London based, yet Mexican born designer Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers designed these wonderful rococo and cactus inspired Prickly Pair Chairs. Valentina makes clever use of the classical French oval chair originated in the Rococo period during the reign of Louis XV and the mother of all Mexican symbols; the cactus.
Prickly Pair Chair
Prickly Pair Chair
This is very clever! Everybody knows that a furnished home sells faster than an empty one. However, sometimes people have already moved out, or homes have just been remodeled and there is not always money for a decent bit of furniture. Enter Boxter.nl. Sacked realtor Marijn Muller noticed the demand for real estate styling and designed cardboard furniture. 250 Euros will get you a standard set with a cardboard sofa, book shelves, fire-place and a TV. Other accessories and furniture are for sale in the webshop.
Cardboard furniture by Boxter.nl
I was invited to the presentation the Riviera Maison summer collection. Just like when I was there for the Spring collection, I was given a private tour of the showroom. Lots of bold and bright colours this year, with the Caribbean as one of the main themes. Not really my cup of tea as the colours were a bit too girly for my liking. I did however see a few items I really like. For instance this shoe rack.
Riviera Maison Shoe rack
It is not cheap at €299,- but very stylish.
They also have these acrylic ‘glasses’ that look like they are made of crystal. Great for a chic picnic or a fancy camping trip. Or at home if you are clumsy or have kids or dogs with long tails that sweep the crystal of your coffee-table. I like the fact that they look quite real. On the tour we had to pick them up to check if maybe they weren’t real ones. The tumblers are € 5,95 and the wine glasses € 6,95.
Acrylic glasses by Riviera Maison
The days that knitting was something for the nerdy or elderly are far behind us. Knitting has taken the streets with some true street creds! Yarn Bombing, also known as Knit Graffiti is a form of graffiti with less destructive results. The tags are colorful displays of knitted objects or collages instead of paint. Anything can be yarn bombed. Busses, benches, poles, parking meters, statues or, as the yarn bombed Banksy below shows, existing graffiti. It is said to have originated in Houston Texas in 2005 by design collective Knitta Please.
Banksy Yarn Bombed
Yarn Bombed tree with Twiggy portrait
Yarn Bombed graffiti spray 'paint' cans
Feel inspired? Read more about knitting and Yarn Bombing in some of the books for sale in the Homevoyeurs webshop. In particular this book about Knitting art. Available for $23,09 and eligible for free shipping!
Knitting Art
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