Here is an organising idea that should be crucial to implement this time of the year!
(Posted on November 01, 2011 in Bed, Bath & Kitchen,
Decor & Furniture, Organize & Personalize by Simone.)
Look Up
Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than
cluttering up the floor.
I found this one in the weekend magazine of the SMH beginning of last month
Art Hook
Functional object d’art.
At first it looks like a painting but with just a few simple moves, it turns into a wall clothes hanger.
Printed with an image from Australian artist Mary Shackman, the connection between art and functionality is executed
in Australian black wood and an intricate printing technique. 343 W x 240 H
Colour palettes can be selected. Lead time 4-6weeks
http://www.workshopped.com.au
Orders taken only. enquiries to shop 02 9146 4353
In 2003 Polish-born Olaf Sialkowski came to Australia to study fashion design following four years of European law studies in Germany. He decided to “put down the wig” and to follow his passion for design.
On his mother’s side of the family there is a long history in the fashion and tailoring industry. His great great grand father owned one of Poland’s premiere tailoring and textile companies. Olaf’s father, a highly acclaimed Polish contemporary artist, showed his work at Warsaw renowned art galleries, Zapiecek and Lazienki, as well as in Vienna and Bielfeld (Germany) exhibitions alongside Picasso. Growing up under the skirt tails of his Grandmother’s sewing machine, young Olaf designed and made clothes for his Teddy Bears. Together with his father
he created numerous pieces of furniture in wood and metal to enhance their unconventional family home.
In 2006 he graduated from the highly regarded East Sydney Fashion College and has been working in the fashion industry as designer and stylist ever since.
Every bathroom had its own theme: built environment, space, ocean, rainforest. The main colours used in the murals reflected those of the new partitions.
I refined my workshop skills over the course of the weeks and the results where brilliant. With help of the whole school community, teachers, parents we eventually finished more than 50 lineal meters of very colorful tiling.
This was a little different organising project – but different is good and I learnt a lot:
Last year I was asked to be part of a toilet refurbishment team for a primary school which had secured funds from the state government. To get the kids accountable for their own toilets we decided to get them as involved as possible and so we conducted workshops with every single class to teach them how to make mosaics from broken tiles. I thought 14 classes over a couple of weeks. We made them aware that famous Architect had done brilliant things with tiles. There are public toilets in the north of Auckland which are a tourist attraction. http://www.pbase.com/philinnz/kawakawa_toilets And Antonio Gaudi last century in Barcelona http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/gaudi/park-guell.html
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