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natural modern interiors: Recycled & Up-cycled Furniture :: Grand Designs Live 2011, London
There were a few furniture design companies at the show but these three recycled furniture designers / businesses really caught my eye as all three have a very different approach to recycled and up-cycled furniture design. Hope you enjoy... Wind-felled Salvaged Timber Furniture
Appreciating the Desert Deserts are harsh environments. Hot during the day, cold at night, so little water and so few living things. At first glance it sounds awful. But most deserts I have visited have such beautiful redeeming qualities that I ultimately forget how difficult life can be here without modern comforts. Intriguing… more
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~ S.C.R.A.P. ~ Scraps Creatively Reused and Recycled Art Projects: Vintage Potato Masher Helper
Items Needed: ~Table saw or hand saw ~Scrap wood ~Wooden handled potato masher (as shown) ~Drill and 1/16th drill bit ~2 Wood Staples ~2 Mug hooks ~Hammer ~Pliers, two ~Safe work surface or scrap wood to put underneath (drill bit, wood staples, mug hooks) We used an old piece of barn wood for this project. I found the wooden handled potato masher at the thrift store for $.50. You can also find these at flea markets, garage sales and yard sales. Antique stores have them, but expect to spend $5.00 and up for them.Are you planning to look for a new job, new career, or just a new perspective on life this year? Then Becoming a Life Change Artist: 7 Creative Skills to Reinvent Yourself at Any Stage of Life by Fred Mandell, Ph.D and Kathleen Jordan, Ph.D is the book for you! Before I planned to interview Kathy Jordan for my Five {5} Creative Questions series , I won a copy of her book.
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CLAIRE MARTIN : LIGHT JOURNEYS
Slab City has been created by a small but committed community of squatters in the Colorado Desert of South Eastern California, USA. Taking its name from the concrete slabs that remain from an abandoned World War II base, it is a tragic yet romantic landscape that commands its residents to possess the same balance of beauty and beast. Unbearable temperature highs in summer weed out the many who inhabit the free space in winter leaving only the most resilient, or the most unfortunate, as permanent residents.
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