Carpet doesn't go just on the floor anymore.

I found another interesting site today called 'ample sample'. It seems that someone had the brilliant idea to put the outdated or discontinued carpet samples to some good use and opened the table to the rest of the world for their ideas. It seems that carpet tiles are the way of the future and there are a lot of them out there. Here are some of my favorite submissions that I would probably actually buy/make to use in my own home.

Supercool Eco-Ideas... wish I'd thought of them!

I know, two posts in one day - what's going on?!

I'm feeling inspired by all the new inventions people have created in order to help reduce some of the crap we produce and toss away every year. Below are some of my favorites from a great site I stumbled upon called which had a 'Re-Think and Re-Cycle' design competition back in 2005! It took me a long time to narrow it down, but check out some of my favorites!

What do you see here?

If you weren't sure, it's ok. If you guessed some sort of sea creature, you are getting warmer. If you likened these to an octopus and a jellyfish you are getting hot. If you guessed recycled plastic PET bottles... you are a pretty smart cookie! In my search of ways to reuse/re-purpose/upcycle I found a link to this wonderful artist, Miwa Koizumi, and to my delight... she's a New York'a.

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For myself this holds my fasination for many reasons. First and foremost, they are beautiful. Secondly, this is a great way to re-purpose something that we would just toss into our recycling bin. Lastly, I have a great appreciation for the creatures of the deep. Enjoy.