Go Green With a Recycled Kitchen

The brand-new kitchen in Shannon Quimby's Portland, Ore., home isn't new at all. It's full of things the designer/salvage expert and her husband rescued from a rundown bungalow that was on the property when they purchased it in 2007. Before knocking down that dilapidated house to build their new one, they saved anything and everything they thought could be reused: doors, floors, windows, even beer bottles!

The collected materials, along with other earth-friendly finds, like recycled concrete and glass countertops and sustainable handmade tile, all come together in this one-of-a-kind kitchen. "My attitude is, if something's broken, turn it into something else," Quimby says.

The salvaged spruce table is from urbantimberworks.com. Shannon painted its base with paints from past projects; for a similar look, try Rekindle by True Value. The chairs were $7 each at a rummage sale.

Eleven bottles of beer and wine hang from the ceiling. Before the old house was torn down, Shannon found them strewn in a hedge. A mason cut off the bottoms, then Shannon spray-painted them and strung bulbs with cord to create a bottle chandelier. That's an old bifold door on the ceiling.