We got a lot of ideas taking a little photo tour of the versatile 66-square-foot artist’s studio Anaan Stern and Shany Tal, with its many kinds of clever storage: folding bed, shelving, drawers of all sizes…But what we liked best are the wooden pegs inserted into sliding doors to hold works of art or open books, to make an ever-changeable private gallery.
Read MorePlywood Cube Room with Sliding Doors
We’ve known a number of people who have built small rooms within an existing space, but we have never seen one quite so appealing as this plywood cube. Bookshelves and storage along one side afford some sound proofing. And painted sliding doors make for an appealing wall in the main room.
Read MoreBed Desk Solutions for Working in Bed (and What to Avoid)
Flavorwire’s recents 10 Design Solutions for Working in Bed has me both intrigued and concerned. From a design perspective, I was interested to see what some designers came up with for bed/desk solutions, because who doesn’t like to work in bed at some point? Ikea’s MALM occasional table (above) is an accessible solution; it has casters so you can roll…
Read MoreClever, Dual Purpose Flat File Sofa
Always on the lookout for clever ways to fit in additional storage, we love this “sofa” made on a base of flat files used to store art and other “flat” works on paper.
Read Moredesign inspiration: hemingway’s makeshift standing desk
Among the many projects we’re working on, is creating a standing desk – or perhaps better put – a standing area for our the 13-foot desktop we’re creating, so we can sit AND stand during many ours of blogging. We’ve seen many iterations on the internet, not to mention research as to why standing while…
Read Morea perfect set of wheels for making furniture mobile + a great sapien bookcase hack
When Design Within Reach launched the Sapien bookcase, it seemed like a brilliant idea: a bookshelf that allows books to be stacked vertically over five feet high, to form a neat stack from which you could easily remove any book. CB2 promptly knocked off the rectangular-pillar-with-removable-shelves-design. We bought one, then rued the day. The problem…
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