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Recycled glass

16Mar

Pure, beautiful and good for the earth:

1. & 2. VivaTerra

3. Laurence Brabant

4. Gaiam

Tags: recycled, sustainable
Category: around the home // No Comments

Clever, huh?

22Feb

I love Apartment Therapy‘s new blog, Home Hacks. Anything from how to pick the right potato to DIYs to how to “green” your office.

These were a few that caught my eye and made me want to try them!

How to cover up dings in wooden furniture…with a walnut!

How to turn a mason jar into a soap dispenser:

How to create a quick cheap rug:

(they say to use rag rugs but I think you could also use placemats!)

Tags: DIY, recycled
Category: around the home, handmade // 1 Comment

Old to new

18Feb

I did a little dumpster diving yesterday and scored this classic beauty:

I was thinking of reupholstering and painting it — thoughts? It seems to have already been reupholstered awhile ago because of the trimming along the border. I know that this is probably a job for the professionals but hey, I’m all about jumping in and trying projects out! I haven’t gotten anything to lose on this chair since I got it in the dumpster. It may take awhile for me to learn but I love a challenge!

This before and after from Design Sponge Online is something similar and pretty killer to what I was thinking:

I love this color combo:

Love that Scandinavian print too…

(found in Colette Patterns)

Or maybe I should try and do a pop of color with this bright turquoise:

(found here)

Or a bright, cheery yellow like this one:

(found here)

What are your ideas?

Tags: recycled
Category: around the home, vintage // 6 Comments

Up-cycled art

07Jan

Ever see this before?

The husband and wife duo created this amazing up-cycled wall art map using old license plates and mounted on reclaimed barn wood. They’ve got a few more note-worthy collections up their sleeve: