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TerraCycle and Timbuktu Upcycle Vintage US Postal Service Bags into Messenger Bags – Ecopreneurist

vintage upcycled bag

Timbuktu, in partnership with TerraCycle, has done so, and the resulting product is not only practical and beautiful, but it’s also highly practical. The company’s new bag design uses vintage US Postal Service mail bags, sourced by TerraCycle, for the raw material, which then get turned into a high quality messenger bag capable of hauling all of your work and play gear comfortably.

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via Ecopreneurist | A blog for and about eco and social entrepreneurs, startups, cleantech, web 2.0 and disruptive business ideas..

Motorbike Graveyard in Western New York | Urban Ghosts |

OH DEAR LORD – this is causing deep unbridled pain!!

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(All images by Chris Seward (Google Plus), cc-nc-nd-4.0)

According to photographer Chris Seward, this extensive motorcycle graveyard lingered in an abandoned building near the Erie Canal in Western New York, long after the structure itself had been condemned. The owner of the building reportedly died in the 1970s and the bikes – some of them antiques – remained on site until recently, when the place was finally cleared.

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via Motorbike Graveyard in Western New York | Urban Ghosts |.

Pack Your Music and Upcycle That Old Suitcase – Tutorial – Maxim

Patrick Gallagher set out to make a killer vintage looking boombox – we think he succeeded.  Check out his step by step How-To.

Do it, and you can look as cool as him.

Patrick Gallagher

Portable, loud, and fashionable. Take a vintage suitcase and install a set of speakers, passive crossovers, an amplifier, and a couple of rechargeable batteries. Now you have a portable, albeit heavy, stereo that will make your ears bleed.

Figure 6. The completed stereo suitcase.

via Pack Your Music and Upcycle That Old Suitcase – Tutorial – Maxim.

Luxurious New Starbucks in New Orleans Inspired by 1900s’ Merchant Stores | Inhabitat

Canal Street Starbucks New Orleans, David Borgerding, Jason Horton paintings, Tommy Taylor mural, NOLA Starbucks New Orleans, Mystic Blue Signs designs Starbucks sign, NOLA French Quarter Starbucks,

The back room of the store was designed to look like the merchant’s living space, offering a much more relaxed atmosphere. Vintage schoolhouse chairs around huge tables made from wind-fallen trees offer customers a comfortable place to work and socialize. It also features a large mural created by the artist Tommy Taylor, which references the New Orleans’ shipping heritage.

via Luxurious New Starbucks in New Orleans Inspired by 1900s’ Merchant Stores | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building.

Vintage building materials company moving to larger Two Harbors site | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

“For a business to succeed and really start creating some growth activity, the time had come to do that,” McCarthy said. “Over the last 10 years, it boiled down to: Is this going to be a hobby or a business? My wife and I decided this is time to give it a good push.”

Architectural items and materials will fill the building’s first floor, with room to better display them. But the couple also have plans for the second floor. An art gallery upstairs will feature artists’ booths. So far, about six artists have signed on. A center for crafting workshops and retreats also is eventually planned for the second floor. McCarthy’s wife, Christine, a crafter herself, is behind that effort.

As for the public’s interest in the items he sells, McCarthy is confident that won’t diminish.

“Interest has grown very significantly,” he said. “We’re seeing a lot of uptick in do-it-yourselfers. They want to find something other than what you can get at a big box store, like unique light and bathroom fixtures. We’re also seeing a growing repurposing crowd who turn doors into furniture, windows into stained glass windows. We’re a resource for people.”

via Vintage building materials company moving to larger Two Harbors site | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota.

Sawdust and Embryos

Sawdust and Embryos always amaze us. Here are some of our favorites – go see the rest!

Aubrey Hepburn Armoir

Some of these projects seem so recent, while others seem like centuries ago. If you’ve been around here for awhile, it will be a fun review for you! And if you’re relatively new (WELCOME!) you’ll see just what we’ve been up to… other than chasing two toddlers. Heh.

Woodgrain Coffee Table

Flower Dresser

Little orange end table

Ombre Stained Dresser

Retro Orange China Cabinet

Rockin End Table

via Sawdust and Embryos.