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Good Egg Footstool

Good Egg Footstool

If you’ve ever wondered what to do with all those empty cardboard egg cartons, besides: (a) using them to organize your craft stuff or jewellery or coins,(b) tearing them up to put in the compost, (c) crafting up some rather peculiar cardboard tulips, or (d) planting flower seeds in them… Here’s an elegant alternative — [...]

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Kittypod Cat Nest

Kittypod Cat Nest

If you happen to be lucky enough to be owned by a cat, you’ll know how much the furry little demons like to tuck themselves up for sleep. Kittypod is an “environmentally thoughtful design” by Elizabeth Paige Smith, but I think a cat had its fine paw in the planning. The elevated cat bed is [...]

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Sweet Dreams in a Custom Castle Bed

Sweet Dreams in a Custom Castle Bed

“If you dream it we can create it.” That’s the motto of Sweet Dream Theme Beds & Children’s Interiors, a small family-run company that’s fast making a name for itself in creating custom, one-of-a-kind, theme beds and children’s furnishings. One recent design project was a very special custom bed — a castle fit for King [...]

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Idea Board: Colorful Inspiration for Funky Painted Chairs

Idea Board: Colorful Inspiration for Funky Painted Chairs

Chairs are a great first project for wild-and-wonderful painted furniture projects to brighten up a child’s bedroom or playroom, your porch or sunroom, your kitchen, or even a corner of your home office, wherever you feel the need for a smile. Here’s a quick peek at my “idea board” for funky-whimsical hand-painted chairs: Mexican Hand-Painted [...]

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Life-Size Room-Arranging Templates

Life-Size Room-Arranging Templates

As you may have gathered by now, I’m all in favour of planning a room arrangement on paper, first, especially when it comes to shoving a heavy armoire around. Scale models or furniture templates are essential to interior design. But life-sized templates? That’s a new one on me! I haven’t had a chance to try [...]

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