06 Feb
06 Feb
Turning Vintage Industrial Salvage into Repurposed Furniture
Vintage industrial salvage, ranging from factory pulley parts to antique film reel cases, find new meaning in delightfully repurposed furniture creations.
10 Jan
Found Vintage Industrial Objects Repurposed into Lighting
Be inspired by found vintage industrial objects that have been repurposed into lighting.
06 Mar
Home Sweet…Repurposed Shipping Container?
The ultimate statement in architectural repurposingThe vintage industrial secret is out….
My lovely friend Suzanne, the Italian Girl in Georiga (who has marvelous photography in her Etsy shop), surprised me this weekend with snail mail! There’s something quite nostalgic and magical about receiving a letter in the mail, don’t you think? Inside her beautiful photography card was a useful article on vintage industrial lighting she clipped [...]Upcycled Organization Ideas
Monday always prompts me to re-organize my desk to prepare for a fresh week. This weekend, I picked up an obsolete slide holder — and thought it would be lovely for a stylish desktop organization tool for the shop. I’m also always looking to maximize my wall real estate, and this DIY project from GreenUpgrader [...]Stairway to the Weekend!
Remember how fun Japanese tansus are? This staircase of fantastic visual delight takes all of it to a whole new level. Created by “Because We Can,” a whimsically creative design studio in Oakland, this staircase is one I would want in my home — even if I don’t have a second story! Imagine all of [...]Airplanes + Vintage Industrial = Voila!
Voila Gallery in Los Angeles is a vintage treasure trove of amazing curiosities…including fantastic vintage industrial furniture pieces repurposed from old airplane parts! Leah visited Voila at SF20 last week and shared their fantastic booth pictures (first set). I love the vintage spotlights and how they created wall lighting options in the plane panels. The [...]Repurposed Mondays – Vintage Industrial
Happy Monday friends! To start your week off with a dose of vintage industrial inspiration, let me introduce Jennifer Price, a photographer with a penchant for vintage repurposing – whose work I’ve enjoyed for several years. Whether repurposing film reels into coffee tables, or infusing photography lights into chic vintage industrial lamps, Jennifer’s collections are [...]Don’t throw out any vintage appliance! Make it into a lamp!
Italian Lamponi’s Lamps takes up-cycled and re-purposed vintage goods to a whole…other…level. Lamponi, an engineer / architect turned vintage artisan, takes household appliances and turns them into amazingly creative vintage industrial lamps! From a hairdryer and espresso maker to Vespa and motorbike parts, Lamponi shows that anything can be re-purposed into a functional lamps of [...]Crate&Barrel Turns Vintage Industrial
As the hand-made and independent designer powers grow stronger, it is interesting to see how the big box retailers respond. It seems that Crate&Barrel is certainly watching the indie pulse closely, as they realize that people want a mixture of elements – old and new – in their interior design. Lovely reader Sara of the [...]Vintage street signs re-purposed into stylish decor
Disclaimer: I am not responsible if your neighborhood’s street signs start mysteriously disappearing… My unrequited love for re-purposed decor is further fueled by Boris Bally’s work. A talented artist who re-purposes vintage industrial elements, Boris creates interesting furniture pieces — my favorite of which come from traffic signs that were destined for the dump. Using [...]Vintage Airstreams re-purposed into creative spaces
I’ve been eye-balling some fantastic vintage Airstreams on my local Craigslist recently….I want to turn one into my backyard studio / office for the ultimate vintage inspiration haven. For about $5,000, you can pick one up and re-purpose them any way you like — making it a much more affordable alternative than adding onto your [...]
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