Instructables: exploring - workshop - furniture - furniture - recycled - popular http://www.instructables.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:21:27 PDT BLOX v1.01 Beautility: An eco, easy and elegant beer bottle shelf. http://www.instructables.com/id/Beautility-eco-easy-elegant/
Beautility: An eco, easy and elegant beer bottle shelf. - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FH0/VVPG/HDOWAOPM/FH0VVPGHDOWAOPM.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FH0/VVPG/HDOWAOPM/FH0VVPGHDOWAOPM.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FH0/VVPG/HDOWAOPM/FH0VVPGHDOWAOPM.SMALL.jpg Pushan Panda Paper and beer bottles -- things that we often find stacking up at home. Well, what if you were given something to do with them, and made at the same time space for other things that are piled up and that you want to display? Using waste paper, empty bottles, and some time and energy, here's an eco...
By: Pushan Panda

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Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:27:35 PST
Milk Crate Credenza http://www.instructables.com/id/Milk-Crate-Credenza/
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Tue, 5 Feb 2013 18:24:29 PST
Floor Table http://www.instructables.com/id/Floor-Table/
Floor Table - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMT/UL7M/GVHH1BWG/FMTUL7MGVHH1BWG.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMT/UL7M/GVHH1BWG/FMTUL7MGVHH1BWG.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMT/UL7M/GVHH1BWG/FMTUL7MGVHH1BWG.SMALL.jpg wholman 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 ...
By: wholman

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Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:23:28 PST
2 x 10 Benches http://www.instructables.com/id/2-x-10-Benches/
2 x 10 Benches - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5O/9P02/GS3BCI19/F5O9P02GS3BCI19.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5O/9P02/GS3BCI19/F5O9P02GS3BCI19.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5O/9P02/GS3BCI19/F5O9P02GS3BCI19.SMALL.jpg wholman I just moved to Chicago, and, while I look for full time work, I have started volunteering at the ReBuilding Exchange ( http://www.rebuildingexchange.org.)  They are an salvage warehouse, selling architectural elements from demolished houses, furniture made from reclaimed lumber, and old, but still ...
By: wholman

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Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:31:21 PDT
Road Sign Stools http://www.instructables.com/id/Road-Sign-Stools/
Road Sign Stools - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F57/291D/GEI92SYL/F57291DGEI92SYL.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F57/291D/GEI92SYL/F57291DGEI92SYL.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F57/291D/GEI92SYL/F57291DGEI92SYL.SMALL.jpg wholman 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.  You can see some of my other projects that use signs and this bending technique...
By: wholman

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Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:05:05 PDT
Ten Green Coffee Table - from reclaimed timber and glass bottles http://www.instructables.com/id/Ten-Green-Coffee-Table-from-reclaimed-timber-and/
Ten Green Coffee Table - from reclaimed timber and glass bottles - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAI/MB7Q/GC4G14VS/FAIMB7QGC4G14VS.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAI/MB7Q/GC4G14VS/FAIMB7QGC4G14VS.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAI/MB7Q/GC4G14VS/FAIMB7QGC4G14VS.SMALL.jpg royshearer Ten Green is a shelving and table system, constructed simply from local recyclates. This range started with shelving/table modules and continued into small shelving units, big shelving units and now coffee tables. This document will tell you how to construct a Ten Green coffee table. You can use an...
By: royshearer

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Sun, 1 Aug 2010 16:54:59 PDT
20KRKR http://www.instructables.com/id/20KRKR/
20KRKR - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FFE/IFRH/GAPV3C7D/FFEIFRHGAPV3C7D.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FFE/IFRH/GAPV3C7D/FFEIFRHGAPV3C7D.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FFE/IFRH/GAPV3C7D/FFEIFRHGAPV3C7D.SMALL.jpg wholman Every year, the Rural Studio, a program of Auburn University's architecture school, located in Hale County, Alabama, pursues a research project called the 20K House.  We build a house on a budget of $20,000 that can be a sustainable, safe, spacious, dignified replacement for the mobile home. Each pr...
By: wholman

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Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:31:10 PDT