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20 Cool Decorating Tricks for the Home
I love decorating ideas that take something that is normally used for one thing and then use it for something else. Or maybe it’s used for many different ways all at once. Over the years I’ve gathered many of these what I call Cool Decorating Tricks and I thought it would be fun to bring them here for a slideshow along with some I have found around online.
Above: Varied sizes of wooden knobs used as hooks. Such a great idea for a bathroom or even entrance area. Via Bodie and Fou. Photo credit: Carole Whiting who has a lovely shop in Australia http://www.y10store.com and her husband at http://whitingarchitects.com
About Poppytalk:
Jan is the author and co-founder of the Canadian design blog, Poppytalk. She is also a huge supporter of all things handmade and is proud to devote her time to their online marketplace, Poppytalk Handmade.
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[...] 20 Cool Decorating Tricks for the House I really like decorating concepts that consider something that is typically employed for one particular thing and then use it for a thing else. Or probably it's utilized for many different approaches all at the moment. Over the many years I've gathered several of these what I call Neat Decorating Methods … Go through much more on Babble (weblog) [...]
Most current Bed room Decorating Ideas Information commented on Aug 06 11 at 10:46 am[...] Anyway, thanks to my obsession, I discovered this awesome DIY recycled wine crate shelves over on Babble. When I eventually re-design my home office, I’m going to need to make some of there [...]
DIY Recycled Wine Crate Shelves commented on Aug 10 11 at 8:17 am[...] Cot on a Deck + Wood Bench and Hooks [...]
Interior Obsessions – Summer Home | papernstitch commented on Aug 11 11 at 10:02 am[...] Image via House and Home [...]
DIY Headboards | The Design Tree by Greentea Design commented on Aug 22 11 at 5:35 am[...] a clever idea if you are thinking of some DIY, spotted here. In this, they use wine crates but you could easily use a wooden box or fix a sqaure of shelves [...]
Wallpaper Box Shelves « Wallpaper Review commented on Nov 19 11 at 6:05 pmstephanie commented on Aug 04 11 at 7:16 amLovely ideas Jan – thank you for sharing :)
Kirsten commented on Aug 05 11 at 2:49 pmLOVE the scrabble idea! What a cute, little shelf for photos and smaller decorating pieces. I’m going to add this to my list for my new craft room (yay for having space to be creative!).
Also loving the bulldog clips — so many ideas, so little wall space :)
Cyndi commented on Sep 03 11 at 11:34 pmHey these were pretty cool ideas. I have to say, I don’t agree with the very last sentence….” piles of anything always works.” Nooooo…….. but great thoughts with the other ideas.
ReBecca commented on Sep 26 11 at 11:26 amI am looking for interesting tables (sofa/console/whatever the right word is) to use in the LIVING room for the computer/school work. I don’t want the latest Target/home furniture store same-old everyone has. I stumbled on this site by googling: “take something that is normally used for one thing and then use it for something else”. Wow! Anyone want to share ideas for me?
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