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Roomboxes!
By designbyphotoPhiladelphia based artist is designing interiors by recreating each space as a miniature, artistic Roombox!
The box has peep holes that she can photograph the miniature room through. The box can then be ordered as art for your wall.
You can see some of the interiors here: (scroll to second video slideshow)
Touchless dimmer light switch
By designbyphotoThese are beautiful. I can see the plates being an easy DIY project . You could actually hide your light switches behind a tiled backsplash. See demo here to see how it works.
I had an older version of this in my last kitchen for my under counter lights. It was great for when my hands got messy I could turn the light on with a wave of my hand. Be careful where you place them. If I slid something back too far on the counter my lights would g » READ MORE
DIY Ofuro / Soaking Tub
By designbyphoto
My husband is currently building our modern, passive solar, straw bale home. We are trying to use as many natural or recycled materials as we can. I would love a tub like this but our budget for our tub project is $300. Yep, $300.
As our list of custom projects grow, we ditched the idea of building our own concrete soaking tub (thanks to Splatgirl's good advice).
The new plan is to reuse an old hydrotherapy tub. Here is the winning tub we pur » READ MORE
How great is this?
By designbyphotoAs a mother of twins (boy and girl), I can't wait for my husband to make two of these for their new rooms. I see them closed with bows on them for them to open. Whats great is we could redecorate them whenever they wanted and leave the rest of the room white. I just need to find away to make them safe so they can't get their little fingers caught, ouch. I guess a door stop could work, I'm thinking outloud sorry!
Cork Chair Contest
By designbyphotoCheck out this contest from DWR. Looks like a lot of fun.
I can't wait to get started on my entry - any advice how to cut a cork this clean?
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