A very dear and amazing friend passed away today, so we are taking some time off. The world is a very different place without her and it’s going to take a while to find words. Right now we’re just going to remember her. We’ll be back on Thursday.

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everyday brancusi: mailbox, lamps, platters…

“Throughout his life, Brancusi made the furniture, utensils, tools and objects he needed and which, along with his sculptures, made up his everyday environment. He did the same for his friends and relations. There was to be no rupture between his work as a sculptor and his surroundings.” —Pontus Hulten quoted here. “There was to…

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d-i-y cork mousepad

We found this great looking d-i-y mousepad on our friend Tara Mann’s Tumblr. We love Tara’s description of her eureka moment: My friend Phillip recently had cork flooring put in his kitchen, and as I was shoving a cheese covered baguette down my throat, staring at the floor, I thought about how nice that material…

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d-i-y pegboard headboard

When we saw Design Milk‘s recent post featuring Room 39’s lacy throw made of dye-cut felt, we were instantly smitten with the headboard made of painted pegboard. We’d never noticed that when pegboard is used in a NON-utilitarian way, it acts as a wonderful design element. This curiously modern headboard would be easy to make:…

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insoluable problem -> interesting solution

From the great Anne Herbert at Peace and Love and Noticing the Materials: “It’s insoluable! Yay! That means there will be a really interesting solution.” Related posts: a reminder, via anne herbert (open doors!) healing worry (via anne herbert) what to do when things don’t go as planned random wisdom, overheard anne herbert’s wise + teeny…

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