Hubble Starts to Wake Up
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They say things happen for a reason. I say, only if you let them.
Take this gigantic fallen pine tree, for example. When it fell several years ago, the owner of this Brentwood estate decided to simply let it be. And to his amazement, the tree continued to grow horizontally. Rather than tear it [...]Posted by on under vespa scooters, cylinder gasoline, office chairs, smokestacks, bumper sticker, slogan |
The old saying, “Old scooters never die, they just recycle,” is more than a slogan on a bumper sticker now that Spanish design studio Bel & Bel is converting old Vespa scooters into one-of-a-kind office chairs. That’s right, the old one-cylinder, gasoline- powered smokestacks are being replaced on the road with new, highly efficient electric [...]Posted by on under sws, old gas station, dwelling, shell, pers, berlin |
“Oh you know, I live down at the old gas station.” Not exactly what you’d expect to hear from the average person you meet. But then again, Juerg Judin isn’t exactly an average person. And his home is definitely not the average home. This Berlin-dwelling Swiss took an old gas station—Shell, [...]Posted by on under home layouts, secd, fads, remodel, bad idea, possibilities, alg |
Home layouts offer lots of cool possibilities for remodeling existing space, spicing things up and making the rooms more livable. But every once in a while, along comes a really BAD idea and homeowners seem to jump on the plan feet-first without a second thought. Before you know it, you’ve got [...]Posted by on under swatches, patchwork, flannel, corinne, chairs, legs, appearance |
Honestly, I’m a huge fan of nearly anything handmade or handcrafted, so right off the bat, these chairs have much appeal. Designed by Mc & Co.’s Corinne Gilbert, they appear both sturdy on wrought iron legs and soft and cozy with their cushions pieced together with fluffy flannel swatches.The patchwork chairs have the appearance of [...]