I got an email last week about a new online service that helps people lend things to one another. It's called Lendaround.com and was founded by Tim Jackson, who is a "venture capitalist, entrepreneu...
Times are tough, and reusing is less expensive and more responsible than using all new materials or disposing of your old ones. Green Demolitions sets a great example of this. Green Demolitions sel...
Dallas' Joel Hester turns the rusted hoods and trunks of old American cars into functional, striking tables......
These pieces from Cha Meuble are just for fun. Cha Meuble picks up old pieces of furniture and re-energizes them with creative paint jobs. The locker above is painted in a black and white check patt...
Build It Green NYC! >> See Slideshow Justin Green, Director of Build It Green NYC! was another of 4 presenters/panelists at last Thursday's AT Design Meetup on Green @ Home. Justin recognized t...
Last week we found out how to make a flower box out of a credit card. Now this little project, also from Instructables, makes an incandescent light bulb into a symbol of green, not waste......
We have finally done it. Hats off to Yvon Chouinard, our readers and advertisers. We've turned AT into an earth supporting machine. Click on over to Re-Nest, our green site for the home, and check...
Hello AT, Does any one know how /where to recycle the Pur 2 Stage Water filters? I am a big recycler, but have no idea where to go. Help! Thanks, Sara...
We love clean, modern dwellings built into the shells of old barn structures. But let's face it, that's not exactly a common occurance here in NYC. With many of us living in highrise apartments, not...
This recycled blanket rug by Tejo Remy and Rene VeenHuizen uses strips of old blankets in a new way. Turned on edge, the blanket strips give the rug cush and a luxurious thickness that's awesome und...
We often end up with so many finish samples that we don't know what to do with them. At some point, they aren't useful in our library anymore, but we hate to throw them out. That's why we loved seei...
Hello AT, I spent the entire day re-organizing my apartment and realized that the ‘electrical stuff’ boxes have been standing in my closet for the past 4 years and I never, ever ever used any of ...
There's a new DIY series on the web called GOMI Style. Their focus is green lifestyle and design and their most recent episode demonstrates reuse of cardboard to create cool, almost free, furniture....
Speaking of reusing wine bottles, we love the recycled appeal of Transglass by Artecnica. By Emma Woffenden and Tord Boontje, the truly recycled, handcrafted glassware comes in greens, clears, and b...
If you have the room for them, Brownstoner has found some unused Viking appliances at the Queens warehouse Build It Green......
Repurposed ironworks. We love furniture pieces that adapt found objects: they bring a little something old into even modern homes in sometimes witty ways. That's exactly what we're seeing from Krame...
In the shop window at Anthroplogie this weekend, we spied this shelter made of, well, reused plastic milk jugs......
How do you get your newspaper? Is your New York Times delivered straight to your doorstep every morning? Do you pick one up on the way to work? Or do you read all your news online, like us?......
Guilt-free real fur. Snuggle up in fur blankets, pillows, and rugs from Montreal-based Harricana Maison. They make home decor of recycled fur......
Promote Re-Use. A reader tipped us off to the city's official site to provide information on donating and re-selling used goods — NYC Stuff Exchange. The site "provides quick and simple search tools...
Right off the street. Greenlight Concepts uses the glass lenses from discarded traffic lights to make home lighting fixtures......
Kinda cute little guy, isn't he? This lamp at Lamponi's Lamps is made from recycled Vespa parts......
In leather, fall colors really get rich and sumptuous. These recycled leather tiles by Ecodomo come in three textures and even more colors......
Would folks pay more attention to recycling if recycling bins were more noticeable? That's the concept set forth by Patricio Forrester's Feed the Cow recycling bins, which saw their start in Buenos ...
Roll with it. Designed by ReturDesign Studio, Rock'n'Roll cardboard shelving appears to be made of cardboard tubes......
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