Recycled Crafts » Recycled Furniture

How to make a blanket rack from a baby crib

stefaniegirard — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:54 +0000

Over at Ali B.’s blog House to Home there is a great tutorial on how to turn an old baby crib rail into a blanket rack.

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Cool idea for making furniture out of reclaimed cabinetry

stefaniegirard — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:41:25 +0000

Tristan has come up with a cool way of making recycled furniture that he describes as looking like layers in the ground. Check out more photos and ideas at his blog Tristan Titeux’s Eco Furniture Choices.

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How to make a clothes closet from an old big screen TV

stefaniegirard — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:11:33 +0000

Wow! This is a first for me. Those old big screen TVs that are huge wooden pieces of furniture make a great closet with the creativity of Athena. Check out her tutorial on how to make a clothes closet out of a recycled big screen TV she posted at her blog The Stuff of Success. I kinda thought this would make a cute puppet theatre when I first saw it.

How to make recycled jar lid and thread spool drawer pulls

stefaniegirard — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:50:52 +0000

Over at the blog CAMIC designs there is a fun tutorial on how to make recycled jar lid and thread spool drawer pulls. I think these are just so colorful and I love how big they are. I could also see using the big lid surface to add some decupaged images.

How to make a doll bed out of a fruit crate

stefaniegirard — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:07:13 +0000

Not only is this project beyond cute, these photos of this doll bed with its sleeping plushie with commentary is beyond adorable. See the great tutorial on how to make a doll bed out of a fruit crate that Elvira sent in featured at her blog LoLoVie.

How to recycle a desk door into a cork board

stefaniegirard — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:44:26 +0000

Elizabeth of the blog Covered in Crafts sent in a cool tutorial on how she transformed a desk door into a super stylin’ cork board. See how she did it at this post over at her blog.

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Recycled Living Garden of Knowledge Made from 40,000 books

stefaniegirard — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:46:34 +0000

This is a huge recycled project. Pop on over to the Inhabitat blog to read the full article and see a whole bunch of cool pictures of an outdoor space created with 40,000 books.

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Recycle plastic bags into super cute iron on images

stefaniegirard — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:40:22 +0000

Plastic bag fusing is such a great way to recycle plastic bags. Well, thanks Eva for sending in this plastic bag iron-on to fabric post from the blog Filth Wizardry. I can’t wait to try this!

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How to make a new credenza from an old dresser

stefaniegirard — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:24:31 +0000

I love it when I get submissions that also have a sense of humor. Here is what Kim, The Inadvertent Farmer wrote,

“I took an old dresser that my 2 year old broke (it is NOT a step ladder sweetie) and turned it into a new hip credenza for our office…groovy folders included!”

Talk about making a silk purse from a sow’s ear! I love this transformation that also includes the best looking organizers! Pop on over to her blog for the whole tutorial!

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How to make cute ruffle cuffs from a button down shirt

stefaniegirard — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:35:49 +0000

Ruffles rock! Sew up some super cute ruffle cuffs from an old shirt using this tutorial from Ruffles and Stuff.

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15 lighting recycling repurposing and upcycling ideas

stefaniegirard — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:55:39 +0000

Over at the blog Web Ecoist they have put together a great collection of repurposing of objects into some really great lighting designs. The variety of designs goes from super simple to very intricate all super cleaver and interesting.

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Recycling with humor, what a great combo

stefaniegirard — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:56:11 +0000

Garth of the blog Extreme Craft posted this super funny and way cool CHEW-BOX-A! I don’t know about you but I grew up playing with cardboard boxes. Refrigerator boxes held endless possibilities and could take you on many adventures. I dare you to give one to a kid and see what they do with it!

And Garth might just have a few stickers left that’s he’s giving away pop here for the details.

And to see a bunch more cool recycling designs pop on over to this post for a few from his new book that’s soon to be out 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse.

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A Compendium of Suitcase Re-do’s

stefaniegirard — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:05:38 +0000

Jennifer Perkins of the fabulously colorful blog Naughty Secretary Club, has put together an amazing post of all sorts of ways to reuse, remake and all together enjoy old suitcases. They are a wonderful way to store stuff but I haven’t taken the plunge myself and used them to display things or incorporate them into my home decor. She offers up a whole host of ideas she has collected from a bunch of great sources including this innovative way to display jewelry designed by Kelly Ferrell. For the full totorial on how to make this pop on over to her blog: Off The Record.

Recycle Family Slides into a Modern Lamp Shade

stefaniegirard — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:01:48 +0000

If you know what these are than you probably have them in your family attic somewhere. My parents are currently learning how to use the equipment to convert them into digital images and then the slides will be winging their way to me to craft with and this is so on my to-do list! Steven James designed this cool slide lampshade for ReadyMade and the full directions are posted there.

Tiles Gone Wild: New Directions In Mixed Media Mosaics by Chrissie Grace

stefaniegirard — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:17:55 +0000

Tiles Gone Wild: New Directions In Mixed Media Mosaics by Chrissie Grace is such a fun exploration into using just about everything you can put your hands on and using it in a new way to make fabulous mosaic projects.

I made a mold for casting bricks out of aluminum flashing and I impressed words into them but as I was flipping though this book Chrissie has a fabulous project for adding mosaic work to the top of store bought bricks. I know it’s the simple things, but I just never thought of it! She has projects that include using broken dishes, bottle caps and broken glass. All of her projects include fabulous step by step instruction with great photos to guide you along your own creative trail. There are projects for indoors and out. There are also some great instructions for working with photos and computer designs in addition to working on flat surfaces and dimensional. If you are looking to recycle some broken stuff you have been keeping around, this book is packed full of way s you can make it into something new and fabulous.