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Posts tagged “Reuse”

3 Ways To Find Balance Between Saving & Letting Go

We remember when we were little, our home was full of fabulous collections of all sorts of treasures. Our parents and grandparents before them knew that almost everything can be used for something e...

5 Things To Check Before Bidding On Auction Furniture

We have a small confession to make. We're complete and total suckers for a good auction. With warmer months ahead, they'll be in full swing and there's a treasure trove of furniture waiting to be r...

A Real-World Giving Tree
MNN

The story of this tree named Herbie—which stood 110 feet tall and was the tallest American elm in New England—is not ending after it was felled due to a fatal fungal infection. Not only is it goin...

How To Remove Jar Labels and Odors
Home Hacks

We reuse jars and bottles everywhere in the home – to store bulk grains, dish soap, buttons, nails, you name it. Removing the sticky labels and any odors (most often from foods like tomatoes, ...

Re-Retail Value: The Best Salvage Shops Across The Country
Green Architect

Second-hand. Hand-me-down. Left-over. Whatever you call it, it still means used. And who wants that? Well, we here at Re-Nest hold a special place in our hearts for the pre-owned and refurbished,...

Add This To Your Blog Roll: ReDesign Diva

From old dresser drawers to new stylin' night tables. Maxwell, this has your name all over it! We don't drink coffee, but boy do we miss that morning jolt. We got it this morning. Not because we a...

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... ...

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...

13 Ways To Repurpose Old Clothes

Vintage clothes get made into one-of-a-kind boutique pillows We've spent the past few days cleaning out the closet, giving away or donating things that no longer fit or that we no longer wear. But t...

Gazelle: Recycle Your Electronics For Cash

When it comes to old electronics, the usual options are: donate it (great idea but we paid a lot of money for this); recycle it (it's only a few years old, and we'd like to get some money for it); ...

Simple Green: Use It One More Day, One More Time

We had this crazy great aunt. (Everyone seems to have at least one crazy relative in their family.) She had many quirks that we'd make fun of, but there was one that we thought was particularly hil...

22 New Uses for Old CDs
Interbent

We uploaded our CDs to our computer, sold some and gave away some but still, we were left with a good handful. What could we do with them besides toss them?...

Stoplight Pendant Lights

If you are a regular reader of our tech-head brother site, Unplggd, you may have seen these but we recently noticed them in a friend's home where they hung over her kitchen island. It was the unus...

Robert Fontenot's Recycle LACMA: New Life for Old Clothes

Like any other item that has outlasted its usefulness, clothing is discarded. Sometimes it is donated and then sent overseas, sometimes it ends up in landfill. What about recycling? Last January,...

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...

Surfboards Made from Wood found Dumpster Diving

Most modern day surfboards are made from styrofoam and fiberglass (not the most friendly materials). And while many companies are recycling their waste and extra foam, there's still plenty of waste. W...

Drawer Front Furniture by SchubLaden

SchubLaden – meaning ‘drawers’ in German – is a German furniture company that specializes in reusing salvaged one-off drawers. The structure of the furniture is typically made MDF or solid wo...

Moving Without the Waste
Blogging the NYT 01.21.2009

Moving often seems to be a part of the lifestyle of 20- and 30-somethings. Between my boyfriend and me, just the last four years have included five moves. We've finally found a place where we'll stay ...

Survey: Vote for Your Favorite R!

This is a fun cartoon that comes from Japan for Sustainability. According to their thinking, the three Rs can actually be ranked in order of importance. And Reduce takes the gold. Do you agree? Which ...

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...

Furniture from Recycled Oil Drums

There's been beautiful furniture from bicycle parts, an excellent washing machine table and now, there's furniture from recycled oil drums! ...

Look! Chairs from Surfboards

Some of you may have seen these at surf shops on either coast, but here's a great use of old boards that are no longer being used....

Modern Fabrics

AT:Boston readers have heard about Modern Fabrics before, but we'd like to follow up with a few more points on this remarkable source for reclaimed designer fabric....

Look! Paper Boat Wrapping

Ahoy, mateys! Remember Denise of Studio d Sharp? Well she has a way with paper. Not a fan of cutesy-kidsey wrapping paper (neither are we), she fashioned this clever paper boat from an old map to ...

7 Household Uses for Coffee Grounds

Most of us can agree that coffee is a crucial step in our morning wakeup routine. The only things to debate are the options of how we brew the coffee and what type container to drink it from. But what...