Jason Fox owns Purpose Restoration, a furniture design company that not only saves old pieces from going to the landfill, but makes them into one-of-a-kind modern treasures. He also creates custom pieces featuring his own artwork, which is inspired by graffiti and Japanese tattoo art.
An ugly TV stand is transformed into a kitchen cart — I wouldn’t have thought of that!
A client commission, this desk incorporates some of the client’s favorite sayings.
This piece was a boring, box-store dresser, but Jason created it into an urban graffiti-inspired painting.
nah on 03.05.2010 at 13:44 PM
These are awesome.
Ann, on 03.05.2010 at 14:12 PM
As a teacher, I would love to have one of those desks with literary quotes painted on it. Awesome!
eggnostriva on 03.05.2010 at 18:58 PM
Anne, I cant believe as a teacher you would describe this as awesome. I think that two words which need to be removed from the english language are awesome and nice. Try it..
Lauren on 06.27.2010 at 13:36 PM
you are a bitch eggnos. stick to comments related to the web page i.e. the artist. Maybe she doesn’t teach English. Maybe you should try to mind your own p’s and q’s. IF you are that concerned about other’s posts concerning the English language then “English” should be in caps and “awesome” and “nice” should be underlined.
red herring on 03.06.2010 at 22:10 PM
AWESOME AWESOME NICE NICE
para_ro on 03.07.2010 at 18:10 PM
Man, eggnostriva sucks the ass.
And except for the first one, witch i think is better unmodified, they are all nice.
NICE on 03.07.2010 at 19:18 PM
THESE ARE SO AWESOMELY NICE
rachel on 03.07.2010 at 19:27 PM
I love words and often aspire to speak and write eloquently and with appropriate erudition; however, a teacher can use slang too. Words have not just denotation, but connotation, and “awesome” has a very specific connotation, culturally.
Zory on 03.16.2010 at 16:45 PM
I think egghead sucks..and rachel rocks!!
The teacher can say whatever she wants :)
Oh My! on 03.17.2010 at 20:47 PM
I think all teachers should encourage their students to use descriptive language. In all fairness, we are on a website commenting on teaching techniques rather than the desks that are on display.
Interesting! I do not find some of them appropriate for the classrom but they are interesting.
eggnostriva on 03.19.2010 at 15:54 PM
What I was trying to say,(clumsily I will admit).Is when you take those two words out of your vocabulary, wonderful fresh descriptive words rush in to fill the vacuum. Now, things are nice or awesome. I doubt there has ever been an awsome piece of furniture. Think of what the words are meant to mean, because if you blow awesome on furniture, what is left when a thing actually fills you with awe. And nice just means you cant be assed to make a better assesment of something.
Lauren on 06.27.2010 at 13:38 PM
Haha, I didn’t realize everyone reacted the same way to your negativity
Lauren on 06.27.2010 at 13:46 PM
she was saying that his artwork is awesome, not the piece of furniture you snooty c word
Mick on 06.13.2011 at 10:33 AM
Haha you’re an idiot Lauren.
honey on 07.09.2010 at 01:00 AM
awesome does NOT mean awe-inspiring
it may have at once point but it no longer does
it’s already lost its impact in that sense
lilivonshtupp on 03.19.2010 at 16:38 PM
@Eggnostriva – You’ve obviously never been to the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, a mecca of AWESOME furnishings!
CSSReX on 03.20.2010 at 16:53 PM
Nice Designs! I like the grunge one.
Pandapaws on 03.21.2010 at 16:00 PM
Wow this furniture is so awesome, it really does fill me with awe. Nice job to the artist who did this.
Ivy on 03.25.2010 at 21:48 PM
love love love.
ArrGee on 04.08.2010 at 16:18 PM
1,3,4 Good. 2 No no no.
JJ on 04.08.2010 at 20:55 PM
Several of the designs aren’t to my taste but I think the beauty of each is that it has been reborn with a new design or purpose. For instance, I didn’t read the description under #2 until ArrGee commented on it. I looked again and was a bit appalled at the knives, then I read the description and, although I wouldn’t want it in my kitchen, it made sense and the new purpose for this piece is brilliant.
Lindsay on 04.08.2010 at 23:17 PM
That kitchen cart isn’t the TV stand. The panel construction for each are entirely different.
Other than that… great idea. Makes things a little more personal.
Lisa on 04.10.2010 at 17:56 PM
Yeah the TV stand isn’t the kitchen cart, it’s not the same size or height. I suppose they could have covered up the shelf, the door panel could be changed out and the lock moved to a different spot and the bottom cut out trim filled in and then have height added but it seems reeeeaally unlikely. Eh, nope, nope. The more I look at the more I see parts that are just the wrong proportions to be the same.
