Posts tagged: plates
23 DIY Switch Plate and Outlet Cover Tutorials.
By Chrisjob
White walls and off white lightswitch covers...blech. Here's a quick and inexpensive way to overcome the blandness of home center materials, and a perfect way to customize a rental or other tough to personalize space.
From Red Thread DIY "Switch plates! [We] wanted all of our switch plates to match, so we literally unscrewed all of the old switch plates and installed brand new ones. I was about to throw away the old ones because I thought maki » READ MORE
1Pornographic plates...
By DIY Maven
...depending upon what you do with them, of course.
Inspired by Nyotaimori, the Japanese tradition of eating sushi off a naked woman’s body–which is called Nantaimori when a man’s bare bod is involved–the Bodylicious is a series of 3 ceramic plates that depict three parts of the human body. Available in both female and male versions. Much more hygienic than the real thing, no? Via.
3 Ways to Re-Use Old Plates
By DIY Maven
Decorating Cent’s Joan Steffen & Co. share some clever ideas for reusing old plates. The 3-tiered desert tray made out of lamp parts is inspired!
A Tor(i)d Affair
By beccajo Since finding out about Tord Boontje a few years back, I've been somewhat obsessed with him.He's created some amazing furniture/accessories, favorites being the Midsummer and Garland lamps. He uses repetitive, stylized shapes layered to the max. My graphic designer friend Timo calls this style 'grunge', but I call it GORGEOUS.
My countless attempts at winning one of these beauties on e-bay have been thwarted by faceless bidders half a world » READ MORE