I love the look that's achieved by repurposing old kitchen gadgets into knew, beautiful-yet-functional furnishings. Old and tattered antique items always convey such whimsy, while rusted or well-worn ...

For Loveland resident Ron Becker, buying old stuff gives him a thrill — he has lots of collections from cameras to John Deere toys to model airplanes. He likes car parts, colanders, strainers, funnels ...

It’s a pretty old trick to take a simple steamer or colander and use it as a light shade, so designer Nadia Belalia upped the ante with her series of transformed and customized steamer lamps. Belalia ...

So far we’ve seen many examples of kitchen utensils being repurposed into customized, low-tech and eco-friendly objects – but these gorgeous colander light shades by New York-based designer Nadia ...