DIY Notice board

This notice board is made out of perforated chipboard and colorful elastic bands. Part of the chipboard was cut into house shapes, painted with spray paint and then attached into the main board with elastic bands. What a great place for all the pencils, notebooks and notes!

Photo by Kari Hautala

Magnets and jewellery

Sewing thread used to be rolled on these beautiful reels. Too bad they are now mostly made out of plastic. I was lucky to find these old wooden beauties in a fleamarket and made a necklace and some magnets out of them. Both are very simple to do. You can get round magnets from the stores selling craft supplies and for the necklace you only need a strong string.
So, keep your eyes open when visiting a fleamarket...

Trash remake

Habitare in Helsinki introduces some beautiful 'trash' in trash design exhibition. Everyday objects have turned into great design. I really like the carrier for firewood by Lassi Alestalo. It is made out of old air ventilation pipe.

Mustard, my love



Habitare design and furniture fair in Helsinki is full of great interior ideas and new furniture. For some reason I'm now in love with mustard color and the many ways it goes with grey and brown. Here are some exemples from this years Habitare.

Acoustic panels by Woodnotes
Wallcabinets by Karl Andersson and Söner
Footstools by Isku

Some prints

 

Nice combos of colors make good art. A company called Someprint.com in Manchester, England makes these posters and much more and ships all over the world. The last one is Mona Lisa by the way...

Nose job

Great, simple ideas often work the best and here is a good example. Since everyone needs pencils and a sharpener, why not do it the fun way? This cute Gepetto can hold a pencil and make it sharp too.

from Favoritsaker

Small DIY bag

A woman can never have too many purses or toiletry bags. For this small bag you only need a cotton or canvas purse and textile markers. Let your inner artist go wild and sketch on! To make the art work stay and be washable, iron the image after it is dry.

Canvas purse and textile markes from Tiimari.