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Reciept Paper Backdrop
Jan 22nd, 2011“Bethany was even sweet enough to pass on a little info on how simple the receipt paper backdrop (inspired by something her planners spotted at Anthropologie!) was to make, too. All you need is foam board, a staple gun, and about a billion rolls of receipt paper. The final result is just so soft and beautiful, and compliments the rustic walls so perfectly!”
Cliff-Hanging Home
Jan 20th, 2011Ultramodern by design, this fantastic cliff-side residence in Thailand thrusts its occupants into the natural surroundings – forests on two sides, chiseled stone on the third and a sensational ocean view on the fourth.
-Via Dornob
Treehotel, Sweden
Jan 15th, 2011““Why not create a comfortable, well designed hotel which allows visitors to live in harmony with nature amongst the trees?” – that was the question, posed by Treehotel owners Kent Lindvall and Britta Jonsson Lindvall, that, with a little help from some highly acclaimed designers and architects, have answered in impeccable style. Situated in the village of Harads, approximately 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, the Treehotel is a series of breathtaking tree houses, perched high in the Boreal forest, offering visitors a once in a lifetime experience to be at one with both the immense beauty of the forest, and with the innovative designs of the houses themselves. Perhaps the most compelling of the ‘rooms’ is Tham & Videgård Arkitekter’s remarkable Mirrorcube, a lightweight aluminium 4 metre square box, clad in mirrored glass, reflecting the beauty of nature and staking a serious claim to be the most staggeringly unique hotel room we’ve ever seen. An evocative concept, astonishingly realised, Sweden’s Treehotel is as unique a hotel as we can remember…”
-Via Weheart
Soap Flakes
Jan 12th, 2011Swiss Nathalie Staempfli designed two ingenious soap dispensers that turn a soap bar into beautiful little soap flakes. One version attaches to the wall and allows you to use it with one hand. The other version is a grater that can stand by itself. It can be placed in the same way as a shower gel or shampoo.
Soap bars are more concentrated than liquid soap which has an ecological benefit: You don’t transport water around the globe and they only use paper for packaging. The solid blocks can easily be piled and allow a greater space efficiency during transportation.
-Via Swiss-miss