Designing by Art

This weeks design draws inspiration from Duke of NY by Matte Stephens. A quirky painting brings great color into a modern office space.

1. Mini Magnetic Frames-CB2 2. Be Creative Sticky Notes-CB2 3. Swingline Business Stapler-CB2 4. Estetisk Series-IKEA 5. Mountain Shelves- PBTeen 6. Eames Inspired Chair- UrbanOutfitters 7. Expedit Series- IKEA 8. Galant Desk- IKEA 9. Aina Curtains- IKEA 10. Emma Brown- Madeline Weinrib Atelier 11. Feldspar Paint- Behr

Color Inspiration

1. #E35B05
2. #FBBF23
3. #D5B153
4. #F7F4E5
5. #170A04

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Cheap and Easy Drawer organizers

My name is Laura, and I'm a serial organizer. Every few months I get a sudden urge and have to reorganize some room in the apartment (followed by a confused boyfriend for a couple of weeks). This time is was the bathroom; since moving in a year and a half ago, I had yet to give a full effort for making the space more efficient. After a good few hours of organizing, cookie break, organizing, internet break, organizing, another cookie break, and organizing I finally have a nice non-cluttered bathroom! Shown here is my make-up drawer:

An easy and cheap way to organize this space is by creating boxes for each section. Using old food boxes or hair product boxes, each type of product can have their own individual space (or however else you choose to organize it). There are two types of boxes you can create: a regular tabbed box like in the top right image or cut a box into sections between 1-3inches high, depending on what will be inside it, and staple them together for more stability like in the bottom left image. You can also tape or glue them but for a quick long lasting method stapling is perfect.

Color Inspiration

1. #EEE79F
2. #EAD086
3. #E6BA73
4. #82C38B
5. #3F3830

Cereal box lights

This cute idea came from designer Anke Weiss. I could easily see this project be incorporated into a home. If you want to make it a bit cleaner looking (so you won't be looking at a cereal box during the day..) you could undo the box and flip it so the brown cardboard is facing out or purchase something like these boxes from ikea and mount them on a wall.

Simply Modern Pattern Set

My second set of patterns for Photoshop, keeping along the hand drawn look. This time with color, tones and more elaborate details.

Available for download here
Free for personal and commercial use.

My first loaf of homemade bread

Although a bit slow on the bandwagon, I finally decided to make some bread at home using the famous no-knead bread recipe from the NY Times. For my first loaf ever I'd like to think this was a success; the crust was crunchy and broke away to a soft, moist interior. I added rosemary and walnuts to give it some oomph but I suspect it wouldn't have need any from the start. If you haven't tried making bread at home I would highly suggest so! This recipe is great for beginners and made one of the best grilled cheese sandwiches I have ever had.