Tag: interior design

Wood Pallet Room Divider

Update 7/12/11
Thank you to everyone who finds this page through google, stumbleupon or pinterest (among others). It is by far the most-visited page on my blog! I never thought this project would be so popular! Please leave a comment below with your thoughts!! 

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Inch by inch, the master bedroom is coming together. We still lack a headboard (looking for the perfect wrought-iron one at the perfect price takes patience) and we are in a rut when it comes to a couple of blank walls, BUT(!) we have divided up the enormous room into half-bedroom half-workspace by constructing a room divider like so:

While in Boston, we saw something like this in a fancy modern furniture store, retailing somewhere between $200-$300. Yikes! Knowing that we could make one ourselves, Doug surprised me one Saturday with pallets (free) which he had assembled like you see here!

After a bit of finessing and perfecting, we moved them into place where they sat blank for over a month. I simply didn’t have enough to hang on them and didn’t want to just do part. So patiently I accumulated New York-themed hangings and finally last weekend hung them on the wall. Using small nails and binder clips meant I didn’t have to buy frames for anything I didn’t want to poke holes in (like the RENT poster). This method of hanging also means I can switch out and add new things easily!

Now if only the perfect headboard would fall right into my lap… actually, that would probably really hurt…

Here is a wider shot of the divider in action. It was the perfect height and length to divide up a huge room into two normal-sized rooms for the office and bedroom.

 

Room Inspiration Board #3

Inspiration… it can come from anywhere, can’t it? Well, lately I have been borrowing Dawson’s Creek on DVD from my friend who owns all 6 seasons. As I have been chugging dutifully along before and after work (currently halfway through season 5), I have been longing to go back to Boston (went there for the h-moon) or to visit Cape Cod for the first time. Ironically enough, the nature images in my mind from what I’ve seen on the show are an inaccurate representation of the cape… the show is actually filmed in North Carolina.

All images below have been lovingly plucked from their respective etsy stores, hopefully to encourage some purchases!! All links have been provided below.

1. Bolex H16 Reflex5 8×8 Print by Roosevelt

2. Cape Cod Calendar 2011 Sneak Peek by AfricanGrey (personal fave)

3. 8×10 inches polaroid fine art print by pocketmemories

4. Decorative Throw Pillow Cover Brick Red by asmushomeinteriors

5. Brick red tall ship throw pillow 18 inches by sjones04901

6. Red Birds on a Wired print pillow by carlossantiago

7. Yellow Dory – 5×7 Fine Art Photography print by maryvican

Lonny Magazine

Several months after the rest of the interior design and blogging world, I have discovered Lonny magazine.

Founded by two contributers from the now-extinct Domino magazine (moment of silence, please), Lonny picks up where Domino left off (except the price tags on the items are slightly higher in many cases; bummer) with bright, fresh, stylish, carefree interior design. And since they don’t have to pay for paper (the magazine is completely online) the issues are very long, with neat click-through links within the text and from the ads.

No paper means longer issues which means more detail shots in house tours!!

There are currently six issues to peruse and get inspiration from (the new one is not pictured in the archives since it is accessed through the main page).

Why the weird screen shots, you ask? Well, because I don’t know the laws in regards to using any of their graphics or anything when writing about the magazine here on my blog. So, better safe than sorry. Plus, now you know what to expect from their site.