Apartment Therapy: tables

Bowling Lane Furniture by William Stranger

The trend of making furniture out of salvaged wood—often from some pretty unusual sources—doesn't seem to be going anywhere. We're glad......

Cohda's Re-Vive Dining/Desk Legs

We often come up with great ideas for our apartment, but our non-existent handyman skills prevent them from ever becoming a reality. (You ever wonder who hires those people who'll put together IKEA...

Sustainable Designer-Built Furniture by studioNOLA

In their effort to create long lasting, heirloom quality products that are easier on the environment, the stylish and sustainable furniture pieces from studioNOLA are made using sustainable hardwood...

Etsy Find: EcoTables

These beautiful tables (that seem like they'd also work as low stools) are made from all sorts of reclaimed and salvaged wood. We love the contrasting dark and light shades......

Inspiration: Paper Tables by Matt Gagnon

It's stuff like this that really gets us excited about green furniture design. Sure, it's great that these Paper Tables by Matt Gagnon are made from recycled paper, but it's an extra bit of ingenuity ...

Christmas Tree Furniture by Fabien Cappello

We'll be honest: if we were looking for a side table, we probably wouldn't choose this one. It's not quite our style. But that hasn't stopped us from loving it. We love this table because of what it's...

Car Hood Coffee Tables

We've seen the whole "car hood becomes a table" thing before. But these car hood coffee tables from Weld House have a little more spice....

Hot or Not? Re-vive Table Legs by Cohda Design

The Re-vive Table Leg Clamps by Cohda Design (£73.00 ) can turn practically any rigid surface (even a book) into a table. The clamps themselves are made from "previously redundant production equipm...

Cues Cafe Table by Kim Hyunjoo

Creative reuse with a touch of whimsy — Korean designer Kim Hyunjoo has found a new use for discarded pool cues. Her Cues Table uses 24 discarded birch pool cues as legs. It's like an updated ...

Nightwood: Reincarnated Furniture

We first noticed Nightwood at the Brooklyn Flea's Fall Furniture Festival back in the fall. Now as we set about to redo our living room, we remembered Myriah Scruggs and Nadia Yaron pitch perfect t...

IMAKE Studio's Octavo Table

The Octavo table by design studio IMAKE Studio (of Nandinee Phookan Architects in Brooklyn) is comprised of a triangular top with two slanted bases that can be combined in a number of different conf...

Andrew Moe: Handmade Furniture from Reclaimed Lumber
ICFF 2009

This was one of our favorite new booths. Andrew Moe showed off a super simple line of ash furniture, The Oslo Line, made of reclaimed lumber that had relatively low price points, compared to the su...

Jason Lewis Furniture

If you're looking for high-quality wood furniture that will stand the test of time and not break down or fall apart (a very green idea indeed), look no further than Chicago-based Jason Lewis. Mr. L...

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...

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...

Multipurpose Furniture: Bookcase, Chair and Table in One

We received an email alerting us to the work of this brilliant uArts Philadelphia student. The Easy Chair, designed by Lorenzo Buffa, is made of salvaged strand bamboo and can be used as a table or ...

The Recycled Airplane Wing Computer Desk

It's rare enough to think about using airplanes in industrial design. It's even rarer to recycle their parts for furniture. That's actually a fabulous idea. That's what Deborah is. A recycled computer...

Locally-Grown Furniture: Meyer Wells

When we talk about buying locally -- usually the word "local" indicates that the product was grown or built within a reasonable distance of your home. The problem is, we tend to waver on the definitio...

Look!: The Coffee Table That Lived Forever

As many of you know, living in a studio in an expensive city requires ingenuity. We were delighted to learn that one of our clients, Paul Irish, employed the "use what you have" principle so creati...

The Poor Man's Writing Desk by Paul Mirocha

Oakland-based artist/designer/furniture maker Paul Mirocha creates lighting and furniture out of salvaged, certified, reclaimed, reused, urban, and other discarded material. The Poor Man's Writing Des...

Eco-Friendly Furniture at Target
Washington DC

Browsing on the Target website this week, we stumbled upon its line of eco-friendly furniture. Though there are only a few pieces, and the prices are high compared to its other offerings, we hope t...

Furniture and Woodworking by Bryce

When browsing Craigslist for furniture we came across the ad for table above and were intrigued. A little link following brought us to the site of AmaDove, and to a slightly creepy YouTube video abou...

Bamboo Leaning Bookcase and Desk

One of Crate & Barrel's best sellers, the Leaning Bookshelf and Desk (one of our Top 5: Cheap Furniture Basics and Top 10: Writing Desks) is now available in bamboo. Made with bamboo solids and vene...

Look!: A New Green Desk

This took awhile. Back when the Fall Green Cure started, one of our goals was to purchase a desk. We figured that the greenest way to go would be to buy a previously used desk; but, after close to ...

Repurposed Furniture by Kramer Design Studio

Repurposed ironworks. We love furniture pieces that adapt found objects: they bring a little something old into even modern homes in sometimes witty ways. That's exactly what we're seeing from Krame...

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