Remodelista recently posted about a new trend: Artful Coffee Drippers. By “dripper”, they mean the funnel-shaped cone, lined with a paper filter, that sits on top of a coffee pot or cup and allows the brewing coffee to drip through. We use the method ourselves so were interested to see the 10 stylish itereations. The only problem with most of the Remodelista coffee cones is they don’t allow for ways to keep the coffee hot, unlike our own homely rig.
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This beautiful image of wooden spoons we saw on From Moon to Moon reminded us just how much of a pleasing sculptural element they be when serving up food. Like chairs, wooden spoons can have distinct personalities. The odder they are, the more impact they have.
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We’re big fans of the versatile Componibili system of modular storage units. Originally designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell in 1969, they have since become a modern classic. Made of ABS, the units come in rounds and squares that can be stacked, stand alone, and put on wheeled bases. They are flexible, functional and stylish. Their simple lines seem to work in just about any interior and just about any room, from bathroom to living.
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Italian artist Costanza Algranti forges recycled material such as copper and iron into uniquely modern items for the home, with an aesthetic very different from many repurposed home design we see.
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Good idea: use water-based, all-surface Uni-Posca markers to label glass canning jars (they come in different point thicknesses and colors). When you change the contents, just wash the jar. We’d use these markers for other glass and mirror markings…
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At the great, somewhat cryptic art blog Atelier Journal, we stumbled on Rollers, a wire sculpture made by artist Richard Tuttle in 1970. We are smitten with it as an artwork, while our barbarian selves see it as divine inspiration for a toilet paper holder that we hope to one day fashion.
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Recently, while browsing through the Danish website Bungalow 5, we were inspired by this idea in the home of Ollie and Seb. By combining two ordinary, daily objects, they’ve created a miniature installation of their own.
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We’re at it again, hacking household items to tailor them to our liking. We used our trusty extra-fine sanding sponge to sand off the cheapish gold rim on some vintage egg cups, to reveal their pure, sculptural shape.
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Reading about $4 artisanal toast, the Bay Area’s latest food craze, got us thinking about our favorite alt ways of making our favorite comfort food.
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We’ve long wondered what the process of archival framing is, and if we could do it ourselves. We came across a huge trove of information at Bark Frameworks, an archival picture framing company who not only offers its services, but seems happy to tell you how to frame-it-yourself and will sell you supplies.
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Over the holidays Ellen Silverman gave a dinner party for 14 and wanted a special napkin that guests could take away with them to remember the event. She found some inexpensive but wonderfully stylish big red striped cotton dish towels that a friend machine-embroidered with a pretty design. They were in perfect keeping with the wonderful bistro-ish…
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For our money, one of the easiest ways to transform a problematic space is with good lighting. Many of the spaces we have consulted on suffered terribly —as have their inhabitants— from dim, murky lighting due to the pressure to move to energy-saving lighting. Now that manufacture of the classic warmly glowing incandescent bulb has been banned, the question “what to do?” is even more pressing. There are a number of options.
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After a run on the great L’Econome paring knife, World Knives has informed us that they have big stock of the endlessly useful, ages-wonderfully knife, in many colors. They also had some comments about our readers.
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Where do you get the jars to pack your juice homemade food gifts in? We have three strategies: collect them over the year (soak the labels off nice-looking jars some other food has come in), buy vintage jars at flea markets and thrift stores OR buy them. Here’s our compendium of great looking affordable jars.
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Although we’ve tried out hand at herb bouquets and vegetable decorations for the holiday table, we realized there are LOTS of possible improvisations on those themes when we saw these swell ones from iiiinspired. We love that they’re composed of everyday vegetables. The trick:
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We came across L’Econome’s perfect paring knife years ago in a kitchen ware store and have been in love ever since. They’re inexpensive – about $10 each – feel good in the hand, sharpen easily, AND look good, even as they age and weather. Since EVERYBODY needs a good paring knife, we’d buy them in…
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A couple of years ago, we posted about wine and spirits writer Anthony Giglio’s inspired practice of writing the name of each guest on his/her wine glass to cut down on “lost” glasses (and the attendant OMG-there-aren’t-enough-glasses stress). Anthony uses a china marker, a wax or grease pencil that writes perfectly on glass or china…
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Over the past few months, we’ve seen a spate of paint-dipped wooden spoons, with instructions to diy or just buy, like these Etsy ones from Living Embellished. Wanting them for ourselves, we realize that they’d make great inexpensive gifts. Here is all you need to know to diy or buy.
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Desperate to get a mountain of sliver polished for a photo shoot, we abandoned silver polish and tested an easy old-fashioned speed cleaning method, which worked brilliantly.
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