designBum’s Rush: Cruel Concrete Camden Benches
Designed as the ultimate expression of “hostile architecture”, concrete Camden benches are potent tools for…
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Art & DesignUpcycled Furniture: Finding Unexpected New Uses for Trash
We've all heard the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure" – and furniture maker Rodney Allen Trice…
Home & GardenPallet Projects! 15 More Reclaimed Furniture & Decor Ideas
Save a few discarded wood pallets from the landfill and you could have a new bar, couch, potting shed, swing or…
Home & GardenRadical Reclaimed Furniture: 13 Trash Transformations
When you look at a pile of discarded items at a junkyard or sitting at the curb, what do you see? Most people view…
Home & GardenCardboard Packaging That Turns into Eco-Friendly Furniture
Cardboard boxes are here to stay, and though it’s helpful that they’re recyclable, wouldn’t it be better if…
artNice Racks! 10 High, Dry & Handsome Dish Drainers
If you thought dish racks and drainers went the way of the Dodo, do look again: the energy-efficient, eco-friendly…
Home & GardenPlant-Integrated Furniture: 12 Ways to Bring Greenery Inside
Why stick with the same old terracotta pots when you could be greening up your home with built-in planter niches…
Art & DesignBeautifully Buzzworthy: 12 Designs Inspired by Bees
Bees are an essential part of the natural world, helping to pollinate plants so that we can not only enjoy all of…
Art & DesignRepurposed Robot Prints 3D Furniture from Trash
Electrical appliances that once would have ended up in landfills or third-world dumping grounds are being…
Art & DesignPut a Bird On It! 15 Bird-Themed Items for the Home
Keep calm and put a bird on it. Birds have been a popular motif in modern design for years, flitting into our…
Art & DesignBranch Out With15 Home Furnishings Inspired by Trees
Never underestimate the simple beauty of a branch, a leaf, a section of a trunk. Trees have inspired the design of…
Art & DesignUltra-Compact Interior Designs: 14 Small-Space Solutions
How do you fit an entire houseful of furniture and possessions like beds, books, desks and all the clutter of…
Art & DesignCardboard Creations: 45 Recycled Works of Art
Cardboard is just a throwaway material, short-lived and impermanent. But it doesn’t have to be. While cardboard…
Art & DesignGo Eco with Vintage Decor! 35 Ways to Use 9 Items
Decorating your home? There’s nothing more environmentally friendly than choosing pre-owned goods, especially…
Art & DesignRustic, Modern, Reclaimed & Free: 13 DIY Pallet Projects
The lowly pallet: it’s just disposable packaging made of sub-par wood, right? Nope – as these 13 (more!)…
designSingle Plywood Piece is the Extreme in Flat-Pack Furniture
While it’s not always true that making something yourself is greener than buying it ready-made, DIY objects are…
Art & DesignNovel Ideas: Books as Furniture & Functional Décor
Unloved and unwanted, millions of books are sent to landfills when their text is no longer valuable in itself; the…
Art & DesignIt’s Alive! 13 Examples of Green Growing Furniture
Is living furniture the next frontier in ultra-eco-friendly design? Oxygenating the air, providing a punch of…
designArt of Upcycling: 20 DIY Wood Pallet Reuse Project Ideas
Not quite a fan of the unsustainable design clones that fight for elbow room in today's furniture and big box…
recyclingDesign Gets Tired: 6 Stylish Ways to Recycle Rubber
(Image via: maxblack) Tire recycling is on a roll. Only a few decades ago, the world had little or no idea what to…
