DIY Inspiration
(Ariana and Young Nam Heller in the NYTimes)
Earlier this month, the NYTimes had a great article on design students who have made interesting and creative home designs out of cheap material. This is one of my favorite topics as the Savvy Housekeeper has expensive taste but is also cheap (an unfortunate combination). The website has a slideshow on some of their work.
Heller (pictured above) “found this nightstand on the street, painted it blue and coated it with shellac.” I’m also loving the branch in the jar.
“Lauren Chapman, a student at Yale School of Architecture, used recycled light bulbs as candleholders.”
“You very carefully hold a light bulb on the metal end and saw the bottom” of that end off, she said. “Then I used a screwdriver to break out the insides,” and glued the bulbs together with a hot glue gun.
Michelle Nicholls “used plastic foam vegetable trays as three-dimensional wall art.”
That’s right, those are carrot trays. See:
The same student also made these diagonal bookshelves from wood on the street.
“Ikea shelves were covered with Japanese comic book pages and coated with Minwax clear lacquer by Young Nam Heller.”
I may very well copy this last one and cover something with interesting paper in the near future.
