A table made with shipping pallet

This week end I was amazed when I saw this table. It was in a shop that sells all kind of furniture in Baltimore: Su Casa. I couldn't resist and took few pictures. The table was not sanded but the maker added some extra wood at the edge of the table to give a clean finish. In spite of all the great furnitures sold by the shop, this is to me the best one!

Upcycling door knobs

found here

A good way not to trash door knobs.

A kitchen cabinet made from shipping pallet

This cabinet was made and found on Shabby Love blog. Probably one of the best good looking upcycling I found with shipping pallet.

On her blog, you'll find a full tutorial. This furniture is not so difficult to make, you'll just need drywall screws, a screwdriver and a circular saw (or jig saw), also, 4 hinges and 2 cabinet knobs.

The main frame

That's a lot of extra storage for almost free and it's really good looking, go check her blog, here.

Ribbons dispenser

A great way to store, organize and upcycle!

Upcycling wine barrels into bottle holder

Clever...

Giving a new life to an old chair is also upcycling, No?
I found this chair in the street few month ago, and for years, I wanted to give a try to reupholstering. I thought that this chair was the perfect occasion to start.

Before

Before

I found some fabric I like at a local store for $50, but I also had to understand how this chair was made, including the buttons on the backseat and all the tacks surrounding the fabric, and also few tricks I didn't know about but you learn them while you remove the old fabric.
I bought an upholstering hammer (thinner than regular hammer) and a tack remover, I also bought a cheap piece of fabric to mess with it before using the expensive and final fabric.

 

Done....

It's a pretty fast description I must admit, if you have question, I'll be happy to answer. Reupholstering was fun, I'll try again if I find the right chair.

An upcycled chair

This chair, that could also be a bench, is made of recycled wood blinds that have been wrapped around a reconstituted wood frame. Using a jigsaw, it's pretty easy to give the shape you would like. You'll have to keep at least 3 identical shapes for a bench and 2 for a chair. It's made by an argentinian design company: Gruba Design Studio.

Based on the same technique: The coffee Table

Buzz lightyear costume for halloween made of UPS and Fedex envelopes

These enveloppes are both really flexible and indestructible, like buzz... So I thought it might give me good results. This is few pictures showing some critical steps in the making of the chest and the wings, I used cardboard and foam for the wings, to give some volume
. The tips of the wings are insulation foam that I painted, same thing around the neck.

The neck, just cardboard I gave a round shape to.

Attaching the enveloppe around the neck using staples.

At this stage, you have to make sure that your child can fit his head through... it's essential!

Almost-done chest before spray painting

Legs, arms and chest.

You might see that I tapes a flat key chain light on one arm, so buzz can still use his laser!

The wings

Wrapping the wings with the envelopes

The other side (each side has a different sponsor....)

To give a great touch to your design, you will have to draw all the space ranger logo on your computer and stick it to the costume with a glue gun.

One of the logo I made....

If you need some of these drawing, drop me a comment and I'll be happy to send you a JPG copy a my drawings.

After doing this project, you'll never look at these envelopes the same way.... Oh and by the way, daddy had fun making it, but his son had a blast wearing it.

PVC pipe spider for Halloween

PVC spider with pumpkin

PVC spider with trash bags, having lunch...

A fun project to work on, you just need to get 90 degres pvc pipes, the pipes and the pumpkins. If you have to buy everything, it's a $30 project, but you might have some of these pipes in your basement....

An other recyclable bed

found on littlefashiongallery.com

I would not recommend making a crib from a cardboard, just for safety reason.
But the bed looks doable, buying it would be silly, can you believe they are selling the bed for $250?!

Making a wallet out of juice carton

The cap keeps the wallet closed. That's clever.

Full tutorial and video on familyfun.go.com website.

Playing cards upcycled into a lampshade

Nick Sayers made this out of 270 cards... Apparently he loves making spheres.

Train tickets

No tutorial is available but it inspired me, and I'll post a tutorial on something less complicated but similar as soon as I can give it a try.

Iphone/Ipod stand

After I made an Ipad holder with chopsticks or with a coffee cup sleeve , this is probably the easiest way to upcycle something into a stand: using your old tape cases. The most difficult maybe, is to find one...

For your ipad, you can also use a business card holder as shown below, cheap and efficient!

As a reminder of my old projects :

For as tutorial you can click here

For a tutorial click here

Upcycling furniture into kids toys

It's really amazing what you can do with a night stand or an old TV furniture! I'll think twice before trashing my own furniture now.