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By balubalu
lifehack.org set up a list of seven stations every home should have:Destination StationCommunication StationDonation StationGift and Shipping StationEducation StationCreation StationAdministration StationSo you do have all of the stations they describe in a lot more detail? »MORE
Shadow crochets
By balubalu
I bet the women in most of you will really like this: steel shelves that cast a crochet shadow on the wall. Make sure you don't miss the other ones. The site has some really creative stuff. »MORE
CD + Radio
By balubalu
Too bad that this is just a concept. Usually I'm a fan of designs with clean lines and without too much mumbo jumbo. And this box is just that plain simple. You can not see any buttons, it looks really stylish and you can listen to radio and play CDs - what else would I need.... »MORE
My nick...
By balubalu
Ok everyone - I've noticed that there are some difficulties with my login. So to just make sure what my nick is, where it comes from and how that affected my login here at curbly, read below. Many of you probably know the guy above as Captain Balu or without hat and jacket as Balu from Disneys Jungle Book. Perhaps it's written different in your language - Baloo in English, Balou in French I guess, but the German version is Balu.Being a big fan of the Jungle Book, I think Balu's Motto is really great: "Look for the bare necessities..."Some long... »MORE
My Spring Project: bed + platform
By balubalu
Introduction:I am living in a small one room apartment (plus very small kitchen, corridor and bathroom) so I need to optimally use the existing space. Since I'm working from home a lot of the time one of the most important things is my working space: a desk, computer and storage for supplies and filing. The other really important thing is my bed with a size of 140 x 200 cm (about 55 x 78 inch) - working all day makes me tired. So the question is - what can I do to combine these two and use the existing space... »MORE
Sweet chandelier
By balubalu
We had some chandeliers here already, but I think I've just stumbled over the sweetest one - literally. This chandelier is made of gummy bears, beads, monifilament, plastic, metal and of course light bulbs. [via] »MORE
Window transforming balcony
By balubalu
I like the idea behind this window that transforms to a balcony, but on the other hand - if you have space for a balcony - why not always have one? »MORE
Knots
By balubalu
Yes, at the first look at animated knots you might think "this is not really curbly". But then again - have a close look e.g. at the decorative ones or some of the houshold knots (ties and shoes also have a knot ;). »MORE
Titanic style home theater
By balubalu
Hey Maven, I think there are more awesome home theaters out there than we expect. What about one using a Titanic theme? That might add some tension if you always have to expect to crash into some iceberg... »MORE
Shiny colors?
By balubalu
What kind of color would you choose if you want to give some MDF a really glossy finish? I mean so shiny that you can see the fingerprints of all unwanted guests in your house without having to use some fingerprinting powder.Okay, perhaps not that shiny (I don't want to wear gloves all the time myself ;-), but close... Any hints on what lacquer or latex to use and how to treat it so that it really blinks? »MORE
Real flying bed
By balubalu
Badbadivy's post about a floating bed reminded me of something that I've seen "pre-curbly" and which might will be some inspiration for all us really modern style people.A real floating bed :-).You'll need to win some kind of lottery though before you can buy one of those. »MORE
How to do a nice bow
By balubalu
I was pointed to an Asian website today that has a small video tutorial on how to create this: »MORE
"Retro" hanger
By balubalu
Ahh, the good old times, only 8 bits but rocking... As I wrote before I am a geek and as such I have some really nice stuff from those times. I really should go and get the old boxes from the basement that have "Commodore C128 D" (the big brother of the famous C64) written on them, fetch the Competition Pro joysticks and do this myself: PS: No - of course I won't. They are still working fine and how am I supposed to play Elite without them? »MORE
Sitting in front of Milk?
By balubalu
Votives post about a laptop oriented table reminded me of something I wanted to post here: Milk (Flash needed) - a table by designer Soren Kjaer which I like somehow. So to avoid the facts that are described in detail on the webpage I just show you an image of it: »MORE
Kitchen pipe hooks
By balubalu
A Lifehacker reader had a nice suggestion that might be interesting to some of you too. He used simple hose clamps and some hooks to add some vertical storage to his kitchen. Beware if your pipes get very hot though. »MORE
Mulitcolor dishrack
By balubalu
I used to pile my dishes close to the sink after I've cleaned them - allowing them to dry. Some day I got a dishrack that kept things from falling (it's hard to let plates stay upright ;). However that dishrack just took too much space and was in the way all the time.Now I've seen something that might help - the Pylones Dishrack that allows you to set up your dishrack the way you like. [via] »MORE
Who wants a leg?
By balubalu
So the space around your table is limited and people don't want to sit at the edge because the leg of the table is in the way? Claire Matthews might have the solution for this task... »MORE
Off topic: Google design "broken"
By balubalu
Okay, it's probabLy off topic, but it has to do with design in some way :-)As usuaL GoogLe put a speciaL designed Logo up for vaLentine. But today something was wrong. Most peopLe did not notice it, but I feLt something is wrong with it: Can you figure it out? Or am I missing something? (literally) »MORE
Managing curbly
By balubalu
Hi everyone, I'm somehow having problems keeping up to date with the curbly posts, comments and other stuff. How do you manage that you don't miss a thing in this community?I'd like to have some sort of subscription method (perhaps not by mail, but being able to see in my profile pages somewhere) to be informed of new comments on tasks that I've commented on. Or being able to subscribe to a post I'm interested in to see if someone has to say something interesting even if I did not comment it yet. What ideas do you have for curbly? BaluPS:... »MORE
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