Designer Snapshot: The Ultimate in Recycling

Hanks of late nineteenth-century flax hung on new black museum stands become sculptural decorative accent pieces. Photos courtesy of Tyler Doran, Heir Antiques

An early twentieth-century wicker fishing trap with its beautifully graying, intricately woven wood casts complex shadows when used as wall art.

Old wooden factory molds from the early part of the twentieth century serve as an interesting base for a glass-top table.

Tyler suggests mounting this 1930s cast-iron and wood swing-arm stool seat, once used in a factory, on the wall for a swing-out side table.

Here, a late nineteenth-century carriage light affixed to a 1950s chemistry stand results in a striking lamp.

A 1930s medical cot from an Ohio hospital is given a glass top to become a dramatic, low coffee table.