I’ve been spotting big trend in firewood and logs being incorporated into modern homes and spaces.
Pictured here are creations by Bleu Nature. I consider them one of the best modern examples of bringing the outdoors in.
I think these log side tables are gorgeous. I absolutely love the pebble inspired coffee table pictured here. The designers’ use of wood and white lacquer creates a beautiful juxtaposition of warm and cool materials (both natural and man made) in a way where the man-made lacquer still breathes nature’s inspiration.
If Bleu Nature is not in your budget, but you’re looking to play with similar outdoor/indoor concepts, I love the more crude, but fun firewood storing bed made out of plywood which I spotted at Anthropologie in Santa Monica. Feeling the need to stay warm this season, or just want to be closer to nature? While this bed is not for sale, I think this is a fun design to steal and make yourself
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I’m in Alaska for the holidays where I learned about the new and one and only ice hotel in the United States. The Aurora ice hotel located on the grounds of the Chena Hot Sprints Resort 60 miles from Fairbanks. As you can imagine everything is made of ice, even the martini glasses at the bar. The question is how do you sleep comfortably in an ice bed. Sources say that there is a foam mattress embedded in the ice and you slip inside a mummy bag that is covered by animal skins. Although the room temperature is below freezing, you can stay cozy and warm in your bed.
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I’ve been feeling rather “feltified” lately and with good reason. I’ve been an appreciator of felt for a long time (flashback to the beginning of the blog), but only recently have I started playing with it.
This is a fun coffee table idea. You can just build a wood box and use spray adhesive to put your felt around it and then put a glass piece on top. I kind of like this for my living room which has not had a coffee table for some time because I have been wanting something with texture and something different from wood or leather or fabric. I will have to determine the right dimensions. I really like the dimensions of these tables.
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Still need some last minute holiday gift ideas? Running out of money? You can buy a can of chalk spray paint or buy a can of chalk paint and go to town on some fun items around the house. Or you can actually gift a can of chalk paint and a bucket of chalk. And here’s some chalk wall eye candy for their inspiration.
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After playing around with the first attempt at the felt basket, here are my next two designs. I am quite pleased with how they’ve turned out. So I hope my recipients will like them too. They were relatively easy and fun to sew. From cutting to end result two and a half hours at most. Here are the original inspirations.
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I assume this is a light and it reminds me of this one…I still very much like this idea. Remember these fun paper airplane clusters I spotted at Anthropologie? Another great way to put newspaper to use.
For the ceiling installation pictured here I like the idea of contacting a local printer for their colorful scraps to mix in with white notes.
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Remember the original newspaper walls post? Here’s a new fabulous example from emmas design blog. We saw these as accent walls before, I like the fact that this one has wall art on top of the newspaper so that newspaper is more of the backdrop (or wallpaper) rather than an accent (although it certainly makes a statement either way). I like that it is a Japanese paper. How fun!
The coffee table reminds me of one I’ve been obsessed with for some time and vow to make one day. You can see it here in its original post.
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I spotted this bench at Housefish and fell in love with the simple and adjustable design. I am inspired to make this for my yard or house. This would be a fun one to paint one color on one side and another color on the other and make it reversible somehow. I love that you can fold it flat and stand it against a wall, so maybe it can possibly serve as both wall art and seating (sort of like the pick-chair). I wish I thought of this simply brilliant bench design, especially because I’m already bench obsessed.
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This might just be my new obsession. I don’t yet own any fabric markers, but I’m obsessed with getting some now. I absolutely love the couch with scribbles and have tried to find that image before after seeing it on a design blog a few years ago. I am so pleased to have finally found it. Remember the blog post on wall scribbles? While I’m over doodles and scribbles as a fine art trend, I really like the idea of these creations migrating directly onto walls and furniture. Here are some fabric marker ideas from i do it yourself.
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This time of year there are lots of variations on the wreath. I am particularly interested in wreaths made out of untraditional materials. Here are some of my top picks. Ready Made December issue features a handmade wreath. And I came upon this Polaroid wreath DIY. I like the idea of the Polaroid wreath being multi-seasonal where the photos transform each season.
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