Decorating your home isn’t a science, but it’s fun to treat it as such. Consider accenting your home with recycled relics from your childhood science class for a unique and whimsical touch, such as test tubes that double as vases, beakers that make for great incense holders and other scientific vessels that can be used as flower pots.

Here are a few images that should inspire you, including a round-up of my favorite science-inspired furniture, accents and storage solutions. You can find items similar to these on Ebay or at flea markets and garage sales, so keep your eyes and mind open!

A word of wisdom; to keep your house from looking like a schoolhouse, go light on this particular theme and be discerning about how many scientific elements you incorporate.

Ceramic test tube hanging vases via Pigeon Toe Ceramics

Air plants via TortoiseLovesDonkey

1. Vintage apothecary bottles via Lost Found Art, 2. Vintage Bunsen Burners via Lost Found Art, 3. Pendant Lamp via The Old Cinema, 4. Turner Barstool via Crate & Barrel, 5. Vintage Bausch and Lomb brass microscope via Ebay, 6.1950s Desk Chair via The Old Cinema, 7. Vintage Filing Cabinet via Pure Green, 8. Angelpoise Lamp via The Old Cinema, 9. Mounted Candy Stripe Swallowtail via Etsy, 10. Vintage Steel Serving Trolley via The Old Cinema

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An old mill sack destined for the landfill is born agreen as a useful shopping tote. Old neckties are spun into shoelaces to jazz up Converse high tops. Yes, visions abound in the world of product-storming as a new crop of eco entrepreneurs spot a market ripe for recycling one man’s junk. Some of the treasures emerge as functional everyday items. Others are purely newfangled art. Either way, they are among the new wonders of the world. Here are 10 we love:

1. Silk Necktie Shoelaces, $8, from Etsy

2. Bordbar Recycled Airport Trolleys are on a roll in Europe (also shown at top)

3. Fish Lips Recycled Gift Wrap Paper, $4, has the throw-away mentality covered

4. Re-Lites by Jerry Kott are pendants forged from discarded bottles

5. ReBagz Mill Sack Tote is ideal for the neighborhood farmer’s market

6. Eco-Pop Recycling Container made from 65% recycled materials

7. Bike Furniture table by Andy Gregg is peddled to the stylish young urbanite

8. Found objects take flight in the Moth Sculptures by Michelle Stitzlein

9. Deborah Lindquist’s dog sweaters from recycled textiles, $99, are barking magnificent!

10. High design goes playful with the Gold Toy Mirror by Ryan McElhinney

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