For as long as I can remember, one of the earliest eco-friendly, recycled pieces of furniture I've seen was recycled milk jug outdoor furniture. LL Bean manufactures a line of side tables and Adirondack chairs made from the stuff. It's eco-friendly because it takes milk jugs (and margarine tubs) and recycles it into durable "lumber." That lumber is then cut and fabricated into furniture. But since then, not much has been done to create updated and fresher designs with the material. Well, that is until now...
When I was at the Southern CA Home & Garden show, I quickly fell in love with pieces from a Minneapolis based company called LOLL Designs. They took the recycled milk jug lumber and made fresh, simple and colorful outdoor furniture. When I spoke with the owner, he said the color never fades (A+!), doesn't chip and you could leave it outside in the winter--uncovered---and it'll be good as new in the Spring.
Aren't these chairs great? And the white color is perfect for summertime use because it'll reflect the hot ray's of the sun instead of absorbing them. And the clean, simple aesthetic can work in almost any decor. I can easily see these on a front porch or a grouping of them around a big copper firepit outside.
This picnic set is what we showed on CBS The Early Show. Here, it's pictured in black. But I think the whole set would look better in their other color palettes: a chocolate brown base with a deep red table top with matching deep red or brown stools.
Check out more at www.lolldesigns.com
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