{"id":6417,"date":"2015-07-14T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T09:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2015-07-14T11:14:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T09:14:48","slug":"green-design-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"Green design furniture: grass armchair, water bench and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are crazy for state of art design products or for shabby look furniture, you can now choose to pick up your favourite piece of green design furniture and go green with these ideas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6439\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img class=\"wp-image-6439 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Grass_Sofa_-870x490.jpg\" alt=\"Grass Sofa\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Grass_Sofa_-870x490.jpg 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Grass_Sofa_-570x320.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">Grass Sofa<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>You will love watching grass grow<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, you will and it will be the grass of your sofa.<br \/>\nYou can <strong>build your own grass furniture <\/strong>for your garden and it\u2019s even fun.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s see how:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Get some cardboard and cut it in the shape you need for your seat.<\/li>\n<li>Stick the different pieces together so to create the armchair you are dreaming.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Mind: bricks will allow water to filter and avoid your armchair to get soaked with rain showers and be a messy thing at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Cover the frame with soil and water using a rain shower sprinkle. The direct water jet may move soil away.<\/li>\n<li>Seed and water again<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now\u2026watch your grass grow and be ready to sit in a green armchair in two weeks maximum time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bonus note:<\/em> why hot seeding clover and spend your relaxing time catching the four- leaf clover?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6417 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/grass-tools-photography-by-yuya-saito-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/grass-tools-photography-by-Yuya-Saito-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Grass stool\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6421\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6421'>\n\t\t\t\tGrass stools photography by Yuya Saito via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/grassy-furniture-photography-courtesy-of-www-evergreendirect-co-uk\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Grassy-furniture-photography-courtesy-of-www.evergreendirect.co_.uk_-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Garden furniture\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6432\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6432'>\n\t\t\t\tGrassy furniture photography courtesy of evergreendirect.co.uk\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/the-grass-armchair-cardbox-frame-sharon-mollerus-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/The-grass-armchair-cardbox-frame-Sharon-Mollerus-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cardbox armchair frame\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6434\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6434'>\n\t\t\t\tThe grass armchair cardbox frame Sharon Mollerus via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>The water bench<\/h2>\n<p>You are living in a subtropical climate country.<br \/>\nThe level of rainfall is outrageously high during the monsoon season and you do not see a drop of water in the arid season.<br \/>\nYou have a curious and inventive mind and instead of thinking \u201cthere is nothing I can do\u201d, you just think \u201c What to do? How to find an innovative solution to combine the two events?\u201d<br \/>\nSitting on a bench.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the idea of the <strong>Mars Architects Studio.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe bench is not an ordinary one, it\u2019s a <strong>water bench.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt looks like an old fashion couch you may be finding in the library of an exclusive private club in London: long seams to guide the rainfall water to the buttons. The buttons are actually valves to let the water in the tank.<br \/>\nThe tanks have different capacity ranging from 500 to 1.800 litres.<br \/>\nWater is not drinkable but it can be used for garden watering, emergency needs etc.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6438\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img class=\"wp-image-6438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/panchina-intelligente.jpg\" alt=\"panchina intelligente\" width=\"799\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/panchina-intelligente.jpg 799w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/panchina-intelligente-536x229.jpg 536w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/panchina-intelligente-344x147.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">The water bench<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>The second life of your beloved jeans<\/h2>\n<p>I know, you are crazy for that old pair of jeans you used to wear at college and now though they do not fit you anymore (it\u2019s the washing machine, of course: they grew smaller because of multiple washings!) you can\u2019t throw them away.<br \/>\nWhy not manufacturing original home furniture with your old denim?<br \/>\nWhat about a lovely <strong>denim cover for your old lampshades<\/strong>?<br \/>\nOr give your home a touch of unconventional look by adding delav\u00e9e <strong>blue jeans pouf<\/strong> in some strategic corners?<br \/>\nHow to do it?<br \/>\nLook at this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelemademe.com\/2011\/09\/drop-dead-denim-one-tough-pouf.html\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial<\/a> and start to cut and sew<\/p>\n<p><em>Cover image:\u00a0a\u00a0woman sits on a grass-made sofa in Frankfurt, western Germany, ph. by\u00a0GettyImages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-6417 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/lamp-covers-diy-by-lia-fagan-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Lamp-covers-DIY-by-Lia-Fagan-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lampshade\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6422\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6422'>\n\t\t\t\tLampshade DIY by Lia Fagan via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/sofa-in-denim-a-portobello-road-fotografato-da-outi-pyy\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Sofa-in-denim-a-Portobello-Road-fotografato-da-Outi-Pyy-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sofa in denim\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6424\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6424'>\n\t\t\t\tSofa in denim at Portobello Road  fotography by Outi Pyy via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/green-design-furniture\/denim-armchairs-photography-by-h-c-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/Denim-armchairs-photography-by-H.C-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Denim armchairs\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-6420\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-6420'>\n\t\t\t\tDenim armchairs photography by H.C via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>You may also like:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/organic-markets-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy food shopping: find the organic market closest to you<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/italian-virtuous-municipalities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discovering Italian Virtuous Municipalities<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are crazy for state of art design products or for shabby look furniture, you can now choose to pick up your favourite piece of green design furniture and go green with these ideas. 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