A little tweak

Hi The site may look a little wonky today. Just doing some minor tightening, just as IKEA recommends you do with their furniture from time to time.

Contrast Mug by Royal Copenhagen

Believe it or not, these jaunty, no handle Contrast Mugs are from the classic Danish china company, Royal Copenhagen . Designed by H.C. Giedde, the porcelain pieces, which have pleasing ridges like a ramekin, come sheathed in a brightly colored silicone sleeve that helps prevents slippage and protects fingers from the heat. The company actually gifted one to us (forest green, thank you very much) on Design Milk’s recent press trip to Copenhagen, and we’ve been using it daily. The verdict

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Contrast Mug by Royal Copenhagen

Child-proof vice versa

Materials: cavity anchor, screw Description: It is a solution for a most common problem if you have to re-equip your furniture in order to make it child-proof. IKEA offers the PATRULL drawer/cabinet catch, which will, in their words, “Reduce[] the risk of the child reaching improper contents in drawers/cabinets.” As for that, the tiny plastic catch serves its purpose well. Unfortunately, at the same time it increases the risk of the child jamming its fingers because it only prevents a drawer from being opened for more than 4 or 5 centimeters, bot not from being closed again. So I decided to enhance the mechanism by using a special kind of cavity anchor in addition to the PATRULL catch. I cut off one of the anchor’s two blades and screwed it in right above the catch.

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Child-proof vice versa