A few months ago, we received a large delivery of phone books at work. To my dismay no one wanted them and I feel sad to say I don’t know what happened to them, I think they were trashed. Gasp. More recently I came upon this wonderful creation in a friend’s Ready Made book. I wish had seen it or thought of this earlier. I would have loved to save all those books and feel like I brought a bunch of puppies home from the shelter.
To add a little taste of nature to your own space, how about these modified tree designs that have DIY written all over them. I am a big fan of birch tree bark lamps and actually prefer them with no wholes and just the thin stripped bark, because it glows amber. But this [...]
Reclaimed wood is becoming a hot commodity. You get the already-aged look and feel and the question becomes what do you do with it and how do you make it look good if all you have are different pieces. Here are a few examples of how lots of little pieces piece together a [...]
Remember the wood block side tables? How about wood blocks as stools. I came across these in a downtown loft rental office. They are more narrow and taller than the ones I saw at the lumber yard. There are soft groves on the tops of them for seating comfort. These [...]
Nature is inspiring for all art and design. Here are some rather modern motifs in nature. Remember this motif trend and DIY post? These sticks are a natural presentation of the interconnecting lines creating geometric shapes. The Eucalyptus tree shed its bark and is displaying some striking colors almost like an [...]
