November 26, 2013

What began as a child’s game between 12-year-old Xavier Mañosa and his father, has today emerged as the Pussel, a multi-functional design that is at once an indoor-outdoor lantern, flower vase, and votive candle holder.

The modular ceramic and glass … Read More...
Category: Finding, Lighting
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November 21, 2013

HomeMade Modern’s cool DIY Concrete Planter with spigot.
Concrete is the modern urban gardener’s muse. No surprise that for ages architects and designers alike have been drawn to concrete for its simplicity and range of textures. Indoor-outdoor concrete design options … Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Lighting, Outdoor Furniture
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November 15, 2013

Photo via ScoutMob
We’re celebrating America Recycles Day with five unique creations made from recycled everyday materials, like gutters and glass bottles.
These inventive ideas just scrape the surface when it comes to seeing what can happen when mixing … Read More...
Category: Food & Entertaining, Garden Art, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lighting, Outdoor Furniture, Reclaimed & Recycled
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November 14, 2013

While you and I can now 3D print our own products, Danish designer Jonas Edvard grows his own 3D edible lamps.

Yep, Edvard cultivates the living lamps from a material he’s developed using the domestic waste of oyster mushroom leftovers … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lighting
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November 11, 2013

As a lover of sustainable design, gardening, and environmentally friendly practices, I am always excited about projects that aim to reducing landfill by recycling, repurposing, and upcycling trash into useful and decorative wares.

Anu Tandon Vieira from The Retyrement Plan… Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Garden Art, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled
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