Read the rest of 6 Super Easy DIY Gifts For Your Valentine’s Day Sweetie

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Read the rest of Travis Pond Crafts Elaborate Larger Than Life Beasts from Scrap Motorcycles

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Read the rest of Volkswagen’s Think Blue Beetle is Made From 2,805 Pieces of Recycled Trash!

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Recent data suggests that we send more than 14 million cars to the scrap yard each year, so it’s refreshing to see some of those abandoned automobiles put to good use in sustainable, eco-friendly style. Leger Wanaselja Architecture’s fabulously ambitious McGee House does just that. The curvaceous upper walls of the 2 bedroom home are fashioned from over 100 salvaged car roofs, while the roofs of the home are constructed from sawn apart gray-colored cars. The bright and airy awning you see? It’s made entirely from the side windows of Dodge Caravans, once “America’s best-selling minivan,” now prevalent in scrap heaps.

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Jan Lampei is a brilliant lamp made from recycled jars that was a finalist in the 2012 Green Furniture Awards. The light consists of an organic wooden structure fitted with sterilized jam jars attached with standard clamps. This customizable light was exhibited at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, where it brightened the inspiring Nordic festival.

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If you can’t help but dream about jetting off to a tropical paradise when you’re in an office board meeting, then don’t look up at these overhanging F-Light Lamps by Paul Coudamy. Made from the cutaway interior panels of decommissioned Airbus A300 planes, Coudamy‘s illuminating design adds just the right touch of aviation glitz and glamour to drab modular lighting. And thanks to the original design of the airplane, the lighting system can be easily expanded to fit any size room!

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Read the rest of Designer John Wright’s Modern Coop is a Stylish Hen House Made from Recycled Wood

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A great sustainable feature that will bring a sparkle to any room, these N+ew Lights by Rodrigo Alonso have been created with a rotomolding technique employing e-waste. The Chilean designer gets his raw materials from local recycling company, Recycla, who donates the e-waste to him free of charge. A modern design with just the right bit of kitsch, they are yet another exciting sustainable product coming out of Latin America.

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Rocker Lane Workshop is a new Irish company that produces hand crafted contemporary furniture made entirely from reclaimed maple floorboards. The workshop is the result of a collaboration between Seán Fogarty, a young architect with a passion for sustainable design and master craftsman Michael Heffernan, who has over 45 years of experience working with timber. The resulting pieces are clean, modern and reasonably priced.

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Read the rest of PICS: The Best Green Designs from the New York International Gift Fair

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Demolished houses usually leave behind lots of scrap materials that, with a little bit of clever thinking, can be turned into fantastic new building supplies. Inspired by Italian-style terrazzo floors — made from waste produced in the marble mines — Dutch designer Dave Hakkens created a series of recycled composite “Rubble Floor” bricks by crushing and mixing materials from an old building. Old red bricks, roof and toilet tiles, glass, and even nails now have a new life as a colorful floor.

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Electronic devices, toys and even stadium seats have been given a second chance, taking the shape of these fantastic diamond seats dubbed ’100%’. Made with a low-energy rotomolding technique, these speckled polyhedrons are hollow, low-cost, durable and very precious. Created by one of Chile’s most celebrated designers, Rodrigo Alonso, the 100% seats are made entirely out of – you guessed – 100% recycled plastic.

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Read the rest of Awesome Shinto-Inspired Sleeping Cabin Made From Reclaimed Materials In California

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Read the rest of Tadashi Kawamata’s ‘Under the Water’ Imagines The Debris From Japan’s Tsunami

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Calling all bird lovers! Welcome feathered friends into your yard with this DIY bird house made from a reused crate. We spotted this bird-friendly DIY special over at Espirit Cabane, and it provides a great way to get crafty on a budget while also recycling an old crate. Although the instructions and diagram couldn’t be simpler, for the task ahead you will need to pick up a couple of tools: a sharp pair of pliers, a utility knife, a small saw, nails, and an eye bolt to hang the birdhouse.

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