Remodelista

We're adding this to our list of places to stay: Casa Zinc in La Barra, Uruguay. Located in the fashionable beach town of La Barra on South America's Atlantic coast, Casa Zinc has become a favorite destination among the country's chic. Owner Aaron Hojman is a devotee of the worn and salvaged (he also owns Trading Post down the street that sells an eclectic selection of antiques and found objects). Hojman uses salvaged windows, reclaimed wood flooring, industrial siding, and repurposed furniture to create a charming rustic-meets-industrial refuge; first spotted on 2 or 3 Things.

Add an industrial rustic touch to your environs with the 10-inch-tall Wire Mesh Pot; $15 at Haus Interior. 

Melissa Edelman of Chicago-based Antiquaire offers the Tolix A Chair and stools in a range of colors; she can also custom order any color from the RAL chart at no extra charge (we especially like RAL's range of greens); $275 at Antiquare.

New from Scandinavian design collective Muuto, the Wood Lamp by Swedish design and architecture studio TAF (makers of the E27 Pendant Light, a Remodelista favorite). “The all-wood lamp is a low-tech counterweight to the usually very modern and technical desk lamps," the designers say. "All details on the lamp are chosen through a pragmatic perspective and all bolts, screws and joints are emphasized." Made of pine, with a choice of a green or white cord, the Wood Lamp will retail for $229 in the US. Muuto tells us it will be available at Scandinavian Grace in New York and A+R in Los Angeles in April.

I have to admit it was the innovative storage solutions—the movable wall-mounted box shelving, a small rolling cabinet built into a larger coat closet—that attracted me to the Yum Yum Farm in Iowa by DeForest Architects (seen first on Dwell). The architects used flooring salvaged from an Amish farmhouse, plywood panels normally used for concrete forms, and recycled plumbing fixtures in the project; visit the Yum Yum Farm Blog for a personal look into the building process.

Above: Plywood boxes can be moved to accommodate changing needs.

Photos courtesy of DeForest Architects and Dwell.