January 19, 2007
Green homes
The water sculptures of William Pye. (From Spluch)
Colorful refregirators by an Italian manufacturer, and other cool refrigerators
Toyota green roofs, $43 per tile
Good contractors are hard to find. This is a good example of a bad one... (I’m about to build two similar pages in the near future, if I don’t get satisfactory resolutions from two outfits that took my money & ran…)
The Slouch couch, a six-foot diameter curved chair with a highly finished fiberglass shell and an upholstered interior
David Delamare Murals. (From Ample Sanity)
Gravitonus, a multifunctional computerized system, created for optimum ergonomic conditions at work
Normal Room shows you interior design and home furniture from all around the globe
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December 15, 2006
Deepak Chopra quote
24th Century Interior Design. Man Goes Bankrupt Building Starship Voyager Home
Antique Bendix washer/dryer covered in a quote by Deepak Chopra: "Human consciousness and cosmic consciousness are one. The field dances and waits for us to join in. It constantly folds and refolds itself, like an infinite wool blanket tumbling in a dryer at infinite speed". (Thank you, Valkyrie).
More by Alyce Santoro: Florida waters: An anointing infusion carefully brewed in small batches from organically grown herbs, flowers, spices, and orange doughnuts. Family recipe passed down interplanetarily. Letterpress label on blue glass bottle. Limited edition, unnumbered
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November 13, 2006
Pimp cups
A fireplace that hangs on the wall
Doorbell Instructions. When the presence of a doorbell isn't enough and instructions are deemed necessary. (From Coudal)
Our pimp cups are made of glass and the finest crystals and rhinestones. We take pride in the quality of our pimp cups. The styles of pimp cups change frequently. Be sure to check our site often
Steve's Weird House is Seattle's Strangest Home & Private Museum. Stephen resides in a Victorian home that is a cluttered combination of museum, library and art gallery, decorated with that old-world Addams Family charm. Not only is every inch of every wall covered with art, but all the ceilings are also decorated. (From Szanalmas)
Beth’s Wall pockets
Bright handles glows red when locked, green when unlocked. (From A Whole Lotta Nothing)
69 Wine Caddies by artist Guenter Scholz
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October 26, 2006
The crochet lawn
Jane Bolsover’s knitted garden
Fun with Treadmills. (GooTube)
For all you trash cans needs, Trash Cans & More
Handy Japanese reading stand
IQ Light is a self assembly lighting system made up of interlocking quadrilaterals
The Coffin Kitchen. (thank you, Raluca)
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October 02, 2006
German DJs
Gallery of Owner-Built Toilets. (From Give, Get, Take, Have)
Obscene Interiors is a collection of real online male personal ad photos and my critique of the naive interior decorating exposed therein. (No need to shield your timid eyes, the often-nude figures have been laboriously obscured.)
German DJs and their living rooms. (From Coudal)
Don Simpson’s home, the ultimate Hollywood bachelor pad
Joe Papendick Outdoor Bird Feeder Sculptures. (From Sciatica)
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August 22, 2006
Cool mechanical fish
What do you get for the eccentric executive who has everything? How about the Ant Desk? It’s part desk, and part Ant Farm. It’s the ultimate desk for nature lovers, bug lovers, and, well, other people who want a weird desk
I was at a pool party a few weeks ago, and they had a mechanical fish swimming in the pool (My photo above). It was a cool pool fish
Dishwasher infolight. An ambient light beam, created because "the dishwasher is so quiet", they "had to create a device that beams a small light onto the floor so you can tell it's running"
Motion of a lampshade and other Product Design Shorts by Ben Hopson
The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement (1970). (From Boing Boing)
Fresno’s Underground Gardens
10 toilets you have never seen. Also, Toilet-O-Rama at “Neatorama”
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July 25, 2006
Matt Mat
Door Mat. Everybody knows somebody named Matt. This door mat says, "Hi! I'm Mat" in bold black letters on a natural background. (From BB Links)
Johnny Swing’s Obsessive Furniture line
Moving Sofa Constant. We have noticed you have a small personal problem with sofas. You move them and get them stuck in hallways. But it's nothing a little math won't fix
Toast the one you love, with The Love Toaster
By the way, if you haven’t done so already, I am still interested in sending you 100 dollars... Only about 411 325 to go... Please help spread the word...
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July 03, 2006
Hand Cut
A better wall plug. (From Collision Detection)
The Floating Bed. Also, a magnetic floating bed from Holland
Dixie Cup Spherical Dodecahedron
10 Coolest BBQ Grills from Neatorama
Also, the Pot-de-Feu (pot of fire) grill, hand-cut by artist John T. Unger from scrap 20 lb propane tanks
Ever wonder what happens when you dump a bucket of Liquid Nitrogen in a pool? Re-post: 1001 things to do with Liquid Nitrogen
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May 31, 2006
Need help!
