Posts tagged: quirky
Why Ms. Plastic Bag, You're Beautiful!
By lilybeeI don't know if Martha would approve, or even how they would look in the cold light of day. But at night? Pretty magical.
These 80 bags o' light were a temporary art installation outside of the Museo Del Prado in Madrid. They would prob'ly be super-easy to recreate, even if you just jammed a fe » READ MORE
2 Ways to Make a Doormat Cooler
By lilybee
Doormats, they're the first thing most folks will see as they step into your house, and in the winter they are the front line between horrid mud-melty-snowy boots and the rest of your place. So why aren't they more awesome? Well they CAN be.... Martha has not one but TWO techniques to give a bog-standard mat a little va-va-voom (sure they're relatively similar, but still...)
First a technique for adding a door number or lettering,
Recycled DIY Robot!
By lilybeeSome questions are timeless and all important, for example, Beatles or
Stones? Batman or Superman? Pirates or Ninjas? And perhaps the most
important of all, 'would you rather have a Monkey or a Robot?' Well,
for folks coming down on the robot side, there is this fellow:
The blurb says "Turn any empty metal can into a walking, wobbling bug-eyed robot! This Tin Can Robot Kit comes with pretty much everything you'll need to take recycling to a » READ MORE
Gingerbread, MCM-Style
By lilybee
The clean lines, the lovely roof, the oval windows. Sigh. I'm moving in.
Yumsugar has a tutorial for this Delicious MCM abode, to make it you'll need
- Cardboard for making templates
- Lots of baking parchment
Faux Fire
By lilybeeWhen the weather turns rubbish nothing beats snuggling up in front of a fire, possibly with trashy fiction and preferably with some kind of chocolaty beverage. It's just what winter should be all about. Unfortunately our apartment doesn't have a fireplace so I was forced to improvise...
While technically it wont keep me warm, (except in a cockles-of-my-heart way) it was super easy to make and it makes me smile, and my baby scream with b » READ MORE
E is for Eames
By lilybeeThis poster rather occupies the space between curbly and weebabystuff, sure it's an alphabet poster, but WHAT an alphabet poster.
While most of us are pretty familiar with our ABC's it's nice to have a visual reminder of our Aalto, Bertoia and Castiglioni's complete with a silhouette of their iconic pieces.
The handprinted poster measures 11" x 17" and will set you back a very reasonable $35 find it here
A Leafy Bower
By lilybeeNo space for a treehouse? What about a tree-bed?
How pretty is that? And surely DIYable.
Check out the NY Times for the a bit more about the folks who own this gorgeous bedroom.
Art and Government
By lilybeeGussying up Parliament buildings in weird ways seems to be a uniquely European pastime, (though I'd love to know if I'm wrong about that). The most recent seat of power to get a funky art treatment is the Flemish Parliament building in Brussels. Artist Arne Quinze has created The Sequence a 80 meter long and 15 meter high sculpture, in Brussels.
The blurb about it says "The symbolic and physical connection between the neighbors, the Flemish Parliament and the House of Flemish Representatives, reflects a possible connection between all people in Brussels. Cross-culture connections, a connection with Europe, its diversity and entity." Which is nice and all, but mostly I was thinking OOOOOOh, pretty red trees.
Noguchi Style Table, With Books!
By lilybeeI spotted this Coffee Table at an open house this afternoon.
It has that Noguchi Table vibe but would cost considerably less than $1,299. I like the quirky humour that uses coffee table books as, well, coffee table books.
The staging company who did the house just stacked up books that the homeowner already had then jammed the tempered glass on top. I'm not completely convinced by the dead cow rug (I like my dead cow lightly seasoned and c » READ MORE
How To Make a 'Sham-delier' With PDF Template
By lilybee
I made this 'Sham-delier' to give my balcony a little indoor/outdoor ooh la la. It was inspired in part by Philippe Starck's Ghost Chairs, I love the whole classic shape/modern material juxtaposition. Anyway, if you want to make your own here's what you'll need:
- Two Flexible plastic chopping boards, mine came from the Dollar Store but Ikea does them too.
- Two flameless tea lights, again, Dollar Store finds, but you could try here
- Some » READ MORE
Art? Nope... Bottle Opener
By lilybee
This bottle opener $20 from Rare Device, is far to pretty to live in a drawer. He looks like a tactile piece of West Coast Native Carving. One word, mmmmmmm.
Make a Little Birdhouse (Lamp) in Your Soul....
By lilybeeAhhhh *nostalgic sigh*, They Might Be Giants.
Avians seem to
be a theme with me this week. Inke Heiland, the dutch designer whose
wallpaper birds I just posted about, is also the creator of this bird house lamp.
It's very cute and would look good in a small persons room or a hallway but $325 is a lot of money for 'quirky'. I figure it has to be DIY-able with say, a MYO Birdhouse Kit ($12.95) and the Hemma cord set ($3.99) from Ikea. Or yo » READ MORE
Pencil Bench
By DIY Maven
The seat of the Pencil Bench from Boex 3D Creative Solutions is comprised of 1600 pencils. Eraser side up, of course. Each pencil can be removed and used. The design won best in show 2007 at Cornwall design week. Via.
Fish Tank Coffee Table.
By Chrisjob
