Underfoot Tableware: Coasters, tablemats and placemats from carpet offcuts

The source for a new set of carpet coasters has been uploaded to Instructables and can be found here. Enjoy!

Reusing Carpets

I've been doing a little bit of thinking about reuse of carpets, through the CHT and Spruce Carpets in Govan (see Flickr pics).

And then this popped up on Core77:
Ample Sample is a design competition challenging us to reuse carpet samples:

"Create a design that will transform these textiles into a beautiful and/or functional fixture, piece of furniture...or any interior product you dream up."

Turf

Have recently come into possession of this book, a source code for simple household furniture