Lawless upcycling
Turning Trash . . .
Into Functional Art
Lawless Upcycling creates home furnishings and décor with discarded wood and metal.
Handmade
Creative Upcycling Process
One-of-a-kind pieces
Customizable Products and Custom Projects
Sustainable and Eco-Friendly
Queer, Disabled, Neurodivergent Creator
Welcome to Lawless Upcycling’s website! Lawless Upcycling just launched in November 2025 so there will be various additions and revisions to the website over the next few months.
Be sure to check Lawless Upcycling’s website at least monthly to see new products for sale as items depend on what Annie finds or is able to obtain!
You don’t want to miss your chance to get the perfect piece!
These are Lawless Upcycling’s main types of upcycling:
Using old products creatively as materials to make new products. Example - Using vintage card catalogue drawers and screws to create front door key organizers.
Using raw materials to make new products. Example - Using excess scrap wood from a construction site to make a table.
Restoring or modernizing an old or damaged product. Example - An old and beat-up wooden desk is cut into a more modern style, sanded and given a new stain.
All of these types of upcycling can be used for any custom projects!
current projects
1) Upcycling vintage and broken Vonaphone speakers I got from an audio electronics store that was closing. I started sanding off the chipped veneer and there is beautiful wood underneath so I can’t wait to see how this project turns out. Currently I’m planning on putting a hinge on the back so the speaker becomes an artistic storage space, perhaps for liquor, but use the Contact section below let me know if you have any other ideas for what I could make!
2) Building custom shelves for an uneven bathroom nook in Somerville. The shelves will have a recess in the middle to allow usage of the toilet but then expand on the sides for more shelf space. In addition, I asked the customer what style molding they wanted, and thus I created custom cove molding to use as the rails for the shelves.
Also the client wants a metal bowl to house used matchsticks, and there will be a hole in the lowest shelf to hold the bowl. I went through my items and found various options for this metal bowl. Can you guess which one the client picked?
3) I plan to use these water sprinklers from a renovated office building as hooks mounted on a board.
Featured Products
Custom Services
A completely custom item (home furnishing or costume) that will be exactly to your specifications. Includes:
1) Initial consultation with Annie;
2) Follow up on the consultation to discuss design, price and timing;
3) Creating; and
4) Delivery of furnishings and photos of the build process.
Check out the “Past Creations & Costumes” page for examples and inspiration.
To get started, purchase an initial consultation with Annie for $5.
Uncover
Lawless upcycing’s story
Discover how Annie has loved to make things her whole life and how she decided to stop being a corporate tax attorney and follow her passion with creating upcycled home furnishings and decor.
Contact
Interested in working together? Have questions or comments? Then fill out some info and Lawless Upcycling will be in touch shortly. Can’t wait to hear from you!