Un-bedside tables for easy book storage and access
Right now my bedside table is an upended suitcase — a failed attempt to turn it into a cat bed. No storage, and not pretty. To solve my problem, I’ve been fantasy shopping for an un-bedside table. As I see it, here are my options.
Six gothy, hippie, neo-classical ceiling alternatives for when you need something not-white to stare at
Remember the brick-ceiling Spanish apartment of Clarisse, her partner, and a friend?
I’ve been thinking about ceilings a lot because sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I stare at the one in my bedroom and wish there was something interesting up there. This is what I’ve found in my research of alternatives to the rough plaster ceiling.
A Portal-themed bedroom and a message board you pet to use in this week’s Monday Montage
Start your day with our collection of interesting articles on the web and photos from our readers. In these Clicky Links you’ll find lots of sites to waste a little time on — and you’ll see a raver-friendly penless message board.
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Five silly-easy Halloween crafts that I’mma do this weekend
I haven’t decorated for Halloween at ALL — but I totally plan to. It’s on the list for this weekend — and these ideas are the bullet points on that list.
Ironing boards go hardcore and high decor
Wim Delvoye is pure High Art. He’s known for making projects like Cloaca, a digestive machine which turns food into feces and Art Farm, a Chinese farm on which Wim tattoos the backs of pigs. I know these ironing boards are an installation piece, but I still covet them.
Hack Halloween: Add dread to a space with gauzy cheesecloth shapes
Do you need a convincingly decrepit room on a budget? Do you want to pull off a haunting Halloween look on the cheap and easy? You’ll love today’s halloween hack: cheesecloth.
Enjoy the change of seasons with pretty ideas for simple fall decor
Do you do anything differently at home in the fall? Are you all about collecting pretty leaves, or do you have a set of be-glittered, fantastical leaf-themed decor that comes out of storage? What’s your home look like this season?
A moth-inspired bed
This is a sphinx moth bed built in 1904, part of a photo tour of a French magistrate’s home shared by Alexandre Prévot.
The lazy translation that accompanied this image states:
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