RAST Bike Wall Mount By: Pedro

Materials: RAST nightstand

If you took the original item, turned it upside down and cut two open holes, one each side, then this would essential achieve the ‘design’ of this wall mounted bike rack with storage space. You would however find it impossible to accommodate the scale of this item within a bicycles inner triangle and so therefore, both the side panels and inner ‘shelves’ need trimming to suit whichever frame you have. The smaller you make it, the more you’ll be able to accommodate different frame sizes once built but this results in less storage space within the inside box for tools/bike kit. Consider this should you have more than one bike or are the type of person likely to replace your frame/bike. Future proof it!

I wanted the bike frame’s top tube to ‘suspend’ over two vertical resting points and therefore allow the top tube shape and colour to be seen across them. I had visions of wallpapering or painting this rack, instead of its pine finish, in order to best reflect the bike frame/colour and suit the wall it’s mounted to once I had redecorated the room. I am however, yet to do any of this. Free time is currently in short supply.

I also wanted somewhere to store bike items like gloves/tools/locks etc and these can be placed inside the box.

I can give a greter in depth description for manufacturing this result if requied. Thought it best to keep it simple. I used all the original parts/screws with the addition of 4x picture wall brackets screwed to the back of the rack in order to mount it to the wall.

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NEW Social Media Workshop + Best of the Web By: Grace Bonney

Since teaching our first two sold-out social media classes, I’ve been keeping in touch with students from each class and fielding questions from new students about what they’d like to see in upcoming classes. Their requests and follow-ups inspired me to not only come up with a full curriculum of classes (online and off) that I’ll be teaching this fall, but to add a few more social media classes to my schedule this summer. So on Tuesday, July 29th, I’ll be teaching another session of my Social Media Summer School. The first two classes went so well and I enjoyed being able to connect and share information and techniques with people so much that I’m thrilled to offer a third and updated class. I’ve been doing some new testing and measuring on our own feeds and am excited to add some new tools and ideas to this version of the class. So if you’re in the NYC area or want to plan a long-weekend getaway to learn and have fun, I hope you can join me in Brooklyn! In two hours you’ll walk away with a social media plan that’s tailored to your business, your voice and your style- with real tools and resources to make it happen and trusted techniques for testing and tracking your success. I’m so excited to get back in the ‘classroom’, but until then, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. If you need some weekend reading, below (after the class details) are our must-read links from the web this week! xo, grace

Design*Sponge Social Media Workshop

Date: Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

Time: 7 pm- 9:30 pm

Place: Makeshift Society Brooklyn (55 Hope Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211)

Tickets (Limited to 20 spots): $150 (Purchase your ticket HERE)

Details: Click here to read more about the course and what you’ll learn.

Here’s what students are saying about the course so far:

“I dropped everything and booked my ticket to NYC to take this workshop offered by the Design*Sponge team. My 2,000 mile journey was not in vain. I found the content of the workshop relevant to my needs as a blogger and learned so much from Grace’s firsthand experience. Grace provided helpful tips, their research on trends and their own real-world experience on staying relevant in the constantly evolving social media landscape. If you’re looking for finger-on-the-pulse information on how to leverage social media effectively, hop the subway to Brooklyn (or in my case a flight into LGA) and spend an evening with the Design*Sponge team.”

-Suzanne Miller of La Porte Bleue

“Grace is refreshingly honest, pulling back the curtain of Oz to reveal the details of how she works, what she’s learned from nearly a decade of running a design site and where she sees content and social media trending in the future. As a brand marketer I’ve attended numerous social media seminars over the years, from the useful to the useless, and Grace’s was definitely worth the investment, helping to spark a slew of new marketing ideas.”

-Ruth Gallogly

• R.I.P. Elaine Stritch, you will be missed.


• A truly incredible $500 kitchen makeover at Remodelista


• Life in Pictures: Solange Knowles. I love seeing her cut up green beans. Stars, they’re just like us.


• Our vote in the “best bedroom” contest would involve that cute little mini bench


• 15 Chicken Salad Recipes at Bon Appetit that take this classic from boring to delicious (and aren’t drowning in mayo).


