Corrigan Shelves

Very similar to the Ferguson Shelves, but made in stained pine and clear Barr's bottles a la Irn Bru. The clear benefit here being that since Barr's bottles can be returned to almost every corner shop in Scotland for a deposit back, they can also be bought as a supply of uniform, strong bottles for merely 30p each. A lot easier than delving around in glass bins, or waiting to collect a bunch of wine bottles. The dark stain wasnt quite as great as I'd hoped, the Osmo stain itself is a good enough product but going from very pale pine to a very dark stain didn't give the best finish. to the wood. Less extreme staining required in the future!

Doug's Burnham Table

Doug Young emailed these great images this morning of his Tengreen Burnham table - excellent work Doug! This is a nice, solid version made from 2x4 timber.

Tengreen Burnham table

Tengreen Burnham table
Originally uploaded by Zero-waste Design

Photos of the Burnham Tables are here.
The Insttructable for this project is here, and is proving quite popular.

Johnson Shelves

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Originally uploaded by Zero-waste Design

A photo of the Johnson Shelves.

Tengreen Ferguson shelves

Tengreen Ferguson shelves
Originally uploaded by Zero-waste Design

Photos of the Ferguson Shelves are here.

Ten Green in print. Well, pdf.

A while back I was contacted by Drink Me magazine, a small US publication. They had come across the Ten Green project on the web and it featured in Issue 4, entitled "MacGyver"! Cheers guys. View the issue here.

Ten Green on Re-nest

Perusing my website stats for September, I come across 'Apartment Therapy' portal, Re-nest who wrote some encouraging things about the Ten Green project(s) and added some really good ideas for developments:

We think that the beer bottle shelves might be a little too college dorm-room quirky in our place, though maybe we'll make one for our younger brother. But we can see the wine bottle shelves or coffee table fitting in right at home. The warmth of the glass might also be complimented if you used rustic reclaimed barnwood for the planks, or a dark high-gloss espresso-colored stain would give it a sharp, clean look.

Ten Green: Coffee table (Tron table)

Ten Green: Coffee table (Tron table)
Originally uploaded by Zero-waste Design.

The latest piece of Ten Green furniture: a coffee table with plush ambitions: Standing upon three champagne bottles, the Tron-inspired routed top knowingly reveals its reclaimed chipboard origins, and invites you to add your own Moet bottle in the centre, for sharing your wealth with your guests around the table.

Tengreen at [re]design

Tengreen at [re]design
Originally uploaded by Zero-waste Design.

A few more pictures from [re]design 06 uploaded to Flickr

TenGreen Coffee Table & Kitchen Shelving

TenGreen Coffee Table
Originally uploaded by Spherical Roy.

In honour of this week's exhibition, at [re]design 06, I have uploaded a couple of photos of recent further studies on the same theme: A coffee table and a smaller shelving unit. Photos on the Flickr page. There is also now an instructable for the original tengreen shelving - see the TenGreen project page.

[re]design 06

Sorry for the hiatus, as you may know am at the end of an extended research trip in India. Will write more soon regarding that, but the big news here is that 'Ten Green', the recent zero-waste design/Coach House Trust collaboration will be exhibited at this year's [re]design exhibition, that of the good and gorgeous, in London.

Ten Green finished!

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Originally uploaded by Spherical Roy.

Its taken long enough - working one day a week isn't the best way to varnish! Ten green is basically finished, and will be on display at the Coach House Trust open day this Sunday. I didn't anticipate the large tolerance needed for varying bottle heights (surprisingly non-standard) so a baton will be inserted between the modules (you can just see it between the second and third shelves) to keep everything tight. Mark II will be better.