Submissions: Take a Picture of Something Repurposed

As a theater student, we are often faced with little or no budget when it comes to putting on a show. And for anyone who knows about lighting equipment, it can be very expensive. So we were faced with the dilemma of having to put on a show, with absol

This eye-catching candle holder is the happy marriage of various lamp parts and other rusty relics. A few twists and turn of wire add some decorative flourishes.

By Beth Evans-Ramos

This is a fire pit that I made from an old washing machine drum - I just welded some legs on.

By Eric Trine

I'm always looking for ways to make my Scottish garden seem warmer than it is. Potted geraniums instantly transport me to the Mediterranean, and this old olive oil can adds to the fiction with its sunny colour and tapas associations.

By Erl

I'm a college professor with a broken arm. My wife, Claire took an old Harris Tweed jacket and repurposed it into a bespoke tweed sling. Now I can be distinguished, not disabled.

By Garth Johnson

Upcycling makes my world go ‘round. Saving the planet by repurposing trash and recyclables has become a cottage industry for me. From empty tampon boxes to discarded road maps, not much in my world goes to waste.

By Ivy Lane

This is one of several tables that I make reusing items. This table top is recycled diamond plate off a SF Fire Truck. The table shaft is a 3.8l Jag engine that had a blown piston. And the base is scrap steel and the feet are valve lifters from the Ja

A nearby warehouse gave me a retired pallet that was still in good condition. With only a few tweaks, I modified it into a coffee table! The gaps ended up being really handy for letting computer wires hang through.

By Jon Schelander

Perkins+Will repurposed a derelict 1930's Public Health Service hospital into the Presidio Landmark — a beautiful new residential complex in San Francisco's national park. This rehabilitation and adaptive reuse project achieved LEED Gold

We collect old dryers and washers for reuse. This spring will be the third year for the drum beds. We use the outside shells for compost bins.

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By Kim Iberg

Behold the glass bottle. Though originally designed for ergonomic purposes of holding, drinking, and pouring beverages, their beautifully curved lines hold sheer elegance that is rarely appreciated during or after consumption. Instead of being thrown

Simple Storage: Pair the right boxes with the right shelves for a good system. I fasten two beer boxes together to make these "just right" containers in my art studio.

Lee Shiney

A creative use for old soda bottles as a jewelry holder. No need to recycle, just rinse and display your favorite pieces of jewelry!

By Lisa Drogin

Coming across neat items, most often when you aren't looking for them are almost always the best finds. I came across this terrific looking spool walking past a remodel project near the promenade in Santa Monica. With just under a foot of wire lef

Every tea bag and piece of cardboard in this landscape was saved, dried, and delivered by the artist's family, friends, friends-of-friends, coworkers, and even strangers from around the world. Rubbish Topographies is not meant to represent a pile

This table repurposes three wooden tennis rackets into a low level coffee table, it also works well as laptop station! The form is meant to capture the dynamism and energy that I felt as a former tennis player.

By Sneha Cyriax

I just recently purchased an iMac and needed to set up a small workstation in my room. I was eager to get the iMac up and running, but I needed a desktop to put the computer on. Since everything was closed (it was hours past midnight), I had no choice

I don't play tennis. My roommate doesn't play tennis. But in our garage was this beautiful old racket, collecting dust as it was forgotten by the previous tenant. I altered it slightly to display my favorite earrings and necklaces. Creative re