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Posts tagged “seating - benches & stools”

Snake Island Furniture

Toronto's Snake Island Furniture is a fairly young company "reclaiming, reusing and re-envisioning" wood harvested from Toronto's forests. Their collection includes coffee tables, sideboards, media...

Hot or Not? Found Objects Bench by Rainer Spehl

This quirky seating area was designed by Rainer Spehl from objects and furniture found on the street. We love the eclectic mashup of furniture — lone seat backs affixed to mismatched seat bot...

Cardboardesigns Furniture and LiquidCardboard Designs

Our recent post about DIY cardboard furniture creations ended up being one of our most popular recent posts here on AT Los Angeles, possibly a sign of the times revealing people's interest in low cost...

Stools by Stray Dog Designs

These stools--made from recycled, cement bag, papier-mache-- are sure to have you sitting pretty and eco-friendly....

Niche Design: Sustainable Bar Furniture, etc.

When we have those (recurring) dreams of our ideal home, the kitchen always has a bar. Always. If we're ever lucky enough to have that dream bar, we wouldn't mind some of these stools from Niche Desi...

Roundup: Sustainable Furniture at Branch

What's not to love about San Francisco-based home design company Branch? Their selection of unique, well-designed products always please, and everything they carry is made from sustainable resources. ...

Green Ideas: Prism Stool by Brave Space Design

Brooklyn's Brave Space Design has just announced a new design from Gregory Buntain — the Prism Stool. Made from walnut scraps left over from the production of their popular Tetrad Mega Shelvin...

Green Sawn Furniture

While looking for a bench for my landing strip and extra seating for the dining table, I stumbled across Chicago based furniture company, Green Sawn. Green Sawn uses reclaimed lumber and locally sourc...

Eco Tableware from Sundance Catalog

The recent Sundance catalog features a lot of lovely eco-friendly items such as recycled glass dishware, repurposed décor and reclaimed wood tables – just in time for our Dining Room month and the ...

Isabella Stool by Ryan Frank

From the same guy who brought us the innovative bamboo ZIG shelves and the Strata chair and ottoman made from salvaged office desks, another fantastic sustainable object: this off-beat, functional, mo...

360SEE Gallery

After you've browsed the green gifts at Grasshopper510, walk down the block to the new art gallery, 360SEE. If you’re looking for a different gallery experience, 360SEE is filling the sustainable ...

Repurposed Truck Spring Kitchen Stools

We spotted these marvelous repurposed stools in the July 2008 issue of House Beautiful. This is one of the more brilliant salvage reuses we've seen in a long while. When folks repurpose things, i...

Green Seating: Eco-Friendly Stool Table
From the Pfeifer Studio

We spotted these bright furnishings from the Pfeifer Studio and couldn't take our eyes off them. These simple beauties are made in New Mexico from locally-harvested pine, and then coated with a 100% n...

Grasshopper 510

Curious about the name? The grasshopper symbolizes prosperity, wisdom and a leap of faith; 510 represents the wavelength measurement in nanometers for the color green. Grasshopper 510 has a bit of e...

Flat Pack Emergency Stool

Quick, get the emergency stool! Phew, I'm seated now... With only seconds to spare!!! Designed by d.e. Sellers, the Emergency Stool is a laser-cut piece of Baltic Birch plywood that can be displayed f...

Banana Fiber and Kraft Paper Furnishings

This weekend we saw these cool muti-purpose Dodora Poufs. The poufs are made of all natural materials and can be used as seats, storage, stands, or whatever you can dream up. The poufs are designed by...

Green at CB2

We spotted a few green items in the new CB2 catalog, along with a few wood items that made us wonder. For example: should "plantation grown" and "sustainable" be used together?...

ICFF 2008: Black Wool Collection by Jo Meesters

Dutch designer Jo Meesters was on hand to show us his Black Wool collection of crocheted textiles. The collection of small rugs and poufs are crocheted from finger-thick strands of black wool yarn â...

BKLYN Designs: Kupe Line Repurposed Bourbon Barrels from Uhuru

Red Hook based Uhuru was showing off their new Kupe collection of furniture at BKLYN Designs this weekend. Crafted from used bourbon barrels from Kentucky, the Kupe collection includes various benc...

TribeWanted Baby Zaishu Stools

Reader Kaz recently tipped us off to these flat pack stools. They're small (designed for kids), and we love the colors and the patterns. ...

ICFF 2008: Bean Rockers from Knoend

San Francisco-based Knoend, whose slogan is "ecodesign for everyone", debuted their new line of ergonomic seating at this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair. We loved the way the Bean R...

Reclaimed Bench by Collective Four

Not too long ago, we were on a green search for the best shoe organizer. We opted for a few baskets from IKEA ... but, if we had more room, it sure would be nice to have something like this....

Water Hyacinth Furniture

Water Hyacinth is a fast-growing aquatic plant native to South America. It's highly invasive when transplanted from its natural environment, and it's caused environmental damage in North America and...

December Best Posts: Queen Bee Bags, Book Stool, and Brownberry Bread

In December, we were excited about a number of things -- Queen Bee bags, Arik Levy's Book Stool, and Brownberry Bread, for starters ... [links after the jump]...

October Best Posts: Green Seating, Nomadic LED Lamps, and Habitat for Humanity ReStore

In October we looked at a great place to get secondhand home improvement materials, nomadic, energy-efficient lamps, and fun green seating. [links after the jump]...