Remodelista is doing before and after kitchen remodels. They are fabulous, including the “After” below featuring reclaimed shelves.

The owners made the floating reclaimed oak shelves themselves. They wanted to offset the slick surfaces of new Caesarstone countertops and white lacquer cabinets with something rough and hand-hewn.
via 5 Favorites: Before/After Kitchen Renovations: Remodelista.

Kennedy Nolan Australian Architects used recycled clay bricks, concrete and rough-sawn timber to build the award-winning house, which is located only two blocks from the beach.


via Award-Winning Beach House made of Recycled Materials.

French creator Benjamin Graindorge carefully straightened the main portion into a traditional slatwork seat but left one side supported by an essentially untouched piece of fallen oak (the other, in stark contrast, held up almost-invisibly by a simple piece of glass).

via Fallen Tree Bench: Organic Chaos Meets Linear Minimalism | Designs & Ideas on Dornob.
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