Old Apple Laptop Keys Upcycled into Amazing Tabletops
Apple is well-known for creating some of the world’s best-designed laptops, but as for any electronic devices, what happens when those computers reach the end of their lifespan? Design studio...
View ArticleGreen Devil – Chair Woven With Upcycled Belts
This chair is a reclaimed chair that has been fixed, painted and upholstered to the highest standard. The Duck-egg blue color sets off the main seat. The seat is a weave of upcycled belts which is...
View ArticleRadiator into Lounge Seat by Cnc Music Factory
CNC Music Factory designed a lounge chair called ‘Radiator Lounge’ and made out of an old radiator. We already showcased a chair made from a recycled radiator (here), or a bike, a sheep and even a...
View ArticleChaise Végétalisée / Planter Chairs
My husband and I work as a duo! We have recovered some old chairs, and we’ve assembled some parts. For this, we used pieces of several seat backs. Then, we made a basket in the seat with some chicken...
View ArticleBench Made Of A Damaged Futon Frame
This is our most recent recycled furniture project! Since Spring has finally arrived in Ottawa, we wanted to make some outdoor furniture for our BBQ area. Nothing had come to mind until my husband...
View ArticleOld2new Designs: Recycled Furniture
I am a Melbourne, furniture designer. At old2new I design and create unique pieces of furniture that stand out in a flooded furniture market. Using discarded metal and timber my pieces are made from...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Cats & The Making Of A Pickle Juice Chair
It is a pretty simple process, but it does take awhile to cover a large surface like this chair. My cats had made my vinyl chair look rather shabby with all of their claw marks, so I was looking for a...
View ArticleBooks Into Stool
Books you loved when you read them – what a shame to give them away. Gabarage upcycling design makes great furniture out of old books. „War & Peace“ can also be used as “The Scarlet Letter” or...
View ArticleLeslie’s Recycled Table Clocks
I make these clocks from tables that people have discarded. I use old bamboo placemats and scrap wood to create the numbers. I make solar lamps from the center post. The only purchased Items are the...
View ArticleAmazing Copper Piping Chair by Brc Designs
This amazing chair is called American Pipe Dream Chair and it was designed by BRC Designs, a company founded by Benjamin Rollins Caldwell, based in Inman (USA). The main goal of BRC Designs is to...
View ArticleThe ‘waste Less’ Rockin Chair by Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop
The ‘Waste Less’ chair by Hungarian Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop is a unique and modern chair made from the waste remaining of reclaimed oak timber logs after being processed to wood beams. The...
View ArticleDiy: Waste Less ‘rake-let’ Pallet Chair
“Rake-let” is a low-tech piece of furniture made from just one wood pallet, that does not waste any material during its construction process. When fully assembled it can be used as an exterior or...
View ArticleHow My Friend’s Old Dresser Became My New Buffet
Once my husband brought it home, I gave it a light sanding all over. I primed and painted the shell black and added a new stain to the front of each drawer. I painted the old hardware and reattached...
View ArticleNot Politically Correct Engraving Stainless Steel Cutlery
I recycle forks and knives in a particular way. We can easily find cutlery communities in second hands markets. Most often they are in stainless steel so easy to burn. I use punches to hit. I like to...
View ArticleSinger Sewing Table Reconverted / Recycled as Makeup Table
The old furniture/objects are usually made to last a very long time and incredibly beautiful, they often lose they purpose and become more an object of decoration, I am then trying to give them a new...
View ArticleWooden Spools Into Table & Seating
These wooden spools that are found on the side of the road transformed into a multi-functioned design. The design can be used as seating with a cushion, and the bottom part can be used as table/shelf....
View ArticleXmas Tree Made Using a Coat / Purse Rack
Made my Xmas tree using a coat/ purse rack. On the bottom used a hula hoop and on top an embroidery ring, to tie the strings of ornaments. To cover the hooks made a slit on ornaments and pinned it on it.
View ArticlePoltrigia The Suitcase Armchair / Poltrigia La Poltrona Valigia
Poltrigia comes out of an old cardboard suitcase that has captured the world turning inside. Poltrigia viene fuori da una vecchia valigia di cartone che girando ha catturato il mondo al suo interno.
View ArticleEclectic – Table Made from Old School House Door, Corn Shucker Gears,...
The top is an old door from a schoolhouse in Wisconsin. Originally there was a tack board material on it for thumbtacking papers. The door knob has a lever mechanism that moves a pin in and out. This...
View ArticlePallet Wood & Bed Slats Upcycled into Comfortable Chair
This upcycled chair is made from repurposed pallets slats for the structure, bed slats for the seat and curtain rods. It was made in the city of Dunkerque (France) with the cooperation of AFEJI;...
View ArticleWonderful Build Diy Pallet Oversize Chair
My wife wanted an oversized seating option, so I came up with this DIY Pallet Oversize Chair, and she loves it! Put an old oversized cable spool to terrific use! I made one with a recycled 54″ cable...
View ArticleUpcycled Windows & Pallet Wood into Bathroom Cabinet
I made this cabinet for my bathroom out of an old window, some recycled pallet wood, and a lot of love lol. The time was a half of a day.
View Article“Dinner Table” for a Big Dog from Reclaimed Kid’s Bed
We have a Landseer male, a big dog with needs for a stand for its food and water. The old table was in bad shape, so thought I could make a new one, easier to clean. Big dogs can make quite mess if...
View ArticleVintage Metal Tool Box Coffee Table
I found this old metal toolbox at a thrift store in Lake City (Florida, USA). The owner said it came from an old horse barn in the area. I had some old vintage legs from a yard sale, I cut them down to...
View ArticleUnique Furniture Made From Recycled Rims
Hello, I’m Milena, I’m a young designer and I love recycling. I’m part of MP PROJECT from Poland. We revive old items to new lives. This is what we do with the old materials. MP PROJECT company...
