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Posts tagged “creative reuse”

Catskills Cottage on a Budget
The New York Times 7.2.09

With a budget of $10,000, Christina Salway and John Moskowitz transformed an abandoned 700 square foot house in the Catskills into a weekend cottage with a touch of urban sophistication. The New Yor...

Dwell on Design 2009: LA Times Reclaimed Design Contest

One of the most vibrant and busy sections at this year's Dwell on Design exhibition was in a front booth co-hosted by Dwell on Design and the Los Angeles Timess, showcasing the entries for Los Angele...

Recycled Signage Characters with LED Lights

We have a soft spot for characters, particularly when they're illuminated! Helsinki designer Aleksi Hautamaki recently birthed the simple but brilliant idea to refurbish and resell old signage. Ty...

Vintage Garden Tools from Baileys Home and Garden

We’d like to imagine that once we actually have a yard, these beautiful vintage garden tools would be hanging in our tool shed – or maybe the living room?...

How To: Make Shades from Mini Blinds

Window coverings can be a costly and often neglected project for many. During the summer however, they more than pay for themselves by keeping some of that sun heat out of your home. IKEA shades wor...

Inspiration: Pretty Pallet Planters

We just can’t get enough of pallet reuse these days – they’re abundant and so easy to reuse. To end garden month we thought we’d leave you with these inspiring images of a rustic and relaxed...

Creative Reuse: Before You Toss It, Consider Painting It

Elizabeth Seward's Stenciled Chairs There comes a day in every homeowner's or apartment dweller's life where you need a change. It's not that your home isn't beautiful or functional or well-organize...

Airstream Penthouse Trailer Park

Unfortunately, this isn't a traditional trailer park exclusively for beautifully kept Airstreams, but it is the world's only collection of trailer park penthouse suites — a collection of seven...

Look! A Pallet Plate Rack

Besides the gorgeous kitchen, the thing that really caught our eye was the pallet plate rack in Katrin Arens's home. It's lovely and simple with a twist of rustic......

Clothespin Trashcan by DCI

Create a waste basket instantly out of any bag on hand. Similar to Ben the Bin, the Clothespin Trashcan counts on you to reuse bags instead of buying new garbage bags......

How To: Make Recycled Magazine Coasters

We've posted before about DIY Eco Friendly Coasters but didn't include these made from recycled magazines. Jessica Jones, the artist behind these beautiful coasters, has also put together a great ho...

Outdoor Shed Made From Windows

This DIY project from Sweden belongs in our earlier Stylish Shed Roundup — Heike’s Outdoor Hideaway was featured on Ohdeedoh (via DesignSponge) late last week and it's a great example of cre...

Inspiration: RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Typically the Chelsea Flower show is big, bold, bright, over-the-top and expensive. But this year, with the state of the economy, they show took on a resessionista theme, which also translated into ...

Look! How Milkjugs Are Turned into a Fence

We've blogged about recycled plastic lumber before (see Bearboard and Loll's outdoor furniture), but do you know how it's actually made? The video below the jump shows the entire process, from jug t...

DIY Lace Doily Vase

We love when traditional lace gets a modern twist, like this easy DIY vase idea. Here’s how......

A Small Shed/Studio in Petaluma by Joseph Sandy

Ever dream of adding just a little more room onto your living space? Joseph just sent us photos of a wonderful combination studio/shed that he designed and built in Petaluma. He writes, "It is an 8x...

My Great Outdoors: Amanda's Salvaged Space

Name: Amanda V Location: Alexandria, Virginia Type of space: Patio & Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My garden is my favorite spot to do everything: read, eat, sleep,...

Furniture from Old Airplane Parts

We've posted about Desks from Old Airplane Wings before, but one company has taken that idea and expanded it to recycled airplane beds, credenzas, lighting, seating and tables, with impressive resul...

Don't Throw Out That Jar! New Uses for Old Jars

I have to admit that I have been quite slow to jump on the "reuse" bandwagon when it comes to food packaging. Childhood cafeteria memories of sheepishly eating leftover spaghetti out of yogurt conta...

Custom Vintage Silverware Garden Markers

We just saw a tweet from gochrisgo of Brooklyn Roof Garden, declaring that these custom garden markers made from vintage silverware are stunning. And we agree... ...

Artfully Improved Lamp Shades by LiT

Dawn Bassett's Seattle design shop LiT has caught our attention: they create colorful, contemporary lamp shades out of old, ugly lamps, turning what would have otherwise ended up in the trash into s...

Inspiration: Wood Slice Walkway

This wonderful wood sliced walkway was photographed by Katy Elliott during a trip to the Portland Flower show earlier this year. Assuming you had some rot resistant wood, this would be a great use o...

How to: Make Cardboard Lumber and Furniture

We've blogged before about DIY cardboard furniture but at the time there weren't actually instructions. Here's a guide on turning cardboard into lumber, for furniture! ...

Green Idea: Repurposed Container Gardening

Here's an idea that's green in more ways than one. Apartment Therapy reader Amida wrote in to show us how her family re-uses an amazing variety of containers to house seedlings for their kitchen gar...

How To: Make a Pillow from an Old Tee

I stopped purchasing souvenir shirts years ago because they never fit quite right. Now, I'm wishing I had a few extras lying around after finding this shirt-to-pillow project ......