☯ re-purposing ☯

[storagegeek]

DIY Key Rack From Old Keys : Sierra Magazine

Super easy and super cute way to repurpose your unused (and maybe unknown) keys. Make a key rack!

[storagegeek]

DIY Yarn Bowl | Pocket Pause

Simple yarn bowl made from a glass dish and binder clip. How very clever.

[storagegeek]

DIY Teapot Birdhouse : ROBINS NESTING PLACE

I’m heading to a thrift shop today to get a tea pot…with any luck it’s not too late for a nesting bird!

[unconsumption]

File under “clever ideas”: Weave vintage tape measures into mats!

(via HolyCool)

See also: Earlier Unconsumption posts here for a variety of ruler-related repurposing ideas.

[storagegeek]

DIY tin can wall candle sconces. Such a stunning result or very little effort and materials. Original post is in Hungarian but the photos are clear and explanatory.

[iwanttoberecycled]

I want to be your reason to wake up in the morning. 

[pearl-nautilus]

Freya Jobbins

[unconsumption]

Beatles/Proclaimers mash up (Sgt Pepper/Sunshine on Leith) "Cassette doilies are part of a series of random classic album pieces, all the cassettes are bought in second hand shops, found or given and the patterns were found free online and date from the 1920’s to the 1970’s. I’m a 2nd hand shop rummager and the things I’m always drawn to are pieces of crochet lace, books, vinyl and cassettes.  This piece of work is made as a response to the feelings I get when I see a piece of work that’s taken many hours and has now been discarded or an album thats been listened to over and over again and now replaced with newer technology, or an old library book stamped many times and now on a thrift shop shelf. I think about the many times that object was handled during its making/listening/reading and  about the thoughts and the feelings, hopes and aspirations experienced during that time by the anonymous owner/maker." Via Jennifer Cantwell; @j3ncantwell on Twitter.

[unconsumption]

Happy spring! Happy weekend!

(via KyleBean.co.uk)

See also earlier Unconsumption Easter-related posts here.

[lolaandleopold]

who knew a bicycle could be a bathroom sink? adore repurposing. 

[onepageproductions]

Books On Tape by Woody Leslie. Performance of a Book On Tape.

[iwanttoberecycled]

I want to be there for you after a long day. 

[onepageproductions]

Mac Book by Woody Leslie. December 2013.

Another book in the Books on Tape Series (to see more Books on Tape, go here).

[unconsumption]

Love this simple holiday decorating / repurposing idea:

Fill a crate with jars, candles, and greenery and/or pine cones. 

(via Kaleidoscope of Colors)

[storagegeek]

Recycled Wall Pockets via Cuarto derecha

Modern take on the traditional recycled wall pockets. Use dollar store canvases, a staple gun and some pockets from old clothing. Love this idea.

[unconsumption]

Say what you want about Domino’s (it’s an abomination unto the Lord), but they have one of the better branded Pinterest projects I’ve seen in a while—Second Hand Logos.

Since Domino’s recently redesigned their logo, Crispin Porter + Bogusky got to thinking about what happens to a company’s old signage, clothing, store materials, etc.

So, the agency commissioned 10 artists to make stuff with old Domino’s employee shirts, pizza boxes and other company ephemera. Lots of it is for sale, and Domino’s is being gracious enough not to demand a cut of the artists’ sales, which is pretty cool of them.

The waste fallout of pointless redesigns is sad. But, you have to give some credit for trying to make the most of it in this way. And to reiterate the writer’s point: nice that the repurposing artists don’t have to split any resulting profits. Give them a hand for making something worthwhile out of the needlessly rejected.

More: Artists Give Old Domino’s Signage a Second Life in ‘Second Hand Logos’ Project | Adweek

[meggygrace]

Re-purposing Starbucks cups!