Party Aftermath: Recycling Reminder
As we enter the holiday season, it might be helpful to review the everyday recycling rules in New York City. I know that I'm always challenged by questions as to whether or not found party debris is...
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junk+ion: what's your function?
Dana from Israel sent in a great tip about junk+ion, a company in Tel Aviv that takes one man's trash and turns it into another man's treasure....
Robert Odgen Lamps at Sundance
Sundance continues its tradition of simple, rustic furniture with quirky, one of a kind lamps by Robert Odgen. ...
Recyling Ideas for Cassette Tapes
You know that tape collection you have? Think about it...do you still even own a cassette player for them? Yet throwing them all away just doesn't seem right; especially those mix tapes that you spe...
Moving Limbo: Tips & Tricks to Unpacking A Home
We're in the middle of a move and stressed out about living in limbo. Half-unpacked with stuff spread between our old and new place, we're still deciding what to sell, donate, purge, or move. We've...
Message in a Box by Wendy Plomp
I spent yesterday helping my sister move from one Brooklyn neighborhood to the one adjacent, and started thinking about how much cardboard box waste must be generated on a typical first of any month...
Free Finds for the Home
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New York is like one big take-a-penny, leave-a-penny. If you’re moving or it’s simply not worth selling on Criagslist, just leave it on the curb and poof! You’re slightly used trashcan is some...
Fantastic Norway's Cardboard Cloud
This is one way to reuse a bevy of cardboard boxes after a move......
The Painted Couch: Art or Trash?
Seems like everywhere you look something new is being used as a canvas. So it’s no surprise that the next big thing to hit the streets comes straight from your living room — the Painted Sofa...
Nauti & Co: Art & Furniture from Salvaged Barns & Boats
Nauti & Co creates nautical inspired art using salvaged pieces from beaches, barns and abandoned boats around New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Vermont. Making every piece a true one of a kind....
LendAround.com: Helps You Borrow Things from Friends
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...
Green Demolitions
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...
Furniture Made From Old Cars by Joel Hester
Dallas' Joel Hester turns the rusted hoods and trunks of old American cars into functional, striking tables......
Refurbed Furniture by Cha Meuble
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...
Justin Green of Build It Green NYC!
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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...
Lightbulb Greenhouse by Instructables
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......
1% for the Planet: Check Out the Check
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...
NY Good Questions: Where To Recycle These Water Filters?
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...
Barn Beam Tables at VivaTerra
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...
Recycled Blanket Rug by Tejo Remy and Rene VeenHuizen
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...
Floor Sample Serving Tray at Daily Danny
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...
NY Good Questions: Where Do I Recycle my Electrical Stuff?
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 ...
GOMI Style's Cardboard Furniture
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....
Transglass by Emma Woffenden and Tord Boontje
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...
Viking Appliances at Build It Green
If you have the room for them, Brownstoner has found some unused Viking appliances at the Queens warehouse Build It Green......
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