Sunday, January 25, 2009

as if you needed another reason to garbage pick!

I like the idea of repurposing things. Often people cast aside old furniture, and if you're a garbage picker like me, you've reluctantly passed up quite a few cool items, usually because they're broken. What if you grabbed the drawers, or the hardware even? Here are 2 examples of finding a way to use those items.


Okay, I could certainly do without the scary decapitated cherubs and the random clove of garlic (bad stylist in full effect here folks...) but - the floating box is a super cool idea.



I think the idea is stunning and if you were the one to find all of the pieces, then you'd not only have a one of a kind, you'd surely have different memories while collecting each piece along the way. If you have some degree of skill with a hammer and tools, I think this could be made. Maybe I'm full of crap though.. anyone with skills want to comment here and tell me if this would be difficult to build? I assume you'd remove the face of the original drawers and attach them to drawer backs that are all the same depth, so the piece could be functional.... thoughts?

2 comments:

Dean said...

I'm pretty sure that I could "rustle up" a wobbly version ;)

Mlle said...

yah it would be funny to see your technique here...