Showing posts with label re purpose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label re purpose. Show all posts

2.09.2011

Dorm Dec Wednesdays: Creating a Space of your Own

I'd really like to be able to keep my room separate from my craft/making area but don't have room in my small apartment to do so.  Right now my room mate & I have both of our sewing machines crammed onto our dinning table under the only over head light in our apartment.  It gets cramped when she's trying to cut & I am trying to sew & vice versa.  There's no place to iron, no place to cut out patterns, etc.  We are both novice seamstresses, have two very different machines, & are doing very different things.

I recently found this adorable blog, Apple Blue where Amanda has created her own little sewing space with an old bookshelf, curtain, & type case.  So awesome!


and also take a look at her chairs:
aren't they perfect?

I definitely don't have room for this in our little apartment, but it's nice to dream.  I am hoping to have a loft bed in my new apartment & have space to create below. 

Do you have a separate space to work?  

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11.09.2010

Dorm Dec Wednesdays: Some Cool, Recycled Items for your Home

Since I am trying to use up a lot of my craft supplies & other things around my house, I am looking for some home decor projects that involve recycling.

I have also been on a YouTube kick lately to find these projects.  Here are some videos I find super inspiring:


This is a really neat video showing how to make a vase from magazine strips.  I really want to make this from Uncommon goods:



Then this stool uses whole magazines for the base! So crazy:


I am definitely going to try to make that tray.  What the heck will I do with it once it's made?

I'd also like to try this from Craft:


But mix it with this tutorial:



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7.15.2010

Decor Find: Child's Play Kitchen

Isn't this the cutest thing ever? I was perusing the internet today when I stumbled across Design Dazzle

Its a re purposed TV cabinet/entertainment center. View the entire post here & check out the blog too!



This puts my first play kitchen to shame. I am pretty sure its a PlaySkool plastic kitchen. I still have it its got to be almost 20 years old & I will never get rid of it!