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Design*Sponge » before & after: mirror made of rulers
This mirror made from metal rulers looks amazing!
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1903 rotating! house: Let the sun shine in…all day long
Like many Americans, I have recently been diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency. In addition to drinking milk, eating dark leafy greens, and taking 2000 IU’s of D a day, I’ve also been trying to get as much sunlight as possible. When I came across this article in the November 7, 1903 Scientific American, I realized that a possible reason for my deficiency is my home’s inability to rotate.
Pictured here is a home that turns with the sun, which was on display at the Exposition de l’Habitation in Paris in 1903. The idea behind the revolving home, created by Dr. Pellegrin and Parisian architect M. Pettit, was that if home could rotate with the sun, it would be provided with the sunlight needed to create a more healthful and sanitary home. The design of the home was meant to fulfill requirements of heliotherapy based on work by Dr. Nils Finsen, the 1903 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
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MOMA's Design and the Modern Kitchen Exhibit
This was a fun exhibit. When I was in NYC over New Year’s, I insisted on going to MOMA even though we would have less than two hours to browse. This was one of the exhibits I made a point to see (along with Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures), and I loved it, but I’m a fan of kitchens and design.
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How cool is this?
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(via Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » jonathan adler tables)
I’m in love. I want it all. Damnit, Jonathan Adler, why are you so expensive?
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(via 5 Resources for Eccentric Walls | Apartment Therapy Chicago)
I just wanted to share this wallpaper. The actual post isn’t really worth it. -
Oh my god. You can apparently rent this while on vacation in the UK…
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(via Iris Apfel’s “Exuberant” Home in Architectural Digest | Apartment Therapy New York)
Iris Apfel, the 88-year-old fashion icon, designer and self-professed “geriatric starlet” has her apartment in this month’s Architectural Digest.
Life goal #396: Emulate this woman when I am 88 years old.
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(via If It’s Hip, It’s Here: ABC Bookcase - Letters and Numbers Modular Cube Storage from Saporiti)
How cool are these letter cube bookshelves? You can move them around and spell whatever you want.
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(via Free Printables to Organize Your Home in Style | Apartment Therapy Boston)
I wish the inside of my tall kitchen cabinet looked like this. I finally got around to putting all my various flours in matching glass jars, but I labeled them in my horrible little-boy handwriting on Post-Its, which are bound to fall off and then I won’t know which one is bread flour and and which one is cake flour and which one is all-purpose. Sigh…
(BUT this could be my kitchen! My walls and cabinets are also yellow and white. I need to get on this.)
Newspaper copy editor, semi-new homeowner, amateur baker who is in love with words, sarcasm, news, pop culture, bright colors, music, design, books, Detroit, DIY.
