How-To: Glowing Outdoor Orbs
Wow, just wow. TheArtOfDoingStuff has just totally blown my mind. These pure white illuminated spheres are so gorgeous, and so easy. I need like, 50 of them all around my garden. Honestly, I am in awe.
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Highly Designed Storage on ShoeboxDwelling
I could spend hours gazing at all the wonderful design pr0n on ShoeboxDewlling. Dedicated to “finding comfort, style and dignity in small spaces”, this great blog is all about attractive, modern, solutions. It’s populated with timeless pieces like the lovely modular Citti storage featured above. And while everything shared looks like it could grace the […]
Hand-drawn Letterpress Robot
I love this letterpress hand-drawn robot from Satsuma Press. The robot was drawn by Lynn’s son, Liam, and has such quirky charm! It looks fantastic; there’s something about the childish lines and the gravity of letterpress that play well together. If you think she should offer it as a card, hop on over to Lynn’s […]
Colorblock Notecards
I used to associate tissue paper with “kindergarten” projects. Not anymore. There are so many wonderful ways to use the colorful and inexpensive material and achieve sophisticated results. This colorblock notecard project from A World of Color is a perfect example.
Make Your Own Sputnik Lamp
Anyone who is a fan of design has no doubt drooled over the coveted classic Sputnik lamp. Anyone who is a fan of a sweet Swedish deal has probably considered the Ikea version. Jenny from Little Green Notebook came up with a sweet solution for a DIY version using the Ikea parts to create a […]
Coat Hanger Chair
I’ve noticed that furniture designers are obsessed with chairs, especially ones made out of atypical materials. Maybe it’s the human scale or the infinite sitting possibilities, but I can see the strange allure of myriad chairs, all made from other human-scale objects.
Minimalist Pysanky
I have a thing for traditional pysanky, the wax-resist Easter egg style from the Ukraine, but when I was browsing through Etsy for some inspiration, I stumbled across I really like these minimalist pysanky from Etsy seller Pysanky Panky. (She also has many more classic eggs as well.)