Eco Designer Barley Massey’s Imaginerium is a Showcase for Creative Reuse

When eco designer <a href="http://fabrications1.co.uk/">Barley Massey</a> decided to expand her East London studio and shop, <a href="http://fabrications1.co.uk/">Fabrications</a>, she didn't trek to a big-box home improvement store for supplies. Instead, she's been transforming waste from local businesses into functional interior products for more than a decade, turning men's neck ties into cushions, and weaving recycled <a href="http://inhabitat.com/patrick-kertis-shezloan-chaise-longue-is-upholstered-with-recycled-bicycle-inner-tubes/" title="Patrick and Regitze Kerti’s Chaise Longue is Upholstered with Recycled Bicycle Inner Tubes">bicycle inner tubes</a> into seating.

The downstairs workshop, dubbed The Imaginerium, is outfitted with vintage or salvaged pieces purchased locally, like the wooden school chairs.

The kitchen uses digitally printed ceramic tiles by <a href="http://www.crinson.com/">Dominic Crinson</a>, all factory seconds or leftovers from previous jobs, for the backsplash.

The under-counter storage in the kitchen is camouflaged by a curtain made of over a hundred re-used men's ties.

A fabricated steel staircase leaves room under the stairs for storage of materials and equipment.

Recycled fruit crates with wheels attached are used for convenient storage of textiles.

Sewing machines are housed in salvaged wooden fruit crates.

Non-profit organisation <a href="http://www.outofthedark.org.uk/">Out of the Dark</a> designed and built the kitchen's ample storage, using reclaimed materials.

The vintage wooden school chairs are covered in custom seat and back cushions, made from collected and found fabrics.

<a href="http://www.dm-architects.co.uk">Delvendahl Martin Architects</a> used laminated timber for the generous skylight, which allows daylight into the basement space.

The bathroom has a colorful patchwork of remainder tiles from designer Dominic Crinson, who developed a proprietary process for digitally printing on ceramic tiles.

The floor of the rear extension uses ceramic tiles from designer Dominic Crinson that were salvaged from a previous project.

Fabrications, eco designer Barley Massey's shop, uses reclaimed and eco materials for its fittings. The custom sales counter was made from OSB boards by designer Ryan Frank.

The storage wall of the Fabrications shop is built from reclaimed office furniture by non-profit <a href="http://www.green-works.co.uk/">Green Works</a>.