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Gorgeous Garage Conversion By Shed Architects

Gorgeous Garage Conversion By Shed Architects
The appropriately named SHED Architecture and Design has done a lovely garage conversion into a 300 square foot studio apartment in a Seattle backyard. It is hard to call it a renovation, but zoning bylaws would not permit a new building, so they appear to have retained a few sticks. It is another good example of how one can make such a small space not only habitable but lovely to look at. The Architects are quoted in Coolboom: The project began with a 30 square meter single car garage, built in the 1920's, that was in an advanced state of decay and in need of a new foundation. The garage, elevated above a sunken yard on wooden posts was in need of a new foundation. The loft looks tight but cozy. More at Shed Architecture & DesignMore in Less is More:Shedworking : It's Not About Cute Sheds, It's About the Workplace Revolution (Book Review)Supertramp: Microsized Mobile Living ConceptCould Less Become More Again?

Indoor Swings: Hours Of Fun And Therapy Have you seen these fun Indoor Swings? I don’t know about you, but I would love to put one in my home? They would make for hours of fun and therapy! Why not bring the outside into your home? We have found a few of our favorite Indoor Swings for you to enjoy! Keep reading after the jump to view more Indoor Slides! Image via here Image via here Image via here Image via here Image via here If you liked this post you might like: Indoor Slides 30 of the Most Creative Bookshelves Designs At Freshome, we try to find things to inspire you and make your home a better place to live. You can find all kinds of stories here, such as beautiful pieces of furniture, ideas for decorating your home, architecture news, home gadgets, tips and tricks for improving your home, and much more. Here is a collection of the best bookshelves we posted during the past year. The Equation Bookshelf, designed by Marcos Breder, uses the simple idea of organizing objects in a certain order. As you can see, the design is unique, stylish and original. You can put the books that you use most often (or maybe a framed picture) between the (parentheses) — whichever is the focal point of this bookshelf — and then set others between the [square brackets] and the {braces}. These Folding Bookshelves are really innovative and practical; they let you arrange the books in an interesting way, as you can see from these pictures. Da-Eun Song designed this shelf that spells out “shelf.”

Bedroom Designs: Modern Interior Design Ideas & Photos Do you prefer plush padding a minimalist pillow, a decked-out design or toned-down interior? From dazzling abstract designs to humorously offbeat sleeping spaces here are seven brilliant bedroom designs to inspire your imagination. Who knows, with a few decorative adjusts you might be able to remodel your own bedrooms to similar effect. If you love soft illumination and hate to sacrifice privacy, this bedroom interior has a brilliant combination of strategies from uplighting around the bed itself to wall panels that block direct views and sunlight but let light in around them. If you are more of a minimalist, this simple bedroom space has a rhythmic modularity and combines soft white walls and ceiling with variegated wood furniture and furnishings for a pleasantly mixed aesthetic experience. At the opposite end of the spectrum, how would you like to have your bedroom be in the middle of your pool room?

15 Amazing Chair Designs Creative and unusual chairs made by the world’s most talented designers. Laundry Chair Multifunctional chair with integrated laundry bag for your clothing. Shadow Chair Gravity defying chair with two legs is supported by a metal shadow. Pencil Chair Oyster Chair When folded it is a cushion, when unfolded it a comfortable chair. Walrus Chair Tube Chair Unusual chair made out of tubes by talented designer Tom Price. Corner Chairs Sugar Chair Candy inspired chair made out of pure sugar by Pieter Brenner. Silhouette Chair Modern chair designed to be easily transformable into a bench. Rhino Chair Silk Chair Chair consists of silk thread tightened around a bearing oak frame. Mini Cooper Chair David Gawthorpe transformed front end of a real car into a chair. Bamboo Chair Tea ceremony chair made by Japanese designer Hiroki Takada. Melting Chair Unique chair by Philipp Aduatz designed to look like it is melting. Inception Chair Amazing chair by Vivian Chiu is made out of ten smaller chairs.

Cool Interior Tree Home: Best Kids Bedroom Design Ever? There are a lot of ways to make a nice bedroom, but for kids there is an element of excitement that is just as important as bedroom size and style. As these pictures illustrate, a cool bedroom for children can be a virtual fantasy world in itself – in this case by making the outdoors the driving interior design idea and central concept of the bedroom space. Complete with climbing ropes, ladders, swings and all kinds of hidden storage spaces, this bedroom brings all of the elements of an outdoor play space inside and makes the room feel like a self-sufficient home at the same time. Though this kind of cool bedroom design for kids can of course be contracted out to someone else like Kidtropolis, it is also perhaps an opportunity for a fun do-it-yourself project that engages children in the activity of designing and building their own space.

I feel melty. | Light&Spoon - StumbleUpon EDIT 11/5/2012: We are no longer selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop. We are now focusing on a new jewelry project, so please check that out and we hope you enjoy the tutorial below! Edit: We are now selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop! If you have questions about commissioning your own artwork, please see the shop or email us at lightandspoon@gmail.com. Here’s our contribution to the melted crayon craze on Pinterest. Anyway! He filled in in with marker, and then we taped some saran wrap around a piece of cardstock to make a run-off barrier for the top of the umbrella. We pulled out all the blues and greys from three boxes we got on sale for $2.50 each at A.C. Then it was just a matter of putting the crayons through the gun–the pretty-but-stupid impulse-buy glue gun that barely works, so I didn’t ruin my good one. The hardest part was removing the guard and fixing the wax around it. Yay! Like this: Like Loading...

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