Given that environmentalism has become so deeply important to us for completely legitimate reasons (oil spill anyone?) and the desire of designers to try something--anything--new, it’s not surprising how many products and projects are constantly popping up using and re-using basic materials. These days, you can plant your shipping boxes, and with recycled and upcycled newspaper projects like these, you can even live, build, and garden with stacks of old newspapers. Finally, being a newspaper hoarder might actually pay off.
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Artist Sumer Erek’s Newspaper House, featured on Treehugger, was constructed out of rolled newspapers that anyone could bring in to add to the house as part of a public art project, designed to raise awareness of waste. The artist points ...
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Contributing WriterJessie Phillips is a writer, designer, and proprietress of Speechless Studios in Oakland, CA, where she is constantly annoying the neighbors with the air compressor and shooing the cats away from the kiln. Because her first thought is always "Well, it couldn't possibly be that hard", she's willing to try (and fail at) almost any project, from woodworking to welding.
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Out-landish Outhouse Décor
- July 22nd, 2010 (by Jessie)
- In: Bathrooms, Dislike, decorating
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In America we love idealizing history. We reenact Civil War battles. We’re willing to append “Ye Olde” to the name of almost any type of store. We watch the Antiques Road Show with the fervent belief that anything we pick up at a garage sale could be worth millions just because it’s old, even if it’s actually macramé from the 70s (that’s old, right?). We just can’t stop ourselves--anything will do--we even idealize the outhouse. Man, we’ve got a real problem.
You’d be surprised how many things are out there celebrating a stink-hole you can fall into in the dark after having to haul yourself outside in the dead of night. But they are indeed part of our cherished history, so ...
Kid's stuff:Bedroom furniture for dreamers
Hey Woodrow,
You've put together a great post here. Hardwearing and long-lasting bedroom furniture is so important when you have young children, and choosing pieces which can handle the rough-and-tumble that comes with having little ones is key!
Best wishes, Alex.
Awesomely Oddball Lawn and Garden Accessories
I plan to do this. What was your process in painting the bottom...outside portion of the tub?
Poor staging can crush your home sale
Woodrow, you have once again 'nailed' the essence of the issue of staging your home for sale with easy to understand pics and words. These are definitely rules to live by, oh wise one! I know I"m soaking up the knowledge you share--- now excuse me while I wring myself out. Can't wait for the next issue.
To everyone, a room of one's own
We've recently bought a house which needs A LOT of work and I'm trying to convince my other half to let me build a "room of my own" for the house, one where I can put my games console and beer fridge. She's not gone for it yet though. The most I've managed to get is an office I can work out of ... not quite the same ... LoL.
Mine would certainly be like the car boot room in the first image :)
Ben
Home designs you haven’t seen before
I wonder how far the folks in the Rock House are able to drive in their car? Maybe down to their boat? It's so true that home is where you are at the moment.