Did I ever show you the old shoe form I picked up in Hudson, NY last fall?
Despite not exactly knowing why I wanted it… There was no way I was walking out of the store without that shoe form. I imagine it was created in the early 1900’s to fit some poor little boy’s foot. Strangely, in my head, this boy looks like Forrest Gump.
Anyway.
Apparently, the Brothers Dressler have similar feelings of warmth towards the shoe form. They created an entire line of furniture built around the idea. I enjoy the whimsy of these seemingly dancing feet and the fun application of the shoe forms. That’s entertainment!
Happy Friday all!
All images via Brothers Dressler, found via Trendhunter.
Old..
Becomes New.
Imprinted on this leather couch are images which convey all the stories it held, as imagined by the designers.
Likewise, Old…
Becomes New.
Grandma’s shabby (not chic) settee is covered in vintage teacloths and aprons.
It must be true. Life is Suite
All images via Life is Suite, found via Cool Hunting.
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Whew! I’ll tell ya: A conference like SXSW can really do a girl in. I am looking forward to the forthcoming weekend and many many plans of doing little to nothing!
Well, not entirely nothing. A week from Friday I’ll be on my way to London and Paris! BC can attest to the fact that I’ve been planning this trip for months… and that I’ve actually created a numbered packing list (too much?), but there’s much to take care of on the home front before being away for ten days.
But that’s beside the point, right? The point is… I’m going to be writing about a bunch of English designers until next Friday.
“Resilica is a truly bespoke worktop and surface material which is hand made in the UK from 100% recycled glass waste.” I don’t have a house, so I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about kitchen and bath surfaces, but I totally love the look of this Resilica. Especially in some of the designs where they’ve married older, vintage looking products and the more modern surface, like in the picture above.
Those Brits… they are smart ones.
All images via Resilica
via jinny.wong's Flickr Photostream
One of the coolest things about SXSW is that in every workshop/panel they create Twitter hashtags (i.e. #momsxsw) which are basically a running diary of notes taken by the workshop participants. It’s a really great way to get the highlights of a workshop without attending. And you get the POV of many different people, which make the notes more comprehensive.
If you look at my Twitter feed, you’ll see tweets with the # for various workshops I’ve attended. Click on the hashtag and you’ll access a wealth of information.
Just thought ya’ll might find it helpful or interesting!
As mentioned yesterday, I’m here at SXSW Interactive conference totally connected, yet in another world.
The music portion of SXSW begins tomorrow and musicians, with their instruments and scruffy beards are all beginning to populate the streets of Austin. So, I thought it appropriate to show a collection of ways in which drum sets can be integrated into home design.
Justin's House Tour via Apartment Therapy
Drum Shell Seating via Renest
via Apartment Therapy
via Poetic Home
And let us not forget, Lauren’s Red Drum, featured in a Salvaged Grace Sentimental Salvage.
via Andy Brook's Flickr stream
I’m in sessions all day so I’ll work on it later. Check out some of the archives in the meantime! Hope your week is getting off to a great start!
Woo-hoo! Guess where I’m headed today? To Austin, Texas for the SXSW Interactive conference. I am BEYOND excited.
My agency graciously sponsored my trip so that I might become further educated in all matters of digital marketing and deserving of my self-given job title of “Social Media Maven.”
So. In honor of the great live music capital, here’s a roundup of repurposed vinyl:
Moses and Jamie's Whimsical Modern via Apartment Therapy
via Consumption Rebellion
Record Player Clock via Pixel This Clock
Old Vinyl Record Lighting by Lockengeloet via Trendhunter
I can’t remember how I first came across Stuart Haygarth, the Berlin based artist whose “work is about giving banal and overlooked objects a new significance.” He sure has a way of making the insignificant pretty darn good looking, doesn’t he? I would kill for the prescription glasses chandelier, and not just because I desperately need a new pair of glasses.
Vending Machine Balls
Made of "man made debris": Tide
Spectacle
Found glass shades
All images via Stuart Haygarth.
These gorgeous refinished pieces from Poppyseed Living may be steeped in history and age, but they have a timeless appeal, for sure!
All images via Poppyseed Living.
As I get older, I’m finding that my personal design preferences lean closer to industrial and mid-century design, and farther away from this traditional/ country/glamour/eccentric mesh I’ve been developing over the years.
So when I found this company, Get Back Inc. I went bonkers for the AMAZING industrial pieces they have in stock.
A very efficient workspace.
What would make for a lovely kitchen island, I love the milky white top surface!
An old school lunchtable – super cute! Wonder if adults could fit at the table? Would be neat in a garden.
Oh, how I’d love to fill this with crisp, fresh linens!
This reminds me of the awesome bed/palette in Baby Sister’s Nursery (which I’m just crazy about!)
These would look fabulous against a wall painted a deep purple or moss green.
Another cool kitchen island option.
The most succinct craft cabinet one could ever own. I love this color!
This would be great in a kid’s playroom (obviously) but it would also be a neat space divider. And, if it were in a living room, it would be very handy on game night.
These are interesting, I’m not sure what could be done with them. My first thought was to make them into lamps. Can you think any other ways to repurpose these beauties?
And finally, whilst helping my good friend Swirby clean out her NY storage unit* this weekend, she came across the fabric panels that had once served as her closet in the NY apartment we lived in back in the early 2000’s**. This would have been an infinitely cooler closet solution.
* I’d like to take this opportunity to note that Swirbs moved from NY in 2007. A good portion of her belongings have been renting a nice (but rather dark) studio space on 11th Ave and W. 29th St. Actually, many of the remnants of Swirby’s time in NY ended up in my apartment for some repurposing and refinishing. More about THAT in the coming months. Also…
** Do people really say early 2000’s? Weird.
All images via Get Back Inc.
