Hammer chair.Shovel stools.What would you do with 233 discarded spoons?Chair made of pool balls.Wrench shelf.Brazilian artist Leo Capote doesn't need fresh materials to build fine furniture. That's because he worked in h...

Tim Vincent-Smith received two old upright pianos as a gift. These inspired a unique architectural vision: he would build a staircase and mezzanine bed in a room using only the pianos as source material.He describes the...

(Photo: Hilli Rathner)During the Vietnam War, the jets of the United States Air Force were equipped with expendable, external fuel tanks. When these metal-skinned tanks were used up, pilots dropped them where they were.V...

AERO-1946 is a studio in Cologne, Germany. For six years, its two craftsmen have made household and workshop furniture pieces inspired by 1940s-era aviation. It often incorporates vintage remains of planes into the work....

They may not be usable for music, but they can make fine lampshades. Leonardo Criolani made pendant lamps from cracked cymbals. The light through the crack looks a bit like lightning, don't you think?Link -via Inhabitat...

An ordinary craftsman can take an old object and make it into a lamp, but it takes inspiration to make one as amusing as Rodger Thomas does. This Atlanta-based artist finds new uses for antiques, and not uses that you'd...

Michael Evans, a furniture designer in Bloomington, Indiana, makes a lot of unique works. But I'm especially taken with several of his jewelry boxes. He builds them in old waffle irons.Link...

Let's face it, there are tons of trophies out there that no one wants anymore. But rather than letting them sit in a landfill, Etsy seller Caprock Studio takes the iconic toppers and turns them into fantastically creativ...

Now that you don't need them anymore, what can you do with those crutches? Recyclart has 10 great suggestions, including using them to make a garden trellis and turning them into a stool. You can view the rest at the lin...

The Japanese design firm Taphonomy salvaged steering wheels from cars and mounted them in place of bicycle handlebars. Do you think this would make it easier or harder to ride a bicycle?Link | Designers' Website...