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Wooden pony walls.
Granted these are already amazing spaces, but wooden pony walls can work in smaller spaces also. They divide up space, provide housing for pipes and wiring (and even storage), and warm up the room...
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1960s DIY projects – geometric wall treatment, vertical lanterns
Here are two quite beautiful DIY projects from the 60s, both found in The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, Greystone Press, 1970. Most of what you find in the book is a...
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Molo
Just a few blocks up the road from my studio is the workshop of Vancouver’s Molo Design. You’ve probably seen their accordioning softseating or their softwall room dividers which are now in the...
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Pole shelving – turn this ugly example into something better
Yet another 60s DIY project from The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, Greystone Press, 1970. While the bookshelf directly above is cringe-worthy (almost in the “so bad...
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DIY: paint your linoleum floor white
When I moved into this typical 1930s apartment in Vancouver’s east side in 1999, the first thing I did was paint over the kitchen’s dingy gold linoleum flooring. The linoleum was the worst thing about...
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Furniture makers of Middle Earth
Every time I see this Todd Merrell Antiques magazine ad, which I find weirdly compelling, I invariably end up at his website and am suddenly transported into some dark Middle Earth underworld, where I...
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What to do with all those doilies
Somehow this manages to actually de-doilify doilies, which is almost achieving the impossible, and makes the fussy lace more reminiscent of bark or lichen or something from the bottom of the ocean....
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