Designer Snapshot: The Ultimate in Recycling
January 4, 2012
By Paula M. Bodah
Tyler Doran, the owner of Heir Antiques in Providence, gets a kick out of finding new uses for old things. In Perspectives in our November/December issue, for example, he suggested turning a late nineteenth-century grain bin into a handsome sideboard for the dining room and converting the floral print of a vintage dress into a pretty table runner. I asked Tyler to show us more some more uses for some of the unique old things in his shop. He didn’t disappoint with his creative take on recycling.
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Hanks of late nineteenth-century flax hung on new black museum stands become sculptural decorative accent pieces. Photos courtesy of Tyler Doran, Heir Antiques
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An early twentieth-century wicker fishing trap with its beautifully graying, intricately woven wood casts complex shadows when used as wall art.
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Old wooden factory molds from the early part of the twentieth century serve as an interesting base for a glass-top table.
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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.
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Here, a late nineteenth-century carriage light affixed to a 1950s chemistry stand results in a striking lamp.
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A 1930s medical cot from an Ohio hospital is given a glass top to become a dramatic, low coffee table.
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