The talented Trey Ratcliff of Stuck in Customs was lucky enough to visit the private studio of composer Hans Zimmer.
This room takes my breath away. Something about this dark, velvety aesthetic always makes me feel at home.
Put me in there with some dark chocolate and a good book…I may never want to leave.
I’m sure there is a long list of horror that features blood dripping from walls (though strangely the one that comes to mind for me is an old Tales from the Darkside episode about an apartment building that was a live entity, fed daily through the garbage disposal).
If you’d like to recreate the effect in your home, consider these drip hooks:
They do come in white, for the less morbidly inclined:
Various colors in a row would be great for an art studio.
I’ve been in an odd musical format limbo for years. Half of my music is digitized, half is lying around in giant CD booklets which I used to spend hours painstakingly organizing. The cases? Oh, that’s anybody’s guess. It’s now overwhelming to keep track of my massive music collection, even digitally.
This amazing 50″ X 76″ CD Storage Tower makes me miss the days when music took up space. Organizing CDs was a sweet agony.
This one’s for you, Ronnie and Lulu!
I absolutely love Bryonie Porter’s collection of wallpapered furniture. This is great way to spruce up an old piece, or add a little color to a room.
Some are beautifully subtle as well.
See the rest of the collection here.
Most people think of giving chairs “personality” with slip covers or cushions. But why not give them some socks to wear?
A novel idea, indeed (perhaps not for a living room, but for a more casual area). My only objection is the price. I could make these for a few bucks each, and they tally up to $22 per pair, plus shipping.
So…if anyone wants custom chair socks for dirt cheap, you know who to ask.
These are pretty great:
The Ninja Coat Hooks will transform your hallway into the scene of a Shanghai back street stand-off. Each metal Ninja Coat Hook has one corner cleverly engineered into a screw, which allows you to fix securely to your wall or door, whilst making it look like it has been hurled from the hands of a deadly Ninjitsu assassin.
Not sure if I believe the site’s claims that they are “completely coat friendly” (having personally torn fabric on far less weapon-like objects), but still…
Now, here’s something I don’t find myself saying every day:
This chair is too muscular for me.
I guess he’s not ULTRA buff. He hasn’t been drinking protein shakes and telling people to “spot him,” but he clearly works out more than I usually like my furniture to do so.
Found here.
I don’t have a tremendous need for door stops in my house, but this one would definitely be my choice:
You know, for that cozy “my house dropped on a wicked witch” feeling.
I learned something about myself from this roundup of creative book cases:
I prefer boring bookshelves. There, I said it.
I do give credit for innovative design…
I’ve yet to find the perfect book storage/display method. As of now my books are divided into fiction and non-fiction sections, alphabetized by author. But what about art books? Collector’s items? Oddities?
Since I already toil over such (admittedly trivial) things, this would altogether unnerve me:
Some designs blur the line between shelving and sculpture or decoration, but no matter how brilliant, I can’t get around the non-linearity. It’s a matter of space conservation and practicality.
I cram books into every last spare inch. Non-functional curves and intricacies of design would make me feel as if I were wasting space due to the inevitable gaps. I also realized that I like to sweep my eyes straight across the shelf for maximum browsing. Therefore, books at an angle or upside down would completely break my flow.
I do think the maze bookcase would look wonderful when filled (though I’d probably try to stuff volumes into the spaces that are designed to be left blank):
I love skewed and distorted art, mad hatter cakes, crooked, rickety Tim Burton-equse settings…Why don’t I like this next one?
Nope…can’t handle it:
I recognize my mildly compulsive media organization habits (though I absolutely gave up on CD storage and there is a massive disorderly collection in the corner of my room).
I guess Mr. Bookman here is a pretty sassy character:
(caption, anyone?)
See more unconventional storage options here.
Now this…THIS is what I call efficient shelving!
Book cases built right into the stairs and walls!
Suddenly I feel like the space between my stairs is tragically wasted.
SheWalksSoftly 
