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Tag: upcycle

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Spotted in Notting Hill: a wonderful place to stoop.

Published January 24, 2014
Categorized as Design, DIY, Environment, London Tagged invention, repurpose, tree, upcycle

Old Dress Turned Yoga Mat Carrier

This beautiful dress needed a new lease of life. You see, it had a pretty big hole in it from an incident that involved climbing a fence. Not good. And not very lady like. The material very nice and a shame to go to waste so I decided to repurpose it into a yoga mat… Continue reading Old Dress Turned Yoga Mat Carrier

Published August 14, 2013
Categorized as DIY, Environment, Handmade Tagged sew, upcycle, yoga

Orange Box Shelf

This week I found these treasures near my house in a skip. Rather conveniently when stacked, these orange boxes make an excellent bookshelf.

Published June 19, 2013
Categorized as DIY, Environment, Handmade Tagged box, rubbish, shelf, upcycle

Bicycles Made from Old Cars

Rather that rot in a junkyard, these guys are turning old cars into bicycles. What an amazingly appropriate upcycle. A highly polluting vehicle to a zero-emissions one. Lovely stuff.

Published February 25, 2013
Categorized as Environment Tagged Bicycle, Bicycled, Environment, recycle, upcycle

DIY Florescent Light Cover

My friend Diego is quite the clever one. He is a dental technician (he makes tooth implants) and has lots of long bright lights in his office. To make the lighting less harsh he has made these light shades from old card board tubes. Impressive, right?

Published January 14, 2012
Categorized as DIY, Projects I like Tagged cardboard, creative, lamp, light fixture, upcycle

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