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Re-Creative: 50 Projects for Turning Found Items Into Contemporary Design
A self-confessed scrounger explains how to transform a wide variety of discarded and castoff items and materials into unique and stylish items for the home, with fifty creative projects, all rated by skill level and completion time, including innovative clocks, end tables, frames, and more. 40,000 first printing.
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160 pages, Paperback
First published November 22, 2006
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October 25, 2024
More tools than I have or know how to use. More than a "how-to-do", this is a "how-to-change" type of book.
September 1, 2015
Re-creative shows how dejected everyday objects can receive a new life through re-creation. There are lots of clever ideas, like turning old candy wrappers into a bowl, changing old records into a hanging wall organizer, and making flower vases from large cardboard tubes.
I think that all of the projects in this book are extremely innovative. Also, the projects are variable depending on what you have on hand. Each of the projects has a diagram that shows how much time the project takes and how much handyman skill you need to have to complete it. Some of the instructions seemed a little vague to me, but helpful diagrams and pictures showed where to put things and where to glue them in.
I think that all of the projects in this book are extremely innovative. Also, the projects are variable depending on what you have on hand. Each of the projects has a diagram that shows how much time the project takes and how much handyman skill you need to have to complete it. Some of the instructions seemed a little vague to me, but helpful diagrams and pictures showed where to put things and where to glue them in.
May 27, 2016
Re-creative shows how dejected everyday objects can receive a new life through re-creation. There are lots of clever ideas, like turning old candy wrappers into a bowl, changing old records into a hanging wall organizer, and making flower vases from large cardboard tubes.
I think that all of the projects in this book are extremely innovative. Also, the projects are variable depending on what you have on hand. Each of the projects has a diagram that shows how much time the project takes and how much handyman skill you need to have to complete it. Some of the instructions seemed a little vague to me, but helpful diagrams and pictures showed where to put things and where to glue them in.
I think that all of the projects in this book are extremely innovative. Also, the projects are variable depending on what you have on hand. Each of the projects has a diagram that shows how much time the project takes and how much handyman skill you need to have to complete it. Some of the instructions seemed a little vague to me, but helpful diagrams and pictures showed where to put things and where to glue them in.
June 24, 2014
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"One man's trash is another man's modern design, or at least so found Steve Dodds, Queens-based architect and professional "maker." In his popular DIY bible, Re-Creative, Dodds offers up 50+ project ideas for repurposing curbside finds and materials into high-concept modern furniture and home accessories."
"One man's trash is another man's modern design, or at least so found Steve Dodds, Queens-based architect and professional "maker." In his popular DIY bible, Re-Creative, Dodds offers up 50+ project ideas for repurposing curbside finds and materials into high-concept modern furniture and home accessories."
September 25, 2012
I like the idea of using found items to make new things, so this book seemed like a perfect instruction to get started on that. I was disappointed by the lack of really cool projects and the fact that most of them you would need a professional for because I'm sure I couldn't do them on my own. I did like the ideas for the CPU computer cover case table, the Wine Crate Table, Stone Drawer Pulls, Electric Fan/Wok Lid Bowls, Tin Can Pen Rack, and the CD Case Photo Display. 3 stars.
March 2, 2008
Some cute ideas. A lot of the projects were less crafty and more construction-like in nature. (Drilling in cement blocks, etc.) Required a few too many tools that I do not own.
Plus, I'm getting a little snobby when it comes to "recycled" or "reused" crafts. When the end product has more new materials than old materials in it, can you really call it a "green" craft?
Plus, I'm getting a little snobby when it comes to "recycled" or "reused" crafts. When the end product has more new materials than old materials in it, can you really call it a "green" craft?
August 16, 2008
Excellennt projects - but I get more thrill out of reading about them than I do 'doing' these kinds of things. I DO like the front cover idea - making a clock out of an old tin and there were a few others I'll make copies of to stash away with the hopes of doing them someday.
March 20, 2007
wicked good inspiration
January 22, 2008
Fun ideas!
September 19, 2008
pass it on...
December 4, 2008
I wish I had a workshop!
December 11, 2008
Just a few ideas in here of worth to me, but it was a library find and I hadn't purchased it so 3 stars
March 27, 2009
I am completely inspired to turn my old 1962 vintage "12,000 Girl Scouts Sing!" album cover into a fabulous clock now! Soon it will hang, kitschly and proudly,on my wall!
January 25, 2014
So Good!!
April 5, 2015
Not one project I would use in my home. But the concepts should be easily adapted.
March 6, 2017
bought it for $3 at Garden Ridge recently. Although I haven't yet made any of the projects inside, there are some really good ideas. I can't wait to get cracking!
July 2, 2011
Interesting projects. Not for me.
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