Renew Your Kitchen the Eco Friendly Way

KitchenDoorCentre offers this great way to repaint your kichen cabinets and save the landfills!

Painting Kitchen Doors and Painting Kitchen Cabinets

A company in Bristol, UK has been in the furniture refinishing biz for over 20 years. They are urging people to become more eco friendly and green by refacing their own kitchen cabinet doors via paint. That's right, saving your cabinet faces rather than ripping them out and replacing them. 


Painting Kitchen Cabinets according to them, is way to restore and renew your kitchen to brand new, without taking out your old kitchen and throwing it away. 

Support the Local Economy and Your Own Maneuverability

Let's face it, most of us have our kitchens completely figured out. It's this-goes-here and that-goes-there and we can function just fine. What if you could take that dull and drab kitchen and give it a cosmetic makeover?  What essentially happens is:

•  You are saving the cabinetry from going into a landfill  (you've just gone green)
•  Restoring the originality of your home (you've just kept it's charm)
•  Supporting a local business by hiring them to handle the renovations (you are practicing sustainability)

Sounds good to me.  My only complaint?  I just wish these guys were in the USA.  If you are in the UK, call the Kitchen Door Centre for a Free Estimate    0800 157 7405  or  0117 318 0848

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Creative Reuse : Old Wartime Scrap Making the Catwalk

Christopher Raeburn. 

Raeburn's Jacket As shown on the Vogue Uk Website, February 2009

If you haven't heard of him yet, it's only a matter of time.  No, I'm not talking the deceased record producer, but London's coolest and hippest "Reuse" designer.  I first read something about Chris in 2008 and thought perhaps I read it wrong.  He was taking old military parachutes, in addition to other untouched wartime materials, and was "remaking" them into new garments.

By mid 2008, he was "the rage" having bulky jackets worn by the kids on the London streets.  So much so, in early 2009, London's Fashion Week had a first-time ever show closing with a showcase featuring menswear with Raeburn's trench coats and designs.

In June, Cool Hunting displayed his new offerings and this article.

Just today, I read last month's issue of Vogue, I read a one page write up, talking about how Christopher tags each garment "REMADE IN LONDON." 

I figured it would be a great time to blog about him, but Treehugger beat me too it with this great writeup today, showing an artist original video,  and inside the Fashion week and studio. Make sure to check it out!