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arthur coat rack

June 25th, 2009

Is it just us, or is the Arthur Coat Rack one of the best coat rack/landing strip combos we’ve seen in some time?  And the box mounted on the white wall feels very Donald Judd.

$400 up @ wintercheckfactory.com, via bltd
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diplomatic design

June 23rd, 2009

Diplomatic design is a useful skill when one member of a couple is a minimalist and the other has a lot of stuff.

Read the entire article at The New York Times
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CableDrop

June 5th, 2009

CableDrop grasps your power and peripheral cords and prevents them from plunging behind your desk into the abyss each time you unplug your laptop.

size:  1-1/8″w, sold in packs of six. Each package includes 3 different colors, either muted or bright.
via better living through design
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clean links

April 30th, 2009

We’re not sending you away because we don’t love you, but we’ve got some clean links that you’ll like. They don’t involve a lot of money.  They all take the spring cleaning thought one step further.  And they all make sense.

storing out of season clothing, from the unclutterer
spring into tidy, courtesy of SF Chronicle
stretching out [...]

NaoLoop

March 31st, 2009

NaoLoop is a perfect solution for the 3,000 pens that have migrated from your office or place of work and into your catch-all drawer or landing pad.

NaoLoop comes in various sizes, built to hold and protect an assortment of your prized accessories.  From 15 to 19 euros.
Spotted on core77.
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amor de madre

March 9th, 2009

Amor de Madre is a design collective in Barcelona overseen by the steady hand of Ernest Perera.
Aurea (by Ernest Perera) is a collection of 3 frames used to store or drain plates, cups or bottles.  The material is water resistant.  A number of finishes are available.

Alas (by Guillem Ferran) is a wall hook in aluminum [...]

kitchen storage solutions

February 17th, 2009

A huge part of keeping a clean kitchen are kitchen storage solutions that work.  The SieMatic MultiMatic certainly ‘looks’ good.  The system is based on the installation of slender metal bars upon which components are hung.  We were smitten after spotting the coffee filter holder.

Of course, it helps if your cabinetry is backlit.  visit SieMatic. [...]

furniture that doubles as storage

November 20th, 2008

If your are seeking an alternative to the mattress as a place to stash your cash, you might consider furniture that doubles as storage.  According to the LA Times, furniture that does more than meets the eye remains high in demand.
The Replay storage ottoman, from EQ3 is cute and comes with a tray.

The Justin ottoman [...]

utility sinks

November 14th, 2008

…by the way, in honor of our favorite room in the house, a great utility sink round-up at remodelista.

“lean on” self standing closet

November 13th, 2008

Picking up on yesterday’s “no wire hangers, ever” theme, the “Lean-On” self-standing closet rod, designed by Peter Van de Water for Cascando, seems like the perfect closet solution if you happen to be a minimalist who dresses in a single color.  But wait, we can think of more applications…

Perhaps it is the perfect solution for [...]

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