How about these as recycled items!

I found a brilliant site which has a whole bunch of photo's with ideas for recycling - anything.


These are some of the things I like :)


Using pennies / cents for wall / floor decoration...

I have loads of 1c and 2c coins which are no longer in circulation.  Reckon I've finally found a use for them...! 


Using wooden pallets...

 ... old corks...

 ... jars as herb planters in a kitchen...

I worry about the drainage in this one though.
Reckon it would probably be better for holding
things (such as pens / pencils, or kitchen
utensils, such as wooden spoons, whisks, etc)
off the working surface of your kitchen
counter

 ... loofahs as light shades...

 ... more wooden pallets...

I think this looks stunning - a table with
loads of character :)  If you slide a piece
of glass on the supports below, you
have a storage shelf which is removable if,
and when, it gets dusty :)

A nice idea using wooden pallets to cover
a wall on the hotter side of your house

If you attached some chicken wire
to this and applied a cob mixture (clay, straw,
lime and water) layer, you'd have a pretty
nifty, warm and insulated extra room
or even a chicken coop :)

 ... plumbing pipes as a door handle on a large door...

 ... PET bottles and plastic tubs as self-watering mini greenhouses...

 ... bricks as a planter wall...

(not too sure how the sand would remain
inside the suspended bricks?)

... an old door as a wall hanging photo frame...

 ... bottles for bookshelves...

 ... an old rake as a glass holder...

 ... and a drum from a washing machine as a hanging light shade...

Guess this ceiling mounting must be quite substantial :)

Be warned - there are 186 pages of pics with roughly 8 photo's / page) on http://www.recyclart.org/ - give yourself some time :)


Lastly, I found the following three images on other sites (can't remember which ones though) - and love the concepts :)


Using guttering to grow lettuce, flowers, whatever...

These could be watered using porous pipe LOL

 ... and, for those who still have them in their homes, recycling energy guzzling light bulbs into a CFL powered side light...

But, I love this one most of all - in fact, I use the concept in our (town) house to "hide" important things from intruders.

A book in a bookshelf can be more than a book if you hollow out the inside and use that space to store something precious.

Not many intruders take the time to remove the books from a bookshelf - they are more interested in the "quick, grab and escape" items.  And, obviously, you wouldn't keep your most precious items there - those you would leave in a more secure hiding place :)  Or would you...?


Being held up by an individual armed with a knife or gun, who says: "Where is your safe - open it" - reckon you're going to do as he says.


But, is he going to ask you which book isn't a book...?


I love all those clever people out there who make me think laterally :)