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I'm a country girl at heart and my next house will be a farmhouse for. Toilet paper roll deco. Hello my blog friends!
I'm so pumped to share a project I finished today! It's simple, cheap, quick, and fall-y (yes, that is a word). Anyway... I've been diligently collecting these for what seems like forever: Ultimate Guide to Recycled T-Shirt Crafts" You probably have a favorite T-shirt.
You know the one you've worn until it's holey and ragged. Maybe it's from your first concert or your favorite vacation spot. Maybe it's your team's old logo, or a college favorite from decades ago. Either way, you can't bear to part with it. Unfortunately, your family also can't bear to be seen with you when you're wearing it.
Wall decoration from thrift shop. Thrift Shop Hot! What to look for right now.... In my last post I shared some tips for shopping thrift shops. Rugs out of scrap. Step 1: Fabric Scraps Gather up a variety of fabric scraps.
For this type of look, all patterns and colors work together in the end. We used a combination of ones from sample books and some panels that were cut out of other upholstery weight fabric remnants. Lamp. Scrap Table. Road Sign Stools. Given a heavy, yet healthy, obsession with road signs, I created these stools for my new apartment.
They use a simple metal-bending technique to turn down the sharp edges of the signs and simultaneously brace the legs. TURN A SHOPPING CART INTO A CHAIR. My son’s high school, in Hall County, Georgia has a tradition for seniors on yearbook day.
Not only do they receive yearbooks first, but they also get to bring their own chair to sit in on the gym floor, instead of sitting on the bleachers with the rest of the student body. (Re)Building a bed foundation. Door table. Zig Zag Structure - Cardboard Chair. This will take you through making the basic structure, you can make whatever you want out of it.
The pictures (and notes) do most of the explaining. The first layer will need 3 strips of card, one longer piece to create the zig-zag and two 'sandwich pieces' Mark out and score your longest piece at 42mm intervals on each side, make sure to stagger the lines so that when scored it will fold up properly (fig.2) Take one of your other pieces and mark out and glue it (fig.3) Now carefully glue down the zig-zag piece, you may need to use pins or tape to hold it while it dries.
After about 10 minutes you can glue the second sandwich piece on top. You can continue to add as many layers as you need (fig.5) you can make this stuff in big sheets and cut it to the right size later, or you can cut out the shapes you want and build them up layer by layer. Scrap Armchair. Armchairs are tough.
It is awfully difficult to get the arms integrated, the structure sexy, and the ergonomics tight. Working with the nice folks over at the ReBuilding Exchange (www.rebuildingexchange.org), nestled by the banks of the Chicago River, I put together these armchairs over the last few weeks. Each has a pine frame of salvaged 2" x 4"s and a seating surface made of old maple flooring. Compact, materially efficient, and handsome enough for the living room, you can slap together a pair of these in a weekend, adapting the design to whatever wood you have on hand.
I finished mine with a couple of coats of non-toxic, all-natural tung oil, giving the wood a hand-rubbed glow that's easy to refresh as it ages. Leg of Books. Materials: Books Threaded Rods (a.k.a. all thread) T-Nuts Iron Strap Nuts (sized to the all thread) Screws Forstner Bit Twist Bits Tools: Drill Press Small Sledge Hammer (3-5 lb) Wrench Screw Driver Sources: We got most of our books from the local library, which sells books they no longer plan to circulate.
Floor Table. My current apartment, a pre-war building in Chicago, has hardwood floors.
I don't know how old they are, but they have certainly borne many years of use. Recently confronted with a stack of salvaged oak flooring, I put two and two together: a coffee table that lifted the floor up, transposing the surface into a new form. The floor boards were laminated into a solid piece, taking advantage of their tongue-and-groove construction, then mounted to a modern, X-shaped base that would stabilize the top and support plenty of weight. The top was cleaned and re-coated with a hard-wearing polyurethane, and the old-growth base was hand-rubbed with linseed oil for a glowing, penetrating finish.
Quick and lightweight, this recycled table is at home on hardwood or concrete. Scrap Adirondack Chair. Summer's over and the weather is crisping up, but it's not too late to spend some time lazing on the deck in the sun.
These chairs are a modern take on the rustic Adirondack chair, stripped down to a simple wooden wedge with angled back and cantilevered arms. Low to the ground and laid-back, it's perfect for cabin deck or poolside patio. The wedge base is old-growth Douglas Fir, oiled to bring out the grain and then coated with outdoor-grade polyurethane. Recycled Fence Butcher Block Style Table. You will need to have wood, old wood preferably. Please don't tear down your neighbors fence, you could wait till you do that all important(honey-do) fence upgrade or wait for the neighbors to upgrade.
Check with your local fencing company, they may let you have the panels they are replacing. Please enjoy my first instructable! You could use the standard butcher block standard of using glue, but I opt to use bolts instead.. Shutter Upcycled (repurposed) into Magazine Rack.