Making use of discarded materials is one of the most exciting pursuits I can think of. I'm not on a mission to prove how useful your trash is, I just honestly think a random assembly of materials can inspire great design. Not only is building with reclaimed goods ecological, it's far less stressful than shopping at IKEA (which is pretty spendy for being so cheap).Greg is totally my accomplice on this one. He's always saving lumber from the dump and routinely roots through our landlord's dump-destined pile (with permission) for salvageable materials like this angle iron. His pioneering spirit means we have a pretty good stock of stuff to get creative with. He also owns all the power tools.
I already wrote about the 100 degree weather that forced me to relocate downstairs. This meant Greg and I had to share an office space. We are both former architecture students and American, so naturally we both need 24" screen iMacs...and a giant desk. No problem, because there just happened to be a giant piece of plywood laying around. The angle iron must have been part of an old desk because they were the perfect length! It took us one day to make. In retrospect there are some things that we could have done differently, but that's what mock-ups are for I guess. That said, we are pretty satisfied. It's simple and stable and only cost us one Saturday and 5 bucks (for hardware). And that's beautiful.
Here are some other reclaimed-material projects. Click on the collage for a better view.
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