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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. ...

Salvaged Mixed Media Art by Dolan Geiman

We got our first Dolan Geiman piece a few years ago, and still every year since, his booth is the one we most look forward to at all the local art fairs. Using recycled paints and salvaged wood, Gei...

400 Square-Foot Home by Reclaimed Space

A 250 square-foot condo might be a bit too small for us ... but a 400 square foot home from Austin-based Reclaimed Space? We think we could do it....

How To: Make a Brick and Board Bookshelf
Home by Sunset

This tutorial over at Sunset magazine's home blog reminded us of all the crazy things we used to do with cinder blocks back in our college-dorm days. So we thought it was perfect, seeing as a lot of c...

Reader Tip: Turn Salvaged Drawers Into a Cat Tree

Last summer, we happened upon an abandoned dresser on the sidewalk near our apartment. We thought to ourselves -- if only we were clever enough to see some potential in it, to turn it into something...

LA Store: Santa Fe Wrecking Company

While looking around for places to sell/donate old toilets, bath tubs and sinks, we happened upon a Los Angeles resource for bathroom salvage items. Santa Fe Wrecking Company might be your destination...

Urban Ore EcoPark

Ever have one of those panic moments where you look around your house and scream, "Out! Everything out!", gather everything up, donate it and then realize what a horrible, disastrous mistake you've ...

July Best Posts: How to Knit a Shopping Bag, Find Salvaged Materials, and Remove Odors from You Home

Feeling particularly crafty? Find out how to knit a shopping bag, find salvaged home improvement materials, and remove odors from your home. [links after the jump]...