If you want a really long, thin desk that wont cost you much then here is an idea for you. Find a nice salvaged door and buy a set of pipes from the local hardware store to support them. The project won’t cost you much but you’ll get a very sturdy and big desk. Using...
Trivets are must have things on every kitchen. They usually protect your dinning table and countertops from heat damage that skillets and bowls can make. As you know we’re fans of reusing things and here is an idea how you can make your own trivet using wine corks. Of course you should drink a lot...
A lot of books are printed every year even in the age of e-book readers. A lot of them go to waste and there is no infrastructure that recycle the paper from books because it’s low grade and the glue on the spine must be removed. Lucy Norman of Lula Dot gives old books a...
It’s a cool thing when you can recycle old wood into something fabulous. Here is a project that might inspire you to do so. This sofa table is made of free wood pallets and four old balusters. Of course several screws, some paint, sealer and several power tools were also used. For full instructions and...
If you have an old soup crate lying around in your garage or barn then you have a perfect rustic wine rack right under your nose. Maya*made has created such mid-century modern rack almost without spending more than $2 on it. She used these $2 to buy a coffee table on a garage sale. She...
We already showed you some cool coffee tables made of pallets here, here and here. Here is one more version of such table. It’s one of the simplest one we’ve seen. The coffee table is made of two pallets cut down to size and stacked on top of each other. After that these pallets was...
Last month in Milan two designers, Peter Bottazzi and Denish Bonapace, have presented a collection of furniture hybrids that acts as planters. These ironic hybrids are made of parts of old furniture objects that people usually throw away. They’re reprocessed, patched up and transformed before grafted with plants. Even if these interesting creations will be...
Do you know that you can make a stainless steel up-cycled garden fireplace incinerator from an old washing machine? It will work as a patio heater like a charm. To be more specific it will be done from the stainless steel drum from the washing machine. The drum looks well and won’t burn up like...
Do you want to have charming planters at your patio that won’t cost you much? If so you can make them from recycled tyres. You probably can get them for free in a local auto shop. You can use the tyres as is, paint them or make creative planters with cool rims. On Studio G...
Wine crates can be used in many DIY projects. They are usually made of solid wood but are really inexpensive. Probably you even have several of them lying around but if not you can always buy them in local wine shops. Here is a bathroom storage cabinet made of two wine crates. The bigger one...