Cat hair bags
I learned something new today: shaving one Persian cat produces enough hair to make a handbag: I won’t be buying one anytime soon, but one must applaud the ingenuity! (via Inhabitat) UPDATE: this was posted last week by Gareth, sorry!
upcycling
Soda bottle herb garden
The Tap’d Instructables contest is generating some really cool entries, including this soda-bottle-based herb garden: Any suggestions on maximum plant size that will work with this much soil space?
Recycled roadblock chairs
Image, article via Inhabitat A cooler Adirondack I have not seen: Design students Jeffrey Gerlach and Andrew Stanley have instituted an informal furniture catch-and-release program. With just a few steps, they have discovered a way to construct a clever and stylish Adirondack chair using Department of Public Works roadblocks that are simple, easy-to-assemble, and instantly […]
Recycling for fun
With Bill Nye’s Paper Recycling Factory, recycling is literally (supposed to be) fun. Of course, DIY options abound. Either way, old newspapers are a much more environmentally-sound (and often safer) toy input than some things you’d find on store shelves. (via Treehugger)
Old Monitor = New Cat Bed
Oskay2 turned an old monitor into a cat bed, seems like the cat likes it, or it’s just a clever background image – “JellyBean hangs out in Harley’s converted Apple Two-Page Monochrome Monitor, which has been repurposed into a cat bed. I removed the CRT, circuit boards, and added the towel and some catnip. “ […]
