The rest of creative recycling hopfully

Ok so this is a continuation of the post below this because it wasn't letting me upload pictures earlier. Read that one first then come up here ok?



This is my work table. It is made out of an old oak front door and other scrap wood from the dumpster across the street. I did have to buy nails to build this but £5 is pretty good for a table this solid. The best part is that I don't have to worry about scraping it up or getting paint on it because its made from junk anyway. Its just nice to have place to stack things and a flat space to work on stuff.



We have a small shelf in the entry way that we put our keys on and such. We started piling the mail there two but it got messy so i made this out of two combs, cardboard, and a bit of brown paint. I don't think this one up. The design is from a book I have called Readymade.



We found advent candles in the house but no advent wreath. It took a while to source the materials for this one (wink wink) but it's a fairly simple design, just four green wine bottles tied together with string and an inverted clear bottle set amongst them.

I also made my own christmas tree cookie cutter today out of a coat hanger but I don't have a picture. This might sound a bit odd, but it has been really amazing not always having everything I need (or even know where to get something) because it has allowed me to use my brain and be creative. Building this stuff is soooooo much fun. you should all try it. Tell me your ideas.

alex

Creative recycling

Belfast is a great city to go dumpster diving in!!! There are tons of construction projects all over the city and every one is in such a hurry to finish their project and move on the next that they often throw away perfectly good building materials. I then "reappropriate" These materials and recycle them into things for our house. Its a really good way of recycling because it cuts out the cost and waste of professional collection and reproduction. So here are a few creations straight from the skips of Belfast to you:



I forgot to rotate the picture but you get the idea. This is a book shelf i made for jessica's desk from an old dresser drawer. its made of recycled wood, found nails, and leftover paint we had in the house.

Well sorry. The picture upload function on here is acting funny and won't let me do the rest. I'll try later today. Bye

Alex