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Recycled Bicycle Inner Tube Rug

Recycled Bicycle Inner Tube Rug

Annemette Beck is a Danish textile designer that specializes in the art of weaving. This rug made from recycled inner tubes from bicycle wheels (you can see a red flat repair patch!) is a testament to her extraordinary skill transforming ordinary materials. Annemette strives to “remove what is unnecessary so what only is essential remains.” [...]

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NEL Global Warming Rug

NEL Global Warming Rug

This 100% wool, hand tufted rug is a rug with a message.  Designed by NEL collective and manufactured by Nanimarquina this rug depicts a lone polar bear on a shrinking ice cap in a vast blue sea…

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Bamboo and Cotton Shag by Anji Mountain Rug Company

Bamboo and Cotton Shag by Anji Mountain Rug Company

I remember rolling around as a kid on shag carpet (hideous shades of orange) most likely made from some obscene synthetic polymer. Anji Mountain Rug Company  has luxuriantly soft deep pile bamboo and organic shag rugs that will smother you in a wave of nostalgia (natural nostalgia). Each renewable bamboo/cotton strand is about 1.5 [...]

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Reclaimed T-Shirt Rug

Reclaimed T-Shirt Rug

What to do with all those t-shirts that get printed and never worn?  The Cotton Spaghetti Rug from Gaiam is a good solution.  Made from recycled unused T-shirt remnants this is a much better place for these victims of poor proof-reading than the landfill.  It’s a bit pricey at $360 so if you’re feeling thrifty and crafty [...]

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