Ron Calvert makes wine in his home winery, located in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California. His wife Candace, meanwhile, decided to recycle the barrels Ron uses for wine making (that have a l...
The 100% Design London showcase, the UK's leading architecture and design event, has just concluded and sustainable designs were as pervasive as ever. Some of the finds from this year's event inclu...
Did you know that the 4th largest contributor to landfills is discarded furniture? We didn't until we stumbled upon an article from Natural Home magazine's archives about the lost art of reupholsterin...
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...
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......
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! ...
There's a great store on Etsy called Carolina Cottage that really showcases what is possible through Decoupage. See some examples for inspiration after the jump, and find out how to do it yourself.....
This morning before work I took another sad look at the seeds we started a few weeks back, disappointed by our lack of sun inside our home and frustrated by the snow on the ground outside. While there...
That doesn't look like it's made from cardboard! We've had some great posts on cardboard furniture you can buy that doesn't LOOK like cardboard, but most DIY options resemble the brown recyclable s...
Another cool reuse idea by Turkish design collective MayBeProduct, this time turning suitcases into chairs and footrests....
If you've already winterized your apartment/home and want to conserve just a little more, here's a simple idea that just requires a little imagination and muscle: rearrange your furniture/art/decorat...
There's been beautiful furniture from bicycle parts, an excellent washing machine table and now, there's furniture from recycled oil drums! ...
It's true, I'm a sucker for anything made from recycled bike parts, sometimes regardless aesthetics. The furniture from Bike Furniture Design however is truly eye catching, functional and recycled....
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...
I stumbled upon Structured Green furniture yesterday while browsing the Web and was very impressed with their selection of green furniture from various designers. Though most of their items are out of...
This collection of wood furniture from London-based designer Amy Hunting is made entirely of wood waste and off-cuts from furniture factories in Denmark. Hunting transforms these scraps into stunnin...
Hey Bay Area readers! Good News: The Wooden Duck (one of our favorite green furniture retailers) is having a huge sale in just a couple weeks....
As more and more products with labels like "green" and "sustainable" enter the marketplace, companies look for new ways to stand out. And the latest development? Furnishings labeled "biodegradable."...
This is one way around the problem of a throwaway culture we blogged about yesterday: take things other people think of as junk, then transform them into beautiful and valuable pieces of functional ar...
Crate and Barrel's first first foray into eco-friendly furniture was just about a year ago with the launch of their Lockport line and it must be working out well for them. We just got an announcement...
Driving through the Potrero Hill neighborhood in San Francisco this weekend, we saw a billboard for Cisco Brothers Furniture. We're always on the lookout for green furniture, so when we saw the word ...
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...
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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