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Posts tagged “cork”

Dreamgate Wallband: Lightweight Cork Headboard Solution

Studio 1a.m. is comprised of the combined talents and designs of Donna Piacenza and Jody Work. You might remember their, This Table Will Self Destruct that we featured previously. They're back agai...

Beautiful Sustainable Furniture by Iannone Design

Michael Iannone, the man behind Iannone Design, makes furniture out of materials that we love — cork, Kirei board, FSC and formaldehyde-free plywoods — and he uses low-VOC finishes and nat...

New Floors? Why Cork Beats Bamboo

After checking in on yesterday's survey, Green or Not? Bamboo, we were reminded of an article on green flooring that we just recently came across ......

Best New Green Materials for Your Interior

New for 2009, these innovative interior building products are not only eco-friendly, but also better-performing and more attractive that those of last year. See 7 great new green products after the ju...

Creative Reuse 2008: Wine Corks and Salvaged Wood as Cork Board

What do you reuse? And how do you do it? Let us know, because we're looking for readers' photos and creative reuse projects. The first 15 ideas we post will get a free AT T-shirt (get all the details ...

DIY Felt Coasters: From Design*Sponge

We love browsing through DIY projects over at Design*Sponge. We're always inspired to craft something out of the random stuff we have stashed in our junk drawer -- even though we rarely do it. But,...

Good Question: Green Kitchens?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) This question comes from H...

Recycle Your Corks: Yemm & Hart Turns Them into Tiles

Recently, Maxwell blogged about storing your saved wine corks in a lovely Horchada jar. Well, for you boozers who aren’t interested in hoarding your corks, you can now donate or redeem them for m...

11 Ways to Use Cork In Your Home

Looking through the CHI Spring Cure Flickr pool last night, we found this gorgeous photo from raikenn, who used a simple sheet of cork as a tray for his Adler vase collection. It got us thinking abo...

Chicago's Studio 1a.m. in ReadyMade

Cork has some serious power, and really, we think there's nothing not to love. The current issue of ReadyMade is the Green Design issue (Apr/May 2008) and you can bet it's packed with eco-goodness. Fo...

Cork Tile Revisited

Long before the days when we were part of the AT team, we sent in this question (Good Questions: A Cork Tile Dilemma) for a little help from the experts (aka AT readers). Being completely indecisive...

Good Question: Colorful Cork?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) In our new kitchen, we want t...

September Best Posts: Shoe Organization, Natural Bath Accessories, Pet Hair Magnet, Dual-Flush Toilets

In September, we covered how to keep shoes organized, sprucing up a bath with linen and cork, removing pet hair with the Pet Hair Magnet, and choosing a dual-flush toilet that works… [links ...