May 26th, 2013 — Design
San Francisco-based Upwell , led by designer Justin Porcano , launched its first product that aims to make your life just a little bit easier. The Walhub isn’t your average switch plate though, this one becomes a dedicated site for your essentials – keys, mail, or your umbrella – by having a spot right by your door. You generally turn your lights off when you leave so your eyes automatically go to the light switch anyway, making it the perfect location for your important items. It comes in two versions, the Hang (with two hooks) and the Keeper (with two hooks and a mail holder), and they’re also a variety of options depending on what type of light switches you have
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Switch Plates Reinvented: Walhub by Upwell
October 11th, 2012 — Designer Stuff
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that we were redoing our floors, as I was searching for inspiration as to which finish we would choose. We just did our living room, because our precious little puppy had stained the floors with a few pee accidents. To avoid cutting and replacing the sections of the wood that was stained, our floor guy told us that if we chose a darker finish, it would be more cost efficient as it would just cover the stains right up.
So, that’s what we did! The first picture is a bad picture of the walls, as they are the same color as the walls in the second picture, but the floors really were that orangey. I never had a problem with the color, but now that they are that caramelly brown on the bottom – I am absolutely in love. They look even better in person – it is so hard to capture true colors on camera, as you probably know!
As the floor guy had told us, the stains were covered up and you can’t even see them! It only took about two days for the guys to be finished and it was well worth it.
What do you think of our new floors?
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March 3rd, 2012 — Designer Stuff
Happy Friday!
Do you have anything planned for the weekend? Here are six links to make your weekend a little bit more fabulous!
1) Loving the painting in this foyer, as well as following the renovations of this home.
2) This light looks like paper…but it’s not!
3) A little gold leaf pen makes a big difference…
4) Don’t know any Girl Scouts to buy cookies from? Make your own Samoas!
5) Doesn’t this living room look like Spring to you?
6) Learn how to make your own giant paper flowers…
Got any links to share?
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January 15th, 2012 — Designer Stuff
Loving the idea of bright, flowing, colorful curtains to brighten up a room no matter what time of day, or what time of year.
While initially a bold and bright solid colored curtain appealed to me the most, the combination of a solid with pattern seems a little bit more casual yet still gives that oomph I’m looking for. Here is the good example of great curtains designer from Ukraine.
Plus, mixing three different curtains is the perfect solution for indecisive individuals like myself that can’t narrow anything down to just one!
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May 26th, 2011 — Designer Stuff
The Little Fellow is a low profile modern chair, upholstered in thick nordic rope.
As per the designer’s website, Little Fellow was created as “an exploration in unusual materials and innovative ways of upholstering.”
The intention of the Little Fellow was to create a chair that touched people in a personal way, as a little friend would.
Little Fellow is designed by Sofie Brunner of Brunner Studio and Ditte Maigaard for the 2010 Stockholm Furniture Fair.
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March 11th, 2011 — Designer Stuff
With two ergonomic seats that face opposite ways, the Loveseat by Riva 1920 is ideal for a little lover’s quarrel.
When you want to relax, you can do so without facing the one you’re arguing with! Whether you’re quarreling or not, the seats of the Loveseat are positioned in a way that makes it easy to maintain eye contact and hold a normal conversation.
Eco-friendly as well as ergonomic, the Loveseat is made from the heartwood of cedar tree trunks. This modern loveseat is suitable for indoor and outdoor use, provided it is shielded from excessive exposure to ice, sun and water.
Loveseat is made in Italy and designed by Jake Phipps for Riva 1920.
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November 9th, 2010 — Design
bitplay takes everyday objects and makes them fun and interactive. Their objects are functional and sleek, but they add just a little bit of magic — or “play” — to the everyday. BANG! Bang! Lights out! BANG! lets you do just that: shoot the lights out. You fire a gun-shaped remote at the lamp to turn it off. The light goes out and the lampshade knocks to the side, showing that it’s been hit
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bitplay
April 28th, 2010 — Design
This little birdie from Mo Man Tai takes Twitter back quite a few years, back to when people used to write love notes. I’m not saying that people don’t still write love letters, but there was a time when they were more of a big deal. In this time of “twittering” it’s a great gift to tell someone something in the “old-fashioned (romantic) way.” This cute little bird-shaped love note holder is laser-cut from different metal leftovers. Called “Tweet,” it is made from 3- to 5-mm stainless steel or aluminium, but you can’t choose because you’re gonna get whatever metal is left over at that time
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Tweet for Love Notes
April 6th, 2010 — Design
This is such a simple but very neat idea from Rafael Morgan : a clock with hands that have magnifying lenses to make the little numbers bigger and easier to read for telling time. I hope a producer picks this concept up and manufactures it! via Core77 © 2010 Design Milk | Posted by Catrina in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments | Tweet This | Share on Facebook More Milk: Art Milk | Dog Milk
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Little Time by Rafael Morgan