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