Super compact shoe storage using GRUNDTAL By: Ulf Benjaminsson

Materials: GRUNDTAL rail, GRUNDTAL S-hook

GRUNDTAL is great for unloading your kitchen drawers by moving various bits-and-bobs to the walls. I have a freakishly small kitchen / entrance to my apartment, and needed shoe storage that didn’t eat up /any/ floor space.

GRUNDTAL rails and the larger S-hooks, let me hang my shoes so they extend less than ~7-10 cm from the wall!

(I only have 50cm available for this, so I went with the 40cm GRUNDTAL rail. You can obviously use any length you’d like)

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Tallulah Rose Flower School By: Grace Bonney

If I could spend all of my time immersed in flowers, I’m pretty sure I would be the happiest girl around. From growing and cutting to arranging and delivering, almost every aspect of floral life makes me insanely happy. So this week I thought it would be fun to get a special, behind-the-scenes peek at a beautiful floral course happening overseas in England. After taking a flower course herself, Rachel Wardley opened the Tallulah Rose Flower School, which offers four-week courses and shorter, day-long courses for anyone interested in learning more about the art and business of floristry. Rachel gets to work alongside her adorable Dachshund, Lemmy, so at this point I’m 99% sure she’s living my dream life. Today she’s giving us a peek inside one of her recent courses and the wreaths, garland and arrangements they make are lush, colorful and full of life. Thanks so much to Rachel for sharing a glimpse of her course with us today! xo, grace

*Music in video: “Téki” by Lee Maddeford (with Les Gauchers Orchestra) from the FMA

Click through for more photos of the course after the jump!

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Behind the Bar: Raspberry Gin Cocktail By: Amy Azzarito

This is our second cocktail from the creative duo of photographer Kathryn McCrary and designer Jenn Gietzen (see their first collaboration, a Peach Margarita, right here.). Technically, this is the last weekend of summer so we wanted to squeeze in one last toast to summer’s bounty. (You can always substitute frozen, thawed berries if you can’t find fresh ones.) Kathryn and Jenn dubbed this light, refreshing drink “Ooh, Berry Berry.” It’s light and sweet with a refreshing hint of mint and is pretty much the perfect way to end summer. -Amy

*Hand lettering by Jenn Gietzen, Photography by Kathryn McCrary

See all the steps and additional recipe details after the jump!

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Movable Expedit Standing Desk with Storage By: Purvin

Materials: Expedit 5×5 Bookshelf, Expedit cabinets and drawers, Expedit Casters (4 sets), Frosted glass panel

I saw this hack on a website previously about small space living and added a few touches of my own. Link here.

Only changes I made were:

1. Added frosted glass topper

2. The shelf what was not built in I placed on top of the level that will become the standing desk platform. Help give it a more substantial feel.

3. For lighting I bought an LED desk lamp but just hung it from the top (that way you do not have to drill holes and the desk is still clear for other items)

4. The top I have some picture frames from Kohl’s but drilled on some lighting to give it emphasis on future pictures I add (these are the stock photo’s)

Hope you guys enjoy! I have a few more hacks I will post in the coming weeks.

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New Kura bed tent By: Juliana

Materials: Green Kura bed tent

My daughter didn’t enjoyed the original green Kura bed tent because she couldn’t see anything when she was on the bed. I came up with the idea of using one crochet blanket made by my grandmother to make her a new bed tent. Just used the original structure from green Kura bed tent and sewed the crochet blanket so the structure could be adapted.

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After the Jump: Lisa Congdon By: Grace Bonney

One of the most difficult parts of running a creative or arts-based business is just that – the business. From pricing and licensing to negotiating gallery shows and agent fees, the world of being a full-time artist can be incredibly complicated, confusing and isolating. Thankfully Chronicle decided to tackle the fine art world for their latest Inc. series book, with artist Lisa Congdon at the helm. Lisa began her fine art career in her late thirties and was able to draw on valuable work and life experience when it came time to build her fine art practice. Through hard work, planning and with plenty of drive, she’s become a huge success and Art, Inc. is brimming with advice drawn from not just her life experience, but the experience of many artists within the contemporary art and illustration world. I was blown away by all of the practical, useable and easy-to-digest information and think I’ve pretty much found my go-to holiday gift for all the new and aspiring artists