Posts Tagged ‘DIY’
Thursday, June 25th, 2015
Once you start seeing something, it’s suddenly everywhere (and it doesn’t help that people keep sending me examples). After noticing that we seem culturally obsessed with our colonial settlement of this city/province/country/continent right now, and that this pioneer DIY craft style has spread as far afield as Brisbane and Berlin, based on what people have written me, I feel compelled to keep collecting it.
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Tags: capitalism, colonial, Courier, craft, craft beer, crest, DIY, Wild West
Posted in British Columbia, craft, design, DIY, graphics and signage, politics, Vancouver | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Tags: apartment, capsule, capsule apartment, DIY, lego, small spaces, space capsule, square footage
Posted in architect, architecture, design, DIY, favourite, furniture, green, interiors, urban planning | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
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 too). You could of course build a larger and more permanent structure, with glue and/or screws.
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Tags: bookcase, bookshelf, colour, creative, DIY, IKEA, Ikea hack, shelving, storage, wood, wooden
Posted in design, DIY, furniture, interiors | No Comments »
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
The entire 16th C town of Trinidad on Cuba’s south coast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its heritage designation, as well as the complete—and for a Vancouverite visually relieving—absence of land speculators and developers in Cuba has kept the town very close to its original condition. The area was settled by Spain and built in the Spanish colonial style.
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Tags: Cuba, DIY, Mau Dan Housing Co-operative, Trinidad, UNESCO, World Heritage Site
Posted in architecture, DIY, interiors, landscaping, urban planning | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
At a music school in the town of Trinidad.
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Tags: Cuba, decorations, DIY, garland, garlands, holiday, school, Trinidad
Posted in design, DIY, green, textiles | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Morgan at The Brick House made this beautiful bench from some old fence posts and a pair table legs salvaged from worn vintage side tables. Utterly clever. Entirely recycled.
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Tags: blog, DIY, recycling, The Brick House
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