Another Silo Home... And This Time It's An Inn
While this isn't the first grain-silo-turned-home we've blogged about (see the Monty-Silo House), it is available to stay in when visiting Texas. One of the many room options at the Gruene Homestead...
Posts tagged “creative reuse”
Beer-Cycle Bottle Opener by Raphael Betillon
Combining two of our favorite things (bikes & beer!), French architect Raphael Betillon takes forks from old bicycles found in junkyards or bike cemeteries, cuts them in half and repurposes the ...
How To: Make a Basket from a Newspaper
Remember that table made out of magazines? Well, here's a box made out of a newspaper. The perfect thing to do with all those pages of the Sunday paper....
Book Hooks by Lockengeloet
Last week we showed you the repurposed vinyl record home products made by Hamburg design store Lockeneloet. Book hooks — made from old books and wall hooks — are another popular product ...
How To: Make A Scrap Wood Table
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We just got a great tip about a new DIY on Instructables. This wood scrap table was made completely of salvaged wood rescued from decaying buildings in and around Hale County, Alabama. It was comm...
Upcycled Recipe Card Boxes by Karen Malcolm
Recipe card boxes may seem like a quaint idea in the Internet age, but these Joseph Cornell-inspired upcycled boxes by Karen Malcolm make me start to rethink my recipe (non) organization system......
How to: Make a Gift Bow from a Magazine Page
Just in time for the holidays, the blogger of Make it Orange (See Recycled Magazine Coasters) brings us this wonderful how-to on making gift bows from magazines, sure to impress you and your gift re...
Bulk Store Fruit Packaging: One Way to Reuse It
After our last few trips to our local bulk grocers, we've returned with our usual fare, along with a few cases of apples. We thought their method of packaging seemed a bit overkill, although we appre...
Six Ways to Reuse Buttons
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In prepping for a weekend of holiday crafting, we came across our random collection of buttons. Over the years, the collection has amassed all varieties —from flat and colorful to big and bulb...
Inspiration: Crate Bookshelf by 20.87 EStudio
Cross the re-purposed milk crate trend with the "boxes into shelving" trend and you come up with this bookshelf by 20.87 Estudio... ...
Reusing Envelopes
We love to hear about fun projects that use everyday items around the house. It's even better when you can use up something that otherwise would be tossed... ...
Chairs Made from Clothing
This is the flip-side of our earlier post on bikinis, dresses and socks for chairs. Whereas those pieces were made to (literally) dress up furniture, these designs are upcycled from old jeans, belts...
Inspiration: Beer Bottle Partitions
Beer bottles – what can’t they be used for? During the renovation the historic and now defunct Milwaukee Blatz Brewery, salvaged and original Blatz bottles were turned into warm amber pivoting p...
Repurposed Vinyl Record Products by Lockengeloet
Lockengeloet has found many creative ways to repurpose old vinyl records into useful household objects: lamps, clocks, and more. Shown in the first image is a paper towel holder made from reshaped r...
13 Great Uses and Reuses for Paper Bags
If we happen to lapse on taking our reusable totes to the store, which isn't very often anymore thanks to this post, we ask the cashier to pack our groceries in paper bags. Even though there's still a...
Salvaged Design Ideas from the SmogShoppe
LA Times
The SmogShoppe, an event space in LA (used for weddings, movie screenings, and the like) was a former smog-check station before Sherry Walsh and Miguel Nelson transformed it. ...
A Green Solution to Those Pesky Moving Boxes
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Moving is near the top of my "Things I Hate to Do" list right behind the arduous weekly trek to and from the laundromat. The excitement of a new abode is often subdued by the packing and unpacking, ...
Repurposing: From Tabletop to Countertop
I'm always looking for ways to reuse what someone already has instead of buying new things— it's the crux of my alternative design business. So when a client needed a little eating space in h...
Roundup: Our Favorite Mosaics
We love mosaics for two reasons. From a design standpoint, they make a stunning visual impact with the use of patterns and pieces. From a green living point of view, though, mosaics make use of smal...
Graveyard Glass Series by Daniel Maher
We're always on the lookout for creative reuse of everyday objects, and these unique stained glass windows are some of the most beautiful recycling projects we've ever seen......
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...
How To: Turn Salvaged Drawers into Modular Storage
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Just in case SchubLaden’s drawer front furniture is too pricey for your wallet, we’ve found a good-looking and easy way to make your own drawer storage. Salvaged drawers are cheap and easy to fi...
Look! Upcycled Music Stand
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Before a recent trip home to pick vegetables, my mom (and as I've said before, my green hero) told me excitedly over the phone about a new music stand that her husband made for her. But when she expla...
How To: Reuse Old Light Bulbs as a Flower Vase
DIY YouTube star, Giannina Lezcano, show us how to reuse old clear-style light bulbs as decorative elements around the house. And don't blame us for what she's wearing... ...
Anthropologie Chandelier for Obama Daughters
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In the TV show Man Shops Globe, Anthropologie buyer Keith Johnson travels the world shopping for the store - dream job, anyone? In this week's episode he commissions a chandelier, which is later bou...
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