Inspirational Wall Painting

I love the colour and imagery on the wall. It's exactly what I would like to do if I didn't have conservative constraints.

DIY Floating Billy Bookcase

I picked up 2 IKEA Billy bookcases during the christmas season.  I wasn't going to buy them but for $29 for each bookcase I thought why not. 

Last night I was inspired by the look of a floating or off the ground bookcases and I thought about creating my own out of the Billy bookcases.

Floating Billy Bookcase

Karine Schenkeveld and Erik Roscam Abbing from Rotterdam, The Netherlands turns a $59.99 bookcase into a fancy designer object. They tell me, "All we did was cut off the bottom part of the vertical elements underneath the bottom shelf, mount nine steel L brackets per bookcase to the wall (three per fixed Billy shelf) and mount the Billies on to them.

Pretty simple, but everyone thinks we had them handmade for us. Some people are worried that they'll come off the wall. But come on, there are 18 (!) 8cm (approx 3") screws per bookcase, and the load is almost completely vertical: no problem."

Damn someone beat me to it.  Same concept using a couple of L brackets to support the shelf.  Most important thing is to screw them into the studs.  If you don't can't drill it into the studs than use adequate drywall anchors.  Like the heavy duty stuff.  You'll have to cut off the toe kick area to do this.  Which is a good thing since it looked so ugly and the hole wasn't big enough to support my baseboard moulding anyways.

Pythagoras Solar Product Tour - Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Really cool idea on how to use the windows to generate light and act as an insulator.

Hidden Room Behind Book Case - Interior Design

It's also cat friendly. Looks pretty easy to do as long as you use several hinges to hold it up.

Japanese Cube or Capsule Hotels

What I love about minimalistic design is that it's clean and gets straight to the point. Fancy designs don't do it for me. I find it's always a waste of space when using excessive curves and you lose out on functionality.

The designs you're about to see are simply stunning.

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