(I need to buy some lightning for my bedroom. I like this Ango Lamp. Any reader / decorator willing to come down to Riverside & help me fix my house?)
Moving Color glass tiles. (From Farpas e bitaites)
Not your same old shower curtain. (From BB Links)
Skelly, The Garden Swimmer Sculpture
Richard Sweeney’s paper lights
Step by step of how to build am aquarium coffee table for a fraction of the cost of ready-made models
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April 16, 2006
Topiary Art
Emoticons color cushions. The six-piece set of emoticons designed as different color cushions is good for all children
Magnetic Refrigerator Lights. Turn your fridge into a canvas for LED art
A plate to eat a slice of pizza by Atypyk
Topiary Art by Topiary Joe
Oil lamp shadow projectors
Anderson Township Zoning Dispute
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March 11, 2006
Hand Painted Murals
murals by the Persian-Danish artist Medad
The very cool AOL Throne was built in the summer of 2003. It contains 4000 CDs, weighs at least 150 pounds, barely fits through doors, and plugs into an electrical outlet
Western Home Décor: Hand Painted Saw Blades
The many uses for cork for home decoration
Multi-level floors with Poetic Technologies
Nick Baxter’s Tattoos of Furnitures
Large Amish Tables
Flat turned into Baroque replica. A cabinet maker laboured for six years to turn his Lancashire retirement flat into a copy of French king Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles
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January 11, 2006
Tiki World
Twig Bench made from copiced (?) hazel, by furniture designer Russell Pinch. (From ”Book of joe”)
After many months of hard work, Mr. Balis' Hai'deaway is now open. Please come on in, sit down, and have a virtual look around while I mix you up a fruity cocktail or three as the tropical sounds of Martin Denny and traditional Polynesian music waft along the humid island breezes. Play some pinball if you wish, it's set to free play
Residential Urinals are showing up in more and more high-end bathroom renovations. For example, here’s Dave’s urinal
Partridge Nail Relief Sculpture and other murals by David Gerry Partridge. (After a post by Joe Clark on his beautiful Toronto photoblog). Also, David Shrigley’s Sculpture of a nail
Hand grenade oil lamps by Piet Houtenbos. $40.00
Gutterstuff, the Foam Filter Insert
Dress your milk or juice cartons for breakfast with these Carton Slips
Animi Causa seating system
Alvin Lustig, Modern American Design Pioneer
Whitehall Flagler Museum in West Palm Beach, Florida
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October 18, 2005
Back-to-the-Fifties
Deadly Nightshades. The Original 1950's Fiberglass Reproduction Lampshade Company
My house. I've been collecting 50's furnishings since 1993. At the beginning time, there was a lot of it around. Now it is getting to be extremely hard to find items. I was lucky enough to find great things and fantastic prices. Not everything in the house is vintage, I try to stay current on most electrical appliances
Wayne Cain Architectural art glass
The Brighthandle Door Handle changes its light from Green to Red when the room is occupied
The Ventana lamp curtain can be rolled down when you need privacy and rolled up and out of the way to create open space
Dream Kitchen, a dazzling flash animation from Ikea
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August 16, 2005
Designer-babble
Beautiful Ripples luxurious bathrooms
Bring back the spittoon! A giant spittoon collection
Esther Derkx’ Improved Crockery
Order up the buffalo wings and ice down the Milwaukee’s Best--it’s almost football season! And there’s no better place to play armchair quarterback than in the Golgotha La-Z-Boy
A blog about monobloc plastic chair, the most successful and least beloved piece of furniture of our culture
The Household Cyclopedia - a book of general knowledge printed in 1881. (From ”Fawn Jotters”)
Residential Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator
Home graffiti - Translate urban, misfit anger into commercial, homely decoration
Modern cave. People still live in caves
A Cob Cottage Update: A Multi-Media Visit with Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley on New Developments in the World of Cob Building. The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Building a Cob Oven. (From ”Jolly Socratic”)
An Exhibit of Flower Shaped Urinals and other Nature Inspired Sculptures by San Francisco Artist, Clark Sorensen
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July 19, 2005
'Finding Nemo'
Amazing pool-floor mosaic of the cast of 'Finding Nemo' by Robert Vogland. (From Adam Kempa. Also there, Bottlecap wall at Brooklyn's Barcade and Thousands of old 45s on eBay!)
EcoSmart Fire Places. (Thank you, Michael)
Leon Trotsky's Toilet, Tub, and Hot Water Heater. (From Toilets of the World: Toilets I have encountered)
Temperature-sensitive bathroom fixtures from Hansa
Stige stool by Marzio Riboldi and Matteo Visentin. One of the winners of The Folding Chairs Design Competition
Retro-decorating. A classic Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Book circa 1968
Experimental Lightning by Enlai Hooi. (From Hidden Art Designer-Maker Directory)
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