Green Chic to Enhance Any Décor by Fred Wish and Loretta Bolger Wish If you didn’t have a cable-spool table or cinder-block bookcase in your first apartment, your best friend probably did. Long before terms like repurpose, green and upcycle became part of our vocabulary, young people usually started out with a blend of castoffs and improvised housewares. Today, rescuing and revitalizing unused objects has become an art form that produces distinctive and often exquisite furnishings. From grand pianos renovated into bookcases, to 78 rpm records and bicycle gears made into clocks, to tabletops turned...