MY BEDSIDE TABLE

On Monday I showed you my bedside table that I bought. This picture is of it in its new home. I simply love this piece of furniture - Mart

IRONING BOARD SERVER

I love this idea of taking a disused ironing board giving it a lick of paint and re-purposing it as a book stand in an entrance hall, a server in a dining room or it would make a fantastic impromptu bar counter at gorgeous summer get together - Garth

ALL STRIPED OUT

Stripes are classic, timeless, elegant, chic or even casual, they can widen, shorten or heighten.

I simply love stripes - Garth

TAKE A SEAT

Verner Panton (13 February 1926 – 5 September 1998) is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant colors. His style was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century; as of 2004, Panton's most well-known furniture models are still in production (at Vitra, among others).

Panton was trained as an architectural engineer in Odense; next, he studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen, graduating in 1951. During the first two years of his career, 1950-1952, he worked at the architectural practice of Arne Jacobsen, another Danish architect and furniture designer. Panton turned out to be an "enfant terrible" and he started his own design and architectural office. He became well known for his innovative architectural proposals, including a collapsible house (1955), the Cardboard House and the Plastic House (1960).

Near the end of the 1950s, his chair designs became more and more unconventional, with no legs or discernible back. In 1960 Panton was the designer of the very first single-form injection-moulded plastic chair. The Stacking chair or S chair, which would become his most famous and mass-produced design.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Verner Panton experimented with designing entire environments: radical and psychedelic interiors that were an ensemble of his curved furniture, wall upholstering, textiles and lighting. He is best known for the design of a German boats interior, now a famous museum.

He is also known for a hotel in Europe that utilized circular patterns and cylindrical furniture. Additionally, Panton is well-known for his innovative design work for Der Spiegel, a well-known German publication in Hamburg - Garth

A BRIGHT IDEA

This is such a great idea to brighten up your fairy lights - Mart

PAGING NURSE STYLE

Take a disused medicine trolley and convert into a stylish drinks trolley - Garth

BATHROOM CLOSET

Justine's sister Nicola is one of the most stylish people I have ever met. Her house is simply divine and I love how she has re-purposed objects to make them work for her.

I think that this is such a clever idea for a bathroom cabinet - Mart

WHEEL BE SITTING PRETTY

How kewl is this? A wheelbarrow frame that's been upcycled into an ahsum* garden chair - Garth

The definition of upcycling (courtesy of Wikipedia):
Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value.

*Mart and I spell awesome as ahsum as awesome moments have an 'ah' moment!

Picture from Apartment Therapy

CREATIVE CONTAINER

Should you ever find yourself in possession of a shipping container that you just don't know what to do with, why not turn it into a fabulous outdoor room.... A quick lick of paint, some mid century mod pieces of furniture and viola, your carbon footprint just became uber kewl - Garth.

Pic is courtesy of Apartment Therapy

WELCOME HOME

welcome home is a collection of products that celebrates the essence of South African Design.

Boardmans, with its longstanding heritage for stocking the best of global brands, has undertaken an exciting new collaboration with internationally esteemed curators Trevyn and Julian McGowan of Source.

Their years of experience working with design studios around the country have been out to excellent use, they bring you a collection that feels fresh, spirited and significant. Showcasing products from 44 leading lcoal designers, the range focuses on quality and originality using authentic,reponsibly sourced. materials.

With 186 items, the comprehensive selection includes solid timber furniture, fine upholstery, luxurious throws and cushions, collectable glass and tableware, inspired lighting and original artworks, with many of the items being exclusive to Boardmans.

My personal favorite is the red bench (pictured left) - Mart

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X-RATED LIGHTING

Those people at apartmenttherapy.com are just simply the cleverest people I know... Here they have taken an old X-Ray film and turned it into a lampshade... INGENIUS

If you are clever enough this is a great DIY project where you can use one of your old X-Ray films or simply get an X-Ray of the part of your body that you want to SHINE….hahahahahah

- Garth