While looking online for examples of new uses for old leather belts, I came across this photo that Grace of Design*Sponge took at Gather restaurant in Berkeley, California, where seat cushions are beautifully upholstered in old belts. (We mentioned Gather’s seating previously on Unconsumption here.) Great reuse, isn’t it?
![Lori Wyant, known as kikithespunkymunky on Etsy, Pinterest, Facebook, and elsewhere online, used vintage tooled leather and Guatemalan belts to replace the tattered cane seat of her grandmother’s ladder back chair. I haven’t seen a “before” photo of the chair, but I am pretty sure that Lori’s handiwork is an improvement.
Lori also upcycled vintage western belts as new webbing on an old aluminum lawn chair (link to DIY tutorial here), which many of you might recall is a favorite Unconsumption-y project of mine.
If you like these belt-repurposing finds, see others here.
[Thanks, Lori!]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx7w6hLwo91qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
Lori Wyant, known as kikithespunkymunky on Etsy, Pinterest, Facebook, and elsewhere online, used vintage tooled leather and Guatemalan belts to replace the tattered cane seat of her grandmother’s ladder back chair. I haven’t seen a “before” photo of the chair, but I am pretty sure that Lori’s handiwork is an improvement.
Lori also upcycled vintage western belts as new webbing on an old aluminum lawn chair (link to DIY tutorial here), which many of you might recall is a favorite Unconsumption-y project of mine.
If you like these belt-repurposing finds, see others here.
[Thanks, Lori!]
Among my favorite Unconsumption posts* is this one on using worn leather belts as new webbing on old lawn chairs.
The use of leather belts on the chair pictured above, made by Sao Paolo-based artist Rodrigo Almeida, reminds me of the lawn chairs. This makes me happy.
For those of us who love belt-repurposing but have few unwanted belts of our own, old belts can often be found in abundance at many thrift stores.
For additional projects/ideas involving belts, check out earlier Unconsumption posts here.
*Unconsumption’s published a total of 2,045 posts, so far. Tell us: Which one is your favorite?
(photo via TreeHugger)
![DIY project du jour:
Upcycle old belts into coasters.
On the Daily Danny blog, Danny Seo describes three simple how-to steps:
Cut belts into strips.
Punch holes along the edges. (A leather cutter or an awl could be used.)
Bind strips together with twine.
This project is a great addition to Unconsumption’s series of posts on new uses for old belts, which includes an earlier upcycling project of Danny’s.
[Thanks, Danny!]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx0n3p7LLb1qzv12bo1_r2_400.jpg)
DIY project du jour:
Upcycle old belts into coasters.
On the Daily Danny blog, Danny Seo describes three simple how-to steps:
- Cut belts into strips.
- Punch holes along the edges. (A leather cutter or an awl could be used.)
- Bind strips together with twine.
This project is a great addition to Unconsumption’s series of posts on new uses for old belts, which includes an earlier upcycling project of Danny’s.
[Thanks, Danny!]
Here’s a neat DIY idea to add to the “repurposing leather belts” idea file:
Use strips of old belts as drawer pulls.
(via Our d-i-y leather pulls, reinterpreted - The Improvised Life)
![One of my favorite projects in the book [Upcycling: Create Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have] is taking a dozen old leather belts — I bought these at my local Goodwill store — and simply stitching them together with hemp twine to make a leather door mat. All you need are the belts, a hole cutter (from the craft store) and some hemp twine and a needle. That’s it.
(via Daily Danny)
For other creative uses for worn leather belts, see earlier Unconsumption posts here.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo0vn3ZTF11qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
One of my favorite projects in the book [Upcycling: Create Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have] is taking a dozen old leather belts — I bought these at my local Goodwill store — and simply stitching them together with hemp twine to make a leather door mat. All you need are the belts, a hole cutter (from the craft store) and some hemp twine and a needle. That’s it.
(via Daily Danny)
For other creative uses for worn leather belts, see earlier Unconsumption posts here.
TING turns vintage leather belts into floor mats and tiles.
(via Apartment Therapy)
See also: Earlier Unconsumption posts on upcycling worn leather belts.
DIY project du jour:
Got an old lawn chair? Replace its webbing with worn leather belts.
(via Green is Universal ReUser’s Guide)
For additional belt-repurposing ideas, check out earlier Unconsumption posts here.
Via lustik:
Cylinder Belt Bag - Rodarte via Cool Hunting
Makes me think of these benches that were upholstered in old leather belts.
Via laughingsquid:
Pictures of this bench (with belts donated by folks in Madison, Wisconsin) have made their way around the blogosphere recently.
Last month, at Gather Restaurant in Berkeley, California, Unconsumption reader Susan C. spotted a built-in bench, a banquette “upholstered” in worn leather belts.
I think furniture covering is a great use of old belts. Have you seen anything bench-like, or other belt-covered pieces of furniture?