View ArticleAmmunition Box Into Sewing Machine Table
For this old sewing machine table, the base and box were found in the Cairo Egypt Friday market. The ammunition box held tank rounds for the Egyptian army. The base and box were refinished, and the...
View ArticleUpcycled Tin Can Lid Table Top Cover Up – Episode 4 of Dogs Vs Cats
We have dogs and we have cats and love them we do, but they can be pretty hard on the furniture. We have a table that sits in front of our big living room window and I don’t think I could keep the dogs...
View ArticleFrom Industrial Cart to Industrial Table
I learned from this project that if I ever do something like this again, I’m buying a sandblaster. I lost track of the hours I spent grinding and sanding this thing. I’m very happy with the outcome.
View ArticleUpcycled Mirror For Daughter’s Room Or Bathroom Vanity
I needed a mirror for our daughter’s room, but didn’t want to spend a lot of money, Luckily, I found this old mirror sitting by the garbage, and had an idea! I turned it into a beautiful, feminine...
View ArticleCannot Escape Cuteness Upcycled Bench
I found this piece in a dumpster, and it was a little ugly. I looked at it and just thought: You will not escape my ideas to make you a cute Upcycled Bench! Don’t throw it away! Add a dollop of cute,...
View ArticleOld Treadle Sewing Machine Converted Into Singer Chair
I pondered long and hard what to do with an old Singer treadle sewing machine. I wanted it to be more than a table or desk. Additionally, I wanted the dark wood to go with the black enameled metal, so...
View ArticleMan Cave Aviator Side Table Upcycles Airplane Parts
I made this Man Cave Aviator Side Table after I found this amazing aircraft part in my local lumber suppliers office. So I asked if it was for sale and it was! : ) I immediately saw it as a base for a...
View ArticleRestored Singer Industrial Sewing Machine
Sometimes recycling, upcycling, etc., is RESTORING something to its original functionality. Here is my 1918 model 43-5 Singer Industrial Sewing Machine that I had to do a lot of work on to bring back...
View ArticleWeird, Wonderful Mannequin Leg Side Table
Get inspired by unique upcycled ideas like this weird, wacky and wonderful Mannequin Leg Side Table. I’ve always been a fan of weird and wonderful furniture that tells a story. This unusual Mannequin...
View ArticleHow to Upcycle Your Furniture
Now, one of the hottest decorating trends is ‘upcycling,’ where you take an item that you or someone else no longer uses and offer it a second life with a whole new purpose. For apartment dwellers,...
View ArticleBright, Cheery Upcycled 1950’s Cabinet
Transform an old, rickety cupboard into a bright and cheery Upcycled 1950’s Cabinet! With a little elbow grease and some creativity, make a beautiful piece of furniture for any room of the house. This...
View ArticleUpcycled Chairs Get New Life With Snazzy Seat Covers
Rescue those old chairs sitting for curb alerts and give them a budget-friendly facelift. Use fun and cheery material found at swap meets or flea markets to save more money when you’ve upcycled chairs,...
View ArticleUpcycled Bathroom Cabinet Adds Storage And Style!
This project was one of three storage cabinets I bought from a guy for a low price. I have lots of bathroom wall space that I wasn’t using. I decided to redo one of the cabinets for extra storage. This...
View ArticleAntique Wood Crate Turned Into Side Table
I made this side table using an old dairy crate and four metal hairpin legs. I needed to upcycle something for my 4-H project this year and I thought this table would be useful. It was a simple project...
View ArticlePressed Aluminum Furniture
Dutch designer Sander Grooten created this furniture made from waste aluminum. By using a special mold in the waste press, new modular blocks are created. With these blocks, new furniture can be made...
View ArticleRepurposed Wood Chair Turned Shelf
I found this wood chair on the curb and brought it home to repurpose into a shelf/towel rack for our guest bath. The back was removed then the seat was cut down to the size that I wanted. Then painted...
View ArticlePunch & Sit
Bringing together two fundamentally different objects or materials is an interesting task. In this particular case an old punching bag from the training cellar & a tapestry from the flea market....
View ArticleUpcycled Barstool
This stool has been around our house for decades. I wanted to use it for a plant stand or a small display table. Prior to working on this project, I had collected salvaged bicycle chains, pieces of...
View ArticleA Chair That Survived California’s Camp Fire Gets New Life With a Colorful...
In November 2018, my family and I escaped as a wildfire destroyed our entire town including our home. When we were finally let back into where the town was to dig through the ashes, we found one of...
View ArticleSewing Machine Base Table
This is my “Union Jack” console table with an upcycled New Williams sewing machine base.
View ArticleOld Coffee Grinder Reworked as a Steampunk Lamp
An old coffee grinder reworked as a steampunk lamp. This old coffee grinder meant to be thrown away gave me the idea of a steampunk project, a style that I really like and allows artists to let their...
View ArticleSteampunk Lamps & Furniture’s
Worth checking out as they are just great-looking furniture. We take time to make those, take care of the details, and ensure that the finished product is the best we can make. We use old water pipes,...
View ArticleShop Counter From Old Wood & Second Hand Parts
It’s a shop counter that I made recently for someone who was opening the shop. I used wood and metal pipes, old manometers, and other objects I bought on the junkyard.
View ArticleVideo Tutorial: How to Make a Table with Mannequin Legs
The staff at Mannequin Madness shows you in the video below how we use mannequin butts to make a low coffee table. But you can follow the same instructions using mannequin legs to make a taller table...
View ArticleWine Box Into Vintage Wall Cabinet
A unique wall shelf made from an old wine box, painted in turquoise and varnished, covered in the bottom with varnished paper of vintage style that can match your decor or brighten up a light wall...
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