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Birch Wall Panel - Martha Stewart Crafts by Material
Birch poles sliced into disks and glued to plywood panels create a graphic wall mosaic. Strategically placed longer pieces can be used as hooks for bags and artwork. Purchase crosscut birch rounds at a garden center, or have poles cut into disks at a lumberyard. Ours range in depth from 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches to give the wall some texture. To create hooks for hanging coats or bags, you will also need a few longer pieces (4 to 8 inches).
How To Make A Stylish Photo Frame For Several Photos
Here is a simple yet stylish photo frame that can accomodate quite many photos at once. The idea is very simple. Fasten twines on the empty frame and hang photos using clothes pins on them. You can use a frame you bought or a frame you made by yourself. To make it you just need to find some wood strips, sand them, paint or stain them and fasten together with the staples and nails.
Switchplates were the March 2008 theme for my Out of the Box creativity challenge. I took some in progress photos but not a full-blown tutorial. I even forgot to take a stylized photo of the one I traded that night, very unlike me! Fortunately making these are extremely addictive so I had plenty more for that purpose. Guess which is Leil’s and which is Caitlin’s? Feel free to ask questions about missing steps.
Switchplates
Plumbing is usually ugly. That's why we always keep it hidden behind walls, ceilings and closed doors. In some strange way, though, Nick Fraser has managed to use plumbing parts for creating home pieces that look just as elegant as they are striking. Case in point: his Pipework Series Coat Rack, an exposed system of pipes, valves and fittings that surprisingly end up as functional as it is attractive. Very Mario chic. Equal parts classy and industrial, the unique wall fixture should make a fitting addition to any plumbing-themed home.
Pipework Series Coat Rack Hangs Your Clothes In Plumbing Supplies
Crazy Table Shelves and the Color Purple » Curbly | DIY Design Community « Keywords: color, color trends, purple, repurpose
First, the obvious: a shelving system made from repurposed coffee tables. Holy cow! This shelving unit was designed by Isabel Quiroga and made from used tables (sawn in half). The whole concept fascinates me, especially Isabel's own fascination with the history of each table; this design is named "Storyteller" afterall. Learn more about it on Art Eko .
We’re on blogcation, & will be back with all new content August 2! Until then, please enjoy some of your favorite articles from the last year. Originally published March 22, 2010. I often create sample wall displays for my clients, to get them inspired to hang their family photographs on the wall and really encourage them to give their images the “artwork” status they deserve. Don’t get me wrong, gorgeous albums are a wonderful place to keep photos, and they are actually the number one selling product in my photography business. But sometimes images need to be seen on a daily basis, and bring a smile to the family inside that home, whether it’s as they’re eating breakfast, lounging on their living room sofa, or playing in the children’s rooms.
An Art Gallery of Your Very Own – Recycled | the creative mama
A white framed sister version to my best selling original. Perfect raised hand holding little people. A fully customisable piece. In the example above, each figure is hand cut from beautiful cartography - the maps show the place in the world where each person spent their childhood.
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I am a meal planner. I refuse to go grocery shopping without my week’s worth of meals planned out and list made. (It’s either that or wander aimlessly around the grocery store for two hours and then make ten more trips back during the week to get things I forgot.) Once I get the groceries unloaded, I usually forget what I planned for, so I put together this super easy wipe-off menu board to keep track of what’s for dinner each night! Wipe-Off Menu Board Tutorial Supplies :
Wipe Off Weekly Menu Board
Illustrating with Thread and Pins
The images within post are from various art installations and projects by Debbie Smyth . View more of the artist’s work at her blog . Notes about Smyth (from bio published at New British Artists ): Debbie Smyth graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Contemporary Textiles in 2008. She has exhibited widely since then, selling her work to the public as well as being commissioned for a number of corporate projects from the New York Times to the Dorchester. Her playful yet sophisticated artworks are created by stretching a network of threads between accurately plotted pins.
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woven pin board {tutorial} | jones design company
The other day I found a large {3 ft x 4 ft} cork board at the thrift store. I figured I could always use another pin board and the price was right, so I brought it home. I was thinking I would cover it with linen like this one from potterybarn : But then while perusing some of my favorite blogs, I came across this photo at Grace Happens :This impressive mural (along with a few others) were made by artist Kathryn Anderson with nothing more than pushpins and yarn. We'll show you how you can create your own, step by step and with tips from the artist. Kathryn Anderson of KAndeArt has made some great wall murals out of nothing more than string and push pins.