The designs are good but they shouldn’t tote something as being converted from something else if it isn’t.
rekha on 04.13.2010 at 03:39 AM
Very creative..
rlh on 04.13.2010 at 10:05 AM
I agree with Ann… the desk is absolutely AWESOME.
alpha-designer on 04.15.2010 at 11:38 AM
Kudos
rose on 05.09.2010 at 16:46 PM
Eggo: Your lame attempt to appear intellectual merely constitutes evidence of your heightened level of pedantry! Whoa…go get a dictionary!!! Awesome! try being nice to others, especially NICE teachers! :P
cnote1 on 05.10.2010 at 20:23 PM
these suck balls. except the t.v stand turned into kitchen thing, that one is fucking awesome. if they were all like that it would be cool but the rest of them the original piece of furniture looks better than the painted version. wood > paint anyday when it comes to furniture.
Felecia on 06.14.2010 at 21:16 PM
Amazing! I really like the desk.
mr plumber rochdale on 06.20.2010 at 16:41 PM
i agree with a few of you on here, these are stunning pieces of furniture, I love the designs, this is touching on world class art – great stuff keep it up,
Mr Plumber Rochdale
geetee on 06.20.2010 at 22:00 PM
I second cnote. the only one I like is the kitchen thing (whether they are both the same piece or not) The rest should have remained as is. Try making them more interesting, not be painting them with ugly sh!t but by mixing the pieces with other interesting furniture, objects and colors around them.
lou on 06.20.2010 at 23:01 PM
what u call a ulgy tv stand is actually once a very popular ice box styled tv stand in solid oak,although u can’t tell what wood it is now,i know because i used to sell them,and even own one myself,it’s a shame good furniture is now regarded as ulgy
solar power on 06.21.2010 at 07:08 AM
Great ideas!!
Nikki on 06.24.2010 at 06:07 AM
Eggnostriva:
That’s only because no one has ever told you that you are either of those things. Get over yourself.
bathroom tiles on 07.06.2010 at 05:28 AM
I’d love a computer desk like that! I wonder how much it costs to transform my boring old desk into a piece of modern art.
sir jorge on 08.02.2010 at 15:04 PM
wow, that’s some classic reworkings
underexposed on 08.05.2010 at 08:26 AM
Furniture looks simply great…fantastic ideas!
@miss boring ass knows it all…can’t you just say something about the post? who cares what the teacher says? are you so bored with your life so you look for “mistakes”. Should i spell something wrong…are you going to comment that too?? i’m not native, but still…mistakes can happen.
fajas colombianas on 04.05.2011 at 13:43 PM
That japanese like cabinet is just too awesome. I’d love to get one of those if you are selling them.
Mickii on 04.29.2011 at 14:55 PM
These are wonderful!! It is inspiring that these objects will get a new (and hopefully long) life. The last dresser was my favorite!! Keep up the good work.
john miller on 06.05.2011 at 19:47 PM
The metal tanker desk a classic 40′s design, is a wonderful piece. I would have polished the bare metal and left it.
Pri on 06.09.2011 at 10:04 AM
All the pieces were better before restoration, except from n.2, that was heavy looking and has been saved with the new design.
Jordan on 06.17.2011 at 13:26 PM
Great, people “restoring” beautiful old furniture to cheap modern, wanky pieces of trash…
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Lily on 11.09.2011 at 13:31 PM
Really love the kitchen cart. A great way to transform an old piece of furniture into something completely new and modern!
Laura on 12.04.2011 at 13:04 PM
Does this furniture look in reality as good as in the pictures?
elizabeth on 01.12.2012 at 15:02 PM
To me the desk and the Japanese inspired dresser look like they are photoshopped, although I could be wrong, and as has been pointed out the kitchen cart did definitely not come from the item in the efore photo. But it’s pretty nifty.
Anna on 08.01.2012 at 01:14 AM
Although I don’t think the TV stand was ugly to begin with, the kitchen cart it made is pretty nice even if menacing. It’s great what a little paint and creativity can do for some drab furniture.
Sharise on 09.18.2012 at 12:44 PM
The computer desk and the dresser are the best, love this idea.
John V on 11.20.2012 at 06:52 AM
These renovations look great, the first gray one with the pattern is my favourite
Giuroiu A. on 02.28.2013 at 09:16 AM
Very original, great find and truly inspiring.