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What do you think of these chairs in glass?

The concept is interesting, but I’m not sure how useful they would. If it were raining it might be nice, but you would still have to dash outside to get in the glass cube. It does look pretty chic and modern, especially if the chairs were a bit more contemporary, but the functionality is holding me back a little.

Would you put these in your yard or would you rather chairs with the glass cube?

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Sometimes I like to browse different websites for inspiration, like Pinterest. Other times, I like to browse through different furniture websites for decor inspiration, to see what’s out there, what would fill the empty spaces in my home, to procrastinate, etc. I always feel like I’m coming back to the same websites, so it’s refreshing when a new one is pointed in my direction.

Such is the case with Viesso. Once I started there, I went to look for a nice chair to fill this hole I have in my living room, which has been really bothering me since we took down our Christmas tree and it’s even more visible! Anyway, they have a large selection of ecosmart furniture at Viesso, which I know is quite important to many modern furniture shoppers out there.

Really, they have quite a large selection of many items, including modern wallpaper, which I may or may not have spent quite a bit of time browsing. Even better, a handy wallpaper calculator is there to help you quickly figure out how much you need! Love it. Plus, they have some great contemporary patterns that would look great in any room. [Specifically, my bathroom.]

So, if you haven’t checked Viesso out yet, I strongly urge you to do so – they have an awesome selection and a clean, easy-to-use website.

What piece do you covet most?

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The Filomena wall lamp project started like a synthesis game about lamp concept by the team at  nadlab , an Italian design firm started by two friends - Lapo De Vita, a craftsman decorator, and Claudio Mochi, an industrial designer. After careful research of materials and techniques, the duo came up with a really cool idea on how to craft a functional lamp silhouette from a lamp cord. Using a thin sheet of PMMA (polymethacrylate), the CNC-milled panel works as a frame and as a support for the light, acting as a guide for wire placement. Once assembled, the system can be framed on the wall and connected using a 240V wall socket as easy as a table lamp. The light source is a LED bulb white or RGB with remote control (not included)

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Lamps Designed by Their Own Cords by nadlab

If you’ve exhausted our list of 2013 modern calendars and are still unsure of the right one for you, why not try a multifunctional calendar, like ToDoCal  - a to-do list and calendar in one. The calendar is 17″ x 26″ – small enough not to take up your whole wall but big enough to have room for your every day notes. Simple, clean, and modern

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ToDoCal: A Modern To-Do List Plus Calendar

Born in N. Ireland in 1986, David Irwin graduated in Three Dimensional Design at Northumbria University in 2007.

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Friday Five with David Irwin

Inga Sempé will present these new Vapeur lamps in various colors and patterns at Maison & Objet this week. Designed for Moustache Paris , the lamps are available in hanging and table versions. The patterned shades are made from pleated Tyvek that sit in a metal base.

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Pleated Vapeur Lamps by Inga Sempé

I can’t believe we’re more than halfway through the month of January already. Can you? I’m still not used to writing 2013, but it’ll come to me. Hope you had a great week and an even better weekend ahead!

Here’s this week’s Weekly Six:

1 – Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a compact wood-burning oven in your own kitchen?

2 – I could sit on the patio of this penthouse for days on end. Or just stare out the glass walls!

3 – An easy DIY that recycles old sweaters and makes a cute case for your iPad.

4 – Recommendations for 10 cleaning tools every home needs – do you have them all?

5 – Just starting watching Girls this week and I’m liking it so far. Anybody else a fan of the show?

6 – Gold + agate = a lamp made in heaven!

Did you find anything fabulous this week?

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Communal living has hit the bird world with the recently designed NeighBirds birds’ nests by Andreu Carulla Studio for Utoopic . The modular, hexagon-shaped design allows for multiple units to be connected together to help form a community in hopes of helping the baby birds leave the nest. See, they can get their own crib right near their parents, you know, if they don’t mind being so close.

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Get Out! NeighBirds by Andreu Carulla Studio for Utoopic

Who doesn’t love a two-for-one when it comes to home furnishings, especially when you live in tight quarters? If you add children to the mix, your living space can look like a toy bomb exploded. Amy Whitworth Design has created QUBIS HAUS , a modern coffee table that doubles as a dollhouse so parents don’t have to turn their entire home over to the offspring in their lives

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QUBIS HAUS: Dual-Purpose Coffee Table and Dollhouse

Don’t you just love DIY’s such as these? They’re quick, easy, inexpensive and really add some spice to things you probably already have. All you need is an oil-based Sharpie and a mug, dish, glass, bowl, etc.

I’m not the world’s greatest artist, so I probably wouldn’t be able to replicate the fun pattern as they did on Oh, Hello Friend, shown above. But polka dots or a fun quote, that I could handle.

As far as I’ve read, you don’t even need to bake these after you draw on them for them to set – the oil-based marker will just stick. But that could be false information, and I would probably bake them just in case. Also, the ink isn’t food safe, so you have to keep your designs on places where food won’t be touching. So maybe that dish I suggested above isn’t such a good idea. The outside of a bowl would work though!

Anyway, I have a TON of white mugs that a few Sharpies could really liven up. How about you? Will you try this cute and simple DIY?

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