Wall vinyls + chalkboard = Sheer genius.
I can’t believe it’s taken so long to combine two of the hottest trends out there and come up with chalkboard wall vinyls! And right about now I’m wishing my office walls weren’t textured so that I could order one for myself…
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Hurrah for super functional design! The duality of Nicola from Bern’s Coat Hook & Coat Hanger is genius – it sticks to a conventional towel rail and once flipped over it turns into a coat hook.
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I’ve taken a serious liking to repurposed ceiling medallions. These clocks from Mr. Kaliski are fantastic. It’s amazing how something so utterly stuffy in it’s original purpose becomes chic and art-like when used in another way.
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I adore this idea: ceiling medallions as wall art!
I’ve always appreciated the intricate detailing of most medallions, but thought them a bit stuffy for my own personal taste. This is a great way to use them outside of their intended purpose. The medallions pictures are of the lightweight urethane variety and painted in subtly varying shades of the same color. So, so pretty.
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Posted In house and home, make it, wallsJohn Murphy is a gifted photographer for sure, but what I’m really loving are the frames he displays his work in on his site. Beautiful baroque-style ones with splashes of brilliant color. Let’s just say there are plans in the works for a wall full in my home and leave it at that. Ahem.
As a reformed vegetarian I’m definitely not one for taxidermy or animal heads on the wall, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw The Paper Deer Head Project on Design Milk and absolutely loved it. And then when I read the artist’s explanation I was sucked in even further…
Because we’re all hunting for something.
We’re all collecting our own modern trophies.
The heads are made out of resin and paper and measure 18 x 18 x 14″. If you’re interested in snagging one for yourself, better hurry – when I visited last there was only one left!
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I’m a big fan of the Wall Cleat from Oboiler. And I desperately need one for my bathroom! Between hair dryer, straightener and electric toothbrush I’m one outlet short of electrical bliss. The Wall Cleat would cleverly keep me from stepping on the stray cord and impaling my foot on the prongs (which I’ve done before). Technology is great, but keep it out of my way!
Thanks to founder Ted – and some young designers who saved the company days before the designs and equipment were to be destroyed – we have Flavor Paper, a small hand screened wallpaper company located in the Bywater District of New Orleans. To support their printing process, the Flavor Lab houses a darkroom, screen etching equipment, and an ink room where they custom mix all colors. I think it would be so much fun to choose a wall in one room of my home and wallpaper away with the boldest, most graphic paper they design!
And the wall decal frenzy continues. I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I just don’t get tired of seeing new designs. Maybe it’s the ability of being able to customize something as structural and permanent as a wall with minimal commitment. Whatever the reason my latest discovery is Apple Pie Designs – and it just may be my favorite thus far. I’m totally digging the branch decal most of all.
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I’m way into this metal-cut mirror by Michigan designer Joey Ruiter. I just can’t decide if it would be something I would get tired of after a few years (not that it’s remotely near my price range).