See how mahogany piano cases have been remade into fascinating bookcases. As a little girl, I spent many hours tickling the ivories of our baby grand, but later I picked up a flute and never looked back. When my parents built a new home it was a hard decision for Mom to sell the piano as it had been in our family for three generations. While I'm happy it was restored, and is … [Read more...]
Repurposed Shelving
Repurposed shelving finds alternative ways to create displays and personalize our homes. Repurposing means taking an object and using it in a different way than originally intended. We all know it's the "green" thing to do but many of us don't do it to save trees. It's done to express creativity, to be unique and avoid mass market items. One of the cutest repurposing ideas … [Read more...]
Bombshell Bookcases
To be focal points today bookcases needs to be colorful or unusually designed. I started thinking about bookcases after a hilarious lurker-read about color-neutering books by wrapping them in brown paper or flipping them so the spines face in and the vanilla pages take over. The first idea reminded me of junior high when pervy boys would order dirty books in “plain brown … [Read more...]