So a multi-functional buy is always welcome. And when we can repurpose something we already own, or would even otherwise throw out, that makes our hearts flutter. And we just encountered a surprising use of coffee grounds, even used ones. So if you were wondering what to do with leftover coffee grounds other than chucking them away, then this helpful trick is for you.

Similarly to natural cleaning hacks, which use everything from lemons to olive oil, it turns out you can repurpose used ground coffee as a homemade wood stain to inject your wooden furniture with a bit of healthy colour. This would certainly come in handy if you found yourself in the middle of a DIY idea with no wood stain to use.

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