Bucket List

First of all, a big thank you for making yesterday's Help for Japan event a big success - details to come!

Now, I don't often do a direct product plug here on my blog, because, frankly, I just don't buy that much stuff. I am very, very picky. But, today, I'm going to shamelessly plug these bins up here. Yesterday, I stopped in at The Container Store and bought the smaller one of these to hold my ever-accumulating stacks of magazines.

What I love about this item? 

• industrial meets handmade/sculptural look - perfect for my decor style
• durable enough to hold lots of stuff without losing shape
• indoor/outdoor use
• made of recycled tires,
• ridges in the tires actually make a subtle contour texture on the surface
• look more expensive than they are

One quick bit of advice - I would head to the store to pick one up, because the designs are all unique. I chose one where the texture of the tire was kind of curving around the outside, to make a cool design.

Round bins: here
Oblong  basket: here

Comments

[Cassie]

I get really excited when a company finds a way to reuse something as landfill-insidious as old tires. These are brilliant. And really, really handsome. Thanks for sharing these, Susy!

[Susy]

You're welcome! My pleasure. I agree - I love the texture of this kind of rubber. I feel like lots of the stuff made out of it (handbags etc) isn't really what I like, though - because the material is so dark and heavy, and sometimes can rub off on things - but for this purpose -a sort of heavy-duty storage bin, I think it's perfect!

[kara rane]

rubber tires are amazing NOT to be landfilled & ocean dumped,,,so many creative uses>>thank You to the artists!