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On the cheap in NYC
Art and architecture students produce creative DIY interiors on small budgets in NYC. For details see the NYT article. A wire cloud sculpture; a kitchen table made easily from a wood slab and tube...
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Egle Amaldi’s bookshelf & modernist Cado shelving
These staggered, airy midcentury modern arrangements are so much less chichi than the many fancified contemporary bookshelves you see around. I love this simple, balanced living room belonging to...
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Pole shelving – turn this ugly example into something better
Yet another 60s DIY project from The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, Greystone Press, 1970. While the bookshelf directly above is cringe-worthy (almost in the “so bad...
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For bookshelf fetishists
In case you haven’t already see the entire amazing archive, it’s by Bokhyller via Preik.
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When library scientists complain about having too many books.
This is an addendum – or antidote – to the previous wall-of-books post. Riba, a library scientist, writes Within our home the sheer quantity of books we own inhibits our ability to display artwork....
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Home 1980!
From the standpoint of 1970, this is apparently how “1980″ was going to look. Actually, this vision wasn’t that far off, not as far off as Kubrick’s 1968 vision of what the year 2001 would look like....
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Books killing friends
“Tim’s books will fall one day and kill one of his friends.” Click on image to see the photo’s Flickr tags. Courtesy my friends Jonathan and Tim.
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Custom woodwork by Vladimir
This is my friend Vladimir, originally from Moscow and now a woodworker in Vancouver. Local craftspeople like Vlad who produce one-of-a-kind objects and high-level custom work do not get enough press....
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DIY bookshelf – IKEA hack
Photo © Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2011 // Livet Hemma IKEA boxes, some with interiors painted, assembled via art clips. Very clever. Via doorsixteen (and the rest of her post contains good material...
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Stereo systems and speakers, 1960s & 70s style
Why don’t we do this kind of thing anymore? You saw it a lot in the 1960s and 70s—speakers embedded in display shelves or on a wall, as part of the decor. Maybe it’s partly that components were better...
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