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Tea sub - Tea infuser Yellow | Tea infuser Pa Design - Ototo | Shop for design furniture and decoration with Made in Design. Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » before & after: amy’s drawers + natalie’s mail sorter. This is one of my favorite Before & After projects of late. It might be because I’m partial to loose drawers; they can be used for so many things, and vintage drawers have their own unique personality that gets hidden when they simply sit inside a cabinet. Amy clearly shares my attitude on the reuse potential of old drawers. She repainted and connected four of them to create an awesome display piece over her desk. The dark and white contrast is so dramatic, and I especially love the way the handles look — it’s a lovely one-of-a-kind art piece that also provides storage!

Great transformation, Amy! Have a Before & After you’d like to share? This project makes me so jealous — what I wouldn’t give for a vintage piece like this!! Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » diy project: recycled scrap paper notebooks. We blessing sisters have loved notepads, notebooks and all things paper since our first wide-rule pads we bought in gradeschool. we have trouble letting go of even a single sheet of paper, lest we find a use to reuse or recycle it in the craft room! This time, we repurposed our old faxes and paper scraps into notebooks and made them useful again. we pulled out old wrapping paper, books we didn’t mind ripping pages out of, and other odds and ends to make the covers pretty. this is quick and easy to do with what you already have at home, and you end up with a stack of handy, useful pads that might even give you a tinge of back-to-school nostalgia.

–bbbcraft sisters CLICK HERE for the full how-to after the jump! Materials: - 8 ½” x 11” scrap paper (from faxes, printing mishaps and mail) - binder clips - scraps of cardboard cut into 1” inch strips OR 2 wood paint mixers cut to size -elmers glue, pvc or a glue gun - paint brush - decorative scrap paper - masking tape and/or decorative tape. Paper capiz shell chandelier. I love wax paper for packing lunches; i wrap sandwiches in a piece of wax paper and tie it like a present with a little cotton string. it’s so much better looking than a plastic bag. wax paper comes in handy for more things than i realized, like rolling it up to use for a funnel, or how about rubbing a piece of wax paper on the top of your shower curtain rod to cut down on that terrible screeching in the morning…problem solved. but who knew that if you iron layers of wax paper together it looks remarkably similar to a capiz shell?

This discovery brought me to today’s project: the faux capiz chandelier. hung over your dining table, or outside at an outdoor dinner party, it is an easy solution to a dramatic light fixture and will look phenomenal in either setting. i hope you enjoy making your own as much i did! -brenna CLICK HERE for the full how-to after the jump! Materials: Instructions: 1. spray paint your planter basket. let dry. 8. once you cover the hanging basket you are done! Marc Newson: Modern Design Dish Doctor Dish Drainer Rack. Marc Newson: Dish Doctor Dish Drainer Rack Magis, Italy. Special: $124.99 instead of $149.99 Marc Newson Dish Doctor Dish Drainer Rack by Magis Italy. If you have a small kitchen or a small sink a draining board Dish Doctor will come to the rescue!! It has an intergral reservoir to collect the drips and means that it can be placed on work surfaces and in effect doubles your draining board capacity! "I controlled every aspect of this project, even the packaging, and it was an instant hit.

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