Apartment Therapy posts about this schmancy-looking chandelier by Studio Veríssimo that is made from…wait for it…plastic coffee spoons! From the designer’s site: This is a lamp made from plastic spoons used in the coffee which are going to the garbage daily by the thousands because they are only used once.The objective was with this waste […]
Our own CRAFT and MAKE photo editor, Sam Murphy, just finished up her Saturday sessions of upholstery class where she took an old chair (photo below) and turned it into a beautifully re-upholstered chair with a modern flower print fabric. Sam writes what she’s learned: The thing I found most interesting is the process. There […]
As seen in our CRAFT Flickr Pool, Doc Pop shares with us his saga on how he set out to reupholster his worn out shoes. From the pages of CRAFT: 07: “Converse A La Mod,” by Tom Wyatt, pgs 49-51. Preview the article in our Digital Edition. Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine For just $34.95, get […]
Laughing Purple Goldfish used stripped telephone wires to crochet this coloful tiara for a Ravelry challenge. So clever, and the rest of her blog is jam-packed with similiar crafty recycling ideas.
Claudia at SuperZiper has a neat tutorial up for making a skinny shelf for cards and photos using a yard (or meter) stick and a piece of aluminum tubing. The tutorial’s in Portuguese, but you can pretty much make it out from the photos.
Crafty seamstress prettymisswitty created 70s-style short shorts with a modified Burdastyle pattern and two vintage pillowcases. She also posted a mod fabric circle skirt and jersey dress on Craftster.
Cristina points us to a great tutorial by livejournal user guinea_piglet on how to turn old t-shirts into a cute kimono-style top.
