Sometimes art just happens by mistake. The Selby comes to mind as a great example, with their excellently composed shots of creative folks and their spaces. Then, there are those like James Hopkins, w...
We've seen bookshelves turned record storage and vice versa. We've also seen them turned into desks, as well as other types of workable surfaces. But what about a window seat? This is where Instructab...
We usually tend to separate furniture and home theater items, however that didn't stop an enterprising designer from trying to combine shelves and speakers. We know that your speakers probably have al...
Ah, the power outlet... it's the lifeblood of all of our favorite gadgets. But it can also help out in other ways around the house, like storing your toothbrush—wait, what?...
Don't tell us you thought desks were the only thing with sawhorse legs that were in? Well, we did too, until we stumbled upon this fantastic piece of woodwork in the form of a classic media console. T...
If you're the type that's short on space - even more so if you're living in a small loft in NY - why not go all out with custom shelving all along the living/dining room wall? Feng shuist be damned, t...
Why is it that we want our home-sweet-cozy-home to feel like a chic boutique hotel room? We don't have any clue 'Why' but we sure know how to make it happen. Try switching out your media center shelvi...
For those of you with valuables to hide, we've shown you how to hide a 'safe' inside of a vintage radio. Here's another DIY storage solution that will make you feel like James Bond......
We love floating shelves. Why? Well because they seem to float and take up almost no space. What if we told you that you could easily transform an Ikea countertop into a neat little computer workstati...
At home, we've got our cell phone's power cord "wired" (read: we taped it) behind the headboard, giving us just a little piece of the business end of the charger sitting on our pedestal nightstand. Bu...
After drooling over Gemma Ahern's breathtaking sneak peek over at Design Sponge Online, we couldn't help but fall in love again with an idea we've seen time and time again - pairing IKEA LACK shelves ...
We started getting a little seasick after running into these interestingly structured wall-shelves over at the Program offices in Berlin......
click for more picsEver wonder what it'd be like to take a bunch of IKEA LACK components, get hack-crazy, and build the greatest home theater you can imagine? Well, that's pretty much what Johan from ...
One of my spring cleaning tasks is to tackle my nightstand because right now I'm pretty much using my low-and-large table as an impromptu vanity. I've got almost all my jewelry, a hair brush, tweezers...
There's something a little puzzling about this messy and less-than-chic bookshelf—and it's not "Why in the world does this person own and display a lava lamp?" No, the head-scratcher is "Where t...
Two of the most prominent pieces in a home theater living room are usually 1) the extra large speakers that accompany the receiver and 2) a stack of unsightly DVD and Bluray discs that the owner has c...
Inspired by Apple's unique Cover Flow design, Li Jianye decided to cut a few corners in functionality (it only holds 5 jewel cases, after all) in order to create the ultimate homage to clever interfac...
It's always a struggle to find adequate shelving for books, CDs and DVDs. Most of the time we end up with a patchwork of shelves that don't like they were put together with any sort of concept. That's...
For anyone who loves books, there is always a quandary: how to store them efficiently. The other thing is that most book collections will expand over the years. This makes you add bookcases, usually f...
Sitting in front of us on our Ikea Expedit bookcase right behind our collection of DVDs (the blue ones, arranged by color as per an AT suggestion), is our standard antenna-adorned black box of a wirel...
We've seen, more than once, people that like to display old, outdated technology as if they were art pieces. This shelf display from Randy Pitchford's office, one of the founders of Gearbox Software, ...
If it's your style, then this is a great little piece for a media room. A three-tiered shelf on top is perfect for holding stereo components, and the rack below holds more than 60 CDs or DVDs. Best pa...
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