Fun Junk Antiques in Rome
Share Last week, we stopped by this fun and funky antique store in Trastevere, a favorite downtown area in Rome. This antique shop is a rare breed. It reminds of American lifestyle fashion furniture stores which also sell (vintage) Oriental furniture. Such shop is a rare find in Rome. What makes this shop more special [...]
Decorate with Recycled Ladders
Share Ladders add a rustic country atmosphere to a home, and can be used indoor or outdoor for decoration. This project goes into my ‘one day’ pile of things to do, but my step one was to collect ‘best of’ recycled ladder decoration ideas. Ladders offer great interim storage solutions: quick and easy places to [...]
Organizing with Baskets: 10 Styles You Can Make Own
Share How to use baskets when organizing your home? Organizing with Baskets & Bins Howto My first tip is that baskets are best used in sets, I believe, grouped rather than stand alone. This gives them that orderly, organizing effect that we’re after, to create a comfortable, yet functional, clutter-free home style. My second [...]
An Upcycler’s Take on Kitchen Storage
Share “matching redefined” Embarking on a project to make or find some unusual upcycled kitchen storage? Introducing Rupert Blanchard, woodworker in London. Really, he is a designer and craftsman with internationally inspiring taste,and here’s an example of (unfinished but already great) work by him: a completely recycled kitchen. Unusual Upcycled Kitchen Storage You [...]
Re-Usable Shopping Bags
Share Using reusable shopping bags should be ‘normal’ now, and yes, I know a good tutorial for a basic shopping bag is truly overdue on FineCraftGuild.com. We all need a whole bundle of them. Good and sturdy reusable shopping bags were always normal in the European family where I come from. However in my [...]
Storage for a Craft Business
Share Storage is another consideration for all your crafts and creations. If you create a lot of crafts that are the same size, this makes life easier!, but if you are like me, and they are all different sizes, then storage becomes a big problem! I started off with crafts in boxes… BIG MISTAKE!.. they [...]
