There are modular homes and modular walls and modular floors…  but have you seen a modular plant?  No?  I hadn’t either.

But the clever folks at DIRTT Environmental Solutions looked into their imaginations and saw a vertical garden: rows and ranks of pretty, VOC-absorbing plants marching up any given wall.  Then Sustainable Industries looked at Breathe and named it one of the Top Ten Building Products of 2011.

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Summer is in full swing, so it’s time to move outside, plant your tush in a chair, and watch the world go by…

These chairs look like the perfect place to spend the summer, don’t you think?

And they come in such pretty colors too!

Made by Etsy seller Laughing Creek Productions, they are assembled from reclaimed cedar decking, and then sealed with a long lasting, painted finish. Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe it’s because I went to high school in “Surf City” (aka Huntington Beach, CA) or maybe it’s just because it’s a cool way to recycle, but I think these surfboard showers are wicked awesome!

All images - Will and Jane Fowler

Created by Will and Jane Fowler out of used surfboards, and then covered in glass and mirror mosaics, each shower is completely unique.

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