The O2 rocking chair by Hrvoje Vulama is made from leftover pieces of discarded wood from earlier works.
TheStooler by Andreu Carulla Studio allows you to reuse just about any object and turn it into a stool.
Consisting of four wooden legs with some adjustable ratchet buckles, you can create a comfortable place to sit with old newspapers, clothes, stuffed animals, a tree stump, a crate, just about whatever you can imagine…
More: Make Your Own Stool with TheStooler by Andreu Carulla - Design Milk
Brooklyn-based artist Marc Andre Robinson turns discarded furniture into eye-catching sculptural assemblages.
(via My Modern Met)
DIY idea du jour:
Recover worn furniture with used paint sticks. Colorful and rustic looking, for sure.
To help in gathering sticks, tell your neighbors you’re collecting sticks. Also, ask staff at a store that sells paint to keep their used sticks for you.
(Photo by matangi.etsy on Flickr; spotted on Pinterest here.)
We’ve spotted an example of seat cushions upholstered with old belts, and have seen old suits turned into tote bags (here and here), and, now, there’s this:
Suits used as upholstery.
(photo via Good Ideas For You)
What do you think of this upcycling example?
Oh, you know, just a floating bed made from pallets.
Maybe pair it with this hanging daybed made from a boat?
DIY project du jour:
Got milk (crates)? Turn plastic crates into a credenza.
Friend of Unconsumption Will Holman made this one, and he provides a tutorial over on Instructables here, so you can make one of your own.
Find more crate reuse here.
File under: New uses for old shutters:
Chairs, made by Junktion, whose work we’ve mentioned here.
(photo via Junktion here)
![An interesting post over on Deep Glamour considers “the reclaimed glamour of architectural salvage.” Here’s an excerpt:
[Baltimore artist Sean O’Harra and Meg Fairfax Fielding, the author of the Pigtown Design blog] agree that people are drawn to the inherent glamour of vintage materials, whether they’re raw or have been reworked to create something new. “We’re honoring our past and what came before us,” says Fielding.
But both add warnings. Fielding notes that, like so many other things that are glamorous on the surface, architectural salvage requires a great deal of dirty, gritty work for both sellers and shoppers. …
O’Harra’s concerns relate to the popularity of vintage materials and what that means for quality. “A lot of antique shops and pickers jumped on this bandwagon and make things that people see as interesting. But a lot of times, I think there’s not a good marriage between materials. People eat it up because it’s aged, but it doesn’t always look aesthetically pleasing to me.”
O’Harra also laments the increased popularity of newly made objects with a vintage look, which is at odds with his environmentally-conscious approach to reusing materials. “A lot of what you see is not vintage – it’s recast materials made with new wood. That’s not the right thing. These are one-off objects that shouldn’t be mass-produced.”
The rest is here: The Reclaimed Glamour of Architectural Salvage - Deep Glamour: At the Intersection of Imagination & Desire](http://24.media.tumblr.com/182f991c98c4c547c206ba35c6bfb7ab/tumblr_mk1hrk1bju1qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
An interesting post over on Deep Glamour considers “the reclaimed glamour of architectural salvage.” Here’s an excerpt:
[Baltimore artist Sean O’Harra and Meg Fairfax Fielding, the author of the Pigtown Design blog] agree that people are drawn to the inherent glamour of vintage materials, whether they’re raw or have been reworked to create something new. “We’re honoring our past and what came before us,” says Fielding.
But both add warnings. Fielding notes that, like so many other things that are glamorous on the surface, architectural salvage requires a great deal of dirty, gritty work for both sellers and shoppers. …
O’Harra’s concerns relate to the popularity of vintage materials and what that means for quality. “A lot of antique shops and pickers jumped on this bandwagon and make things that people see as interesting. But a lot of times, I think there’s not a good marriage between materials. People eat it up because it’s aged, but it doesn’t always look aesthetically pleasing to me.”
O’Harra also laments the increased popularity of newly made objects with a vintage look, which is at odds with his environmentally-conscious approach to reusing materials. “A lot of what you see is not vintage – it’s recast materials made with new wood. That’s not the right thing. These are one-off objects that shouldn’t be mass-produced.”
The rest is here: The Reclaimed Glamour of Architectural Salvage - Deep Glamour: At the Intersection of Imagination & Desire
Handlebar table.
DIY, inspiration — if you can get your hands on some old bike handlebars!
More uses for old bicycles and bike parts here.
In collaboration with the American Hardwood Export Council, Marjan Van Aubel and James Shaw collected different types of shavings from a furniture factory, combined them with bio-resin, added water and discovered a chemical reaction that makes the wood waste expand to become a solid, foam material.
More: It’s Nice That : Unusual foamy chair seats made from furniture factory shavings
