Treehugger.com recently reported on a new furniture from Swedish designer Ola Giertz that uses hair from a hair salon in Helsingborg and recycled PET bottles to create two poufs. The plastic bottles were used to create the shells, and the hair was used as filling. The...
La-Z-Boy, that paragon of comfortable living, just released its XZipit accessory, which allows die hard fans to wear their heart on their sleeve and their team logo on their recliner. The XZipit is a team logo panel that zips in and out of the recliner seat back,...
When bikes go out to pasture, they can be transformed into innovative, eclectic furniture or décor, as in the case of the chandelier that we featured in our steampunk blog post a few weeks ago. And now, we bring you another example of furniture crafted from bikes that...
I often think of pennies as something of a nuisance. They weigh down my wallet and force me to paw through my coin purse endlessly as I search for more valuable quarters or dimes. But EPBOT blogger Jen recently proved that pennies can result in stunningly beautiful...
I’m always interested to hear about new ways to dry clothing. There’s the energy-saving factor, of course, and then there’s the fact that dryers always seem to shrink or stretch my clothes. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives to the traditional clothes dryer,...
I was discussing mattresses today with a BobVila.com colleague, and she mentioned that she was thinking about buying a new one. Coincidentally, I stumbled across this article tonight from BestStuff.com, a site devoted to consumer product news and reviews, which lists...
Sad to see the end of winter? Sorry to see your skis packed away for the season? Well, one company's innovative design lets you use them year-round. Green Mountain Ski Furniture recycles old skis and snowboards into "usable art" such as Adirondack ski chairs, ski...
Is space at a premium in your home? If so, check out Nils Frederking's amazing folding table and chair. Credit: Nils Frederking web site
As anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, I love innovative design, particularly if it has a green spin. A Canadian design and manufacturing company called molo has a line of stools, benches and loungers called "soft," which utilizes flexible honeycomb structures...
Baby boomers are renovating or reinventing their empty nests—and not with afghans and rocking chairs! According to published reports, about half of the 80 million boomers are deciding to reinvest in current property by upgrading and remodeling to suit their tastes and...
