IKEA hacking. it happens and we love every moment of it. let's celebrate the miracle of turning IKEA into I-CANDY by admiring this splendid bookshelf hack by elia maurizi and francesco pepa.
using six pieces of the EKBY TRYGGVE solid wood shelf ($6.99 each), ten EKBY TÖRE brackets ($5.00 each), and some paint, they crafted this colorful, practical, and super purty shelving unit.
learn more about the transformation here!
{via apartment therapy.}
paint them up or keep them raw. just think of them as a step up from milk crate furniture.
cheers!
{top and bottom image via blood & champagne. top and middle image - the box house in florence, italy.}
a few weeks ago, i grabbed my iPhone and canon DSLR and boogied downtown to cross a lingering item off of my to-do list: "learn how to shoot and edit video."
sure, i've fooled around with iMovie, but the most i ever did was set music to a 10-second video of a baby otter. needless to say, formal training was in order.
the first day of class was held at the land of all things awesome -- poketo. the instructors were the lovely and creative bri of blogshop and her talented (and patient) videographer boyfriend, arian of modshift. we learned how to pan, zoom and track (and more) using handheld camera techniques and a lot of "what would wes anderson do?" thought processes.
we shot everything from facial expressions to sidewalk splatters, keeping in mind we would assemble our digital madness into an award-winning edited video the following day.
the next day was a photoshop wonderland of video editing.
yes, the latest version of photoshop CS6 has video editing capabilities! being the photoshop groupie that i am, i knew this would be right up my alley.
bri and angela skillfully guided us through the steps and tricks to lay out video tracks, add music, use overlays, add fades, and use good ol' photoshop adjustment layers, masks, and effects. they even used videos they had created as examples and provided us with extremely helpful exercise files.
and of course, there was a fabulous photo booth. behold, our glorious instructors!
and last, but not least, MY FIRST VIDEO!
cobbled together using the footage shot during our workshop at poketo, it's pretty silly, but was very fun to make. oh, and blogshop is holding a little contest, so if my video gets picked, i score a shiny new copy of CS6! i am currently on a trial version that expires in 12 days, so wish me luck.
finally, a big thank you to video blogshop, all of the other students, and poketo. new skills, new friends, and new inspiration -- who could ask for anything more?
photography by whorange.
make a masquerade mask for your favorite vintage miss, mrs., ma'am, or madam.
originally used as a DIY for halloween decorating, i think this treatment is fine for every day --especially when paired with a blonde bouffant.
{learn how-to at design sponge.} {via tiffany mcleain.}
stick-and-play vinyl, decal-like panels from panyl bring a little pretty to your plain IKEA. panyl's got your swedish staples covered from the expedit and framstå to your ekby järpen and bestå tombo.
you can cut 'em up and get crafty, too. hackers, welcome.
{see all of the options at panyl's website.} {via babble.}
the multi-talented jonathan lo of happy mundane transformed the IKEA enetri shelf (craigslist) and micke desk (69.00) into delicious I-CANDY by swathing them in faux-walnut contact paper.
see how he did it (and how you can, too!) here.
when i'm not hanging my pants, i can hang my art.
get the skinny on pant poster hanger options at the desinger pad.
i'm truly digging this packaging -- photocopies of vintage peeps folded and taped around your presents. tie it up with a string and pour yourself a cocktail.
easy to do thanks to something's hiding in here and miss martha stewart.
{via decor8.}
