Beer-Cycle Bottle Opener by Raphael Betillon
Combining two of our favorite things (bikes & beer!), French architect Raphael Betillon takes forks from old bicycles found in junkyards or bike cemeteries, cuts them in half and repurposes the ...
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Upcycled Recipe Card Boxes by Karen Malcolm
Recipe card boxes may seem like a quaint idea in the Internet age, but these Joseph Cornell-inspired upcycled boxes by Karen Malcolm make me start to rethink my recipe (non) organization system....
Do You Really Need That?
The Pew Research Center recently released findings about people's change in belief between 2006 and 2009 about which household objects they really NEED. For example, in 2006 68% of respondents said...
Throw Blankets Made From Vintage Saris
We are smitten with these delicate blankets, made by women in Calcutta who are paid fairly and work from home, according to designer Jeanette Farrier. They are handstitched using five layers of vin...
Repurposing: From Tabletop to Countertop
I'm always looking for ways to reuse what someone already has instead of buying new things - it's the crux of my alternative design business. So when a client needed a little eating space in his ti...
Locally Made Bowls Crafted from Fallen Trees
Spencer Peterman turns fallen, rotting trees into beautiful bowls that can stretch far beyond the kitchen. These natural beauties, filled with something colorful, could be used as permanent centerp...
Welcome Hometta: Sustainable Modern Home Plans
The pinkcomma gallery is presenting twenty-five designs from Hometta, a new company that has commissioned emerging practices from across the country to produce small, sustainable, contemporary home ...
10 Etsy Finds for Fall
We woke up this morning with lovely little ice cubes where our toes were supposed to be, but we decided to make the best of it and search out some handmade and vintage house wares and artwork to cel...
Remarkable Repairs Competition at Platform21
Dutch design group Platform21 (remember their IKEA hack contest?) recently held a remarkable repairs competition and posted a Repair Manifesto that opposes throwaway culture, encourages people to vi...
Ricardo Bofill's Cement Factory Home
LoftLife
We received this impressive peek inside architect Ricardo Bofill's Barcelona home and office via LoftLife — it's an abandoned cement factory that Bofill found in 1973 and has adapted to highli...
Can You Guess This Collection?
Sure, we're a day late and a dollar short in getting this post up during September's Collections month, but we just spotted it last night. And we couldn't resist this collection — perhaps the...
Reimagining Boston's Stalled Projects
The Boston Globe
If there's one thing we're good at here in Boston it is stalling out major building projects. Have you seen the cavernous Filene's hole in the ground in Downtown Crossing? The Globe asked local arti...
ANDREA Natural Air Filter & Purifier
Designed by Mathieu Lehanneur and David Edwards, the ANDREA amplifies the natural ability of houseplants to absorb and metabolize noxious airborne chemicals. The concept originated from the collabor...
Beds of Hay at German Heuhotels
Both the New York Times and CNN have reported the rising popularity of hotels in Germany and other parts of Europe that offer a night's sleep on a bed of hay. While these heuhotels do have a certain...
Recycling Makes Good: Upholstery by Eleanor Young
Inspired by architectural forms and fragmented shapes, textile artist Eleanor Young recycles old or outdated furniture with conceptual, custom upholstery designs......
A Benedictine Abbey’s Solar House
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
You might not expect a Catholic high school founded by Benedictine Monks to be at the forefront of green technology, but in 2006 Portsmouth Abbey School built a 164-foot-tall wind turbine on its cam...
Joyce's Eco-Friendly Home
House Call
Name: Joyce Location: Stow, Massachusetts "We live in an eco-home that we designed and built on the foundation of a 1959 ranch. It was designed to embrace the beauty of simple natural materials, op...
Custom Cabinets for Old Drawers by schubLaden
A friend of ours posted a link to this company on her Facebook page last night and we were instantly smitten. schubLaden, a German furniture making company finds old drawers and builds new casings ...
Find a Certified Green Plumber!
It was only a matter of time before an eco plumbing association cropped up and that time is now. Within the past year 3,000 plumbers have become certified under the auspices of GreenPlumbers USA....
5 Things to Do With Bubble Wrap After You Move
A year ago we moved across the country, an endeavor that required A LOT of bubble wrap. We kept it and used it recently for a smaller move within the same city, but now we’re done moving for awhil...
Salvaged Wood Farm Tables by Lorimer Workshop
We’ve written about David Ellison of Lorimer Workshop’s tables on Apartment Therapy before, but since he is located right here in Rhode Island and we saw an excellent example of his handiwork in...
New Documentary: Drying for Freedom, A Film About Clotheslines
We recently posted about a wall-mount clothes drying rack. The comments circled back to where the clothesline discussion often comes back to: the debate between the right to hang clothes outside and...
A Few Simple and (Mostly) Chemical-Free Tips for Getting Rid of Fleas
It’s an icky reality, but with the muggy late summer heat comes fleas … sometimes LOTS of fleas. Here are a few (mostly) chemical-free tips for keeping an infestation at bay....
Cloud 9 Organize & Redesign: Affordable Design Service
Cloud 9 Before (Left) & After (Right) Apartment Therapy is, in part, a community of design-savvy do-it-yourselfers. But for those of you who crave a little extra support when it comes to sprucing...
Look! Spindle as Sink Leg
We spotted this sweet little detail in the bathroom of friend of ours who lives with a rented bathroom that's awaiting a facelift sometime down the road. We actually like this idea of using a stai...
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