One man's junk is another man's treasure
Have you ever heard of upcycling? It’s the process of taking old (and seemingly useless) items and finding a brand new purpose for them. Over the past few years, up-cycling has become a huge trend. So much so, that many salons have started re-purposing old material to make some amazing art, furniture and decorations.
UPCYCLED LIGHTING
UPCYCLED LIGHTING
Many salon owners have taken to flexing their salon DIY skills and creating some eye-catching and amazing-looking additions to their business.
Whether it is converting old pianos in to product storage or creating a unique magazine display out of old window shutters, these salon DIY ideas are simply fantastic.
Upcycled reception desks
Upcycled reception desks
Upcyled display & storage
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Recycled hair poufs
Designer Ola Giertz Bare designed two odd seating poufs stuffed with human hair, which were collected from the hair salon. The project is called Bare Hair Project and was designed for Studio Västra Sandgatan, a Swedish hair studio in Helsingborg, Sweden. It’s not only about recycling hair, but even the poufs are made from recycled PET bottles.
Recycled hair poufs
Sitting on human hair sounds odd and not much people would think about using human hair in such a way. Actually, that’s the theme of the Bare Hair Project; recycling and using what is otherwise considered ugly. The hair can be found in abundance at hari salons and it’s cheap too. Even the scope of shades changes with the hair color, as the poufs are transparent. So, in nutshell, it’s an incredible idea to recycle hair and stuff them into poufs made from recycled PET Bottles, which otherwise would be thrown into landfills or burnt.
