11:56 pm in Recycled Paper by Shellie
Reducing your carbon footprint goes far beyond recycling, solar panels and choosing non-toxic paint and flooring. The decor that you use in your home can also be environmentally-friendly as well. Today, designers are creating stunning pieces that are actually beneficial to your living space.
- Bamboo – This raw material exploded in popularity many years ago and has not lost its novelty. This renewable resource not only makes beautiful products, it grows back fast! Fresh bamboo shoots are always a great idea to bring any room to life as well.
- Recycled Glass – What else is there to do with recycled wine bottles, windshields and dinner plates besides make them into something spectacular. This glass is broken up into tiny pieces and then concrete holds it together. What you get are recycled countertops, tables, vases and more, made from materials that would have otherwise ended up filling landfills.
- Recycled Aluminum – Many manufacturers are recycling industrial scrap metal, soda cans, etc., to use as backsplashes, countertops, accent furniture, art and even sculptures for your garden.
- Cork – This is quickly becoming a preferred choice in flooring and is expected to be a material found in home accents in the near future. It’s durable, comfortable, water-resistant, contains no formaldehyde binders or PVC and is a renewable resource.
Other materials recognized as being environmentally-friendly are concrete, recycled paper and natural plaster. Whether you are building, remodeling or redecorating, there are now an abundance of choices available to make a contemporary home, GREEN!
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Tags: Bamboo, Concrete, Cork, Green Homes, recycled aluminum, recycled galss
10:57 pm in Chairs & Bar Stools, Design, Interior Design, Modern Design, Outdoor Furniture, Patio & Outdoor Furniture, Wood by chris
The bench in the images below, Bench #13, is combining two simple design elements, concrete and wood, and could be used as a seating solution in a variety of places from public locations, such as parks, to personal homes, whether for interior purposes or as a modern piece of outdoor furniture. The combination of wood and concrete is unique, and the Bench #13 itself is surely going to be appreciated by your guests or those bystanders looking for a place to rest during their short lunch breaks. But what I'd be really interested to find out is what really happened to Bench number #1 to #13, and what materials were used to build those. Via Niko Yektai
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Tags: Bench, Bench #13, Concrete, Indoor Furniture, Niko Yektai, Seating Solution
2:52 am in Modern Furniture, SixDW: A New Beginning by Lyn
It’s a cool, autumn-like day in our neck of the woods so it’s easy for us to relate to the cool, sleek look of the concrete furniture designed by Urbis Designs. Shown above is the Shell Bench, a shapely bench with a smooth finish, also available in white. Below is the Orchid Table in slate, available in a smooth or stony finish.
Each of these pieces is made using GRC, short for glass-reinforced concrete. With GRC, Urbis Designs creates beautifully molded planters and furniture. GRC is made from a structural mixture of glass fibers and fine concrete to create a material that is as durable as conventional concrete, but weighs less. Several finishes can be created from the GRC technique, anything from a stone finish to a metallic.
What do you think about concrete furniture? Is it something you would implement into your decor?
Tags: Concrete, concrete furniture, urbis designs
9:58 pm in Architecture by Tanya
They say an image is worth a thousand words and Intaglio Composites appears to be a firm believer in this edict. The company is creating quite a buzz by producing photoengraved concrete and aluminum. Their Photo-Engraved Concrete, has been exhibited at the prestigious National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Photo-Engraved Aluminum has been spotted in various buildings including the Osher Map Library located on the University of Southern Maine campus.
Tags: Aluminum, Buildings, Concrete, Concrete Wall
9:51 am in Architecture, Modern Design by chris
Building a slide in your own house can be challenging but with enough imagination and plenty of concrete you'll be able to pull the job in no time. The concrete slide in the modern house presented in the pictures below will help you skip all those stairs when descending, not to mention all the fun it will provide to your kids. The slide is pretty impressive as it will let you spiral down at amazing speeds. Well, okay, maybe you're not going to experience amazing speeds but sliding down will be a lot faster than simply climbing down two flights of stairs. The concrete slide can be currently found in a house in Indonesia made by Aboday Architects, and besides the slide, the house has plenty of other interesting elements. One of them is the staircase, which will still need to be climbed all the way up after each slide. Via Aboday Architects
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Tags: Concrete, Concrete Slide, Slide, Staircase, Stairs
10:09 am in Modern Design, Modern Furniture & Design by chris
I'll admit from the start I'm not much of a fan of these Concrete Wall wallpapers. Sure I appreciate the imagination and the effort behind their design, but most of them, and there are plenty of versions to choose from, seem too depressing for me and therefore I would think more than twice before choosing them for my new home. But the Concrete Wall patterns look pretty real and they might fit quite well with a few modern designs even if they're not necessarily going to make it into too many family homes. The Concrete Wall wallpapers are now available to order, so go grab them if you fancy them. Via Concrete Wall
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Tags: Concrete, Concrete Wall, Wall Decals, Wall Design, Wallpaper
8:41 pm in House, Modern, SixDW: A New Beginning by SixDifferentWays
He can huff and he can puff as much as he wants, but the big bad wolf definitely won’t be able to blow down a house of concrete.
Designed by Spanish architect group A-cero, the Concrete House II is located just outside of Madrid. The outside walls are made of dark gray concrete and built with strips of grass between them to create the illusion that the house is actually part of land. With an indoor spa and swimming pool, home theater, wine room and parking garage, the Concrete House II is a luxurious retreat. Even some of the modern decor and furniture appears to be made from concrete!
A-cero’s blog tells us that the Concrete House II is a single story home that measures at 1600 square meters, which is about 17,222 square feet. Imagine living in a space that big. It would be great for a good ol’ game of hide-and-seek…
So what do you think – would you live in the Concrete House II?
Tags: a-cero, Concrete
5:00 pm in Designer, Home, Home Storage & Shelving, House, Shelving by John
"Ellen XL" is a wall shelving system that is created in a special type of concrete called Ductal. The thought of having concrete made shelving is a bold proposition for a home. This system was designed by Francesco Passaniti. More information can be found on the designer here.
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