• Designer Heidi Merrick’s awesome LA home.


• How do YOU define ‘cool’? These 6 people try to explain.

• D*S News: We’re Hiring: DIY Interns!


• Must-Reads: Make Room For: Rizzo, Printable Freebie: Gemstone Bookplates, 10 Second Studio Tour: Digby & Iona, A Day In The Life: Canoe Austin, 10 Creative Instagram Accounts to Follow


• City Guide: 24 Hours in Boise with Kirsten Grove of Simply Grove


• Recipes: Kristina’s Vanilla Rosemary Pudding


• Biz Ladies: A Quick Guide to Self-Promotion, Biz Ladies Profile: Diana Yen of The Jewels of New York


• Before & After: 20 Crazy Before & Afters To Make Your Jaw Drop, Two Dorm Lamps Get A Grown Up New Look


• DIY Project: Mirrored Trellis


• Sneak Peeks: A New Zealand Rental Becomes a Home, 100 Year Old House Becomes a Family Home in Australia, Best of Outdoor Spaces

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After The Jump: 6 Shows to Help Grow Your Business By: Grace Bonney

Working away from the city for the past two weeks and taking a break to get out into nature did a lot to clear my mind. A good dose of cool mountain water helped me refocus on what was most important to me in my work life, which boiled down to surrounding myself with people I respect, admire and find inspirational. Two of those people will always be Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer, founders of the online magazine and shop, Sight Unseen.

I’ve known Monika since her days back at I.D. Magazine, where Jill was an editor as well. After the magazine closed, they immediately joined forces to build a site where they could focus on telling the back stories of the artists and designers our community admired most. From their first studio and factory tours to their latest additions in their online shop, Jill and Monika have kept curation and innovation in mind. In a time when it’s tough to run an online shop that doesn’t cater to a more mainstream audience, they’ve found a way to stay true to themselves, their mission and the artists they stand behind.

On this week’s radio show they joined me to talk about HOW they make that work, what keeps them going and the biggest lesson they’ve learned about working at Sight Unseen so far. In this episode we’ll cover: How to curate a shop and website with purpose, How to stay profitable while targeting a more niche market, How to scale a business while staying independent, Content Creation, How to Find New Artists and How Artists and Designers Can Stand Out.

I hope you’ll enjoy this show and a few more below if you’re looking to find inspiration to grow your business and stay true to yourself and your style. xo, grace

*Photo above by Elizabeth Weinberg

Here are 5 more podcasts to check out if you want help and inspiration to grow your business with purpose:

• BRAND GROWTH with best-selling authors and founders of Baked Bakery


• PRODUCTIVITY TIPS from best-selling author and cook, Julia Turshen


• EXPRESSING YOUR VOICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA with the Design*Sponge Team.


• 10 KEY TIPS + ADVICE for new business owners.


• RAISING THE BAR for your business.

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Hackers Help: Can new Billy doors fit old Billy frame? By: Lovelygirl

Hi

Just discovered today that Billy’s doors are all discontinued in the UK. We wanted 10 white, glass Olsbos but not available.

A new Billy and new doors are scheduled to be in the UK in August (2014) – BUT !! the new doors will not fit on old Billy shelves. Couldn’t get the Customer Services Assistant to say why, only that the surface is shinier and some bits are more rounded. The new doors – called Oxberg look pretty similar to the old Olsbo and are the same dimensions.

Has anyone hacked them on to the old shelves? If so how? Or have you hacked other glass doors on to Billy?

Many thanks

Lovelygirl

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BILLY Bookcases transform into Murphy Bed By: msilberberg

We live in Manhattan where space is a premium. We are fortunate to have a playroom that also needs to double as a guest room.

Conventional Murphy beds didn’t quite fit into the space and they are expensive. So a hack seemed in order:

The center bookcases are mounted on a piece of plywood on wheels with the Murphy bed attached to the plywood.

It’s pretty manageable to spin around when the bed is needed.

For the side shelves I used two bookcases to add depth to accommodate the depth of the bed when it is hidden.

I used some old IKEA hardware to keep the center piece from being moved.

Here it is in action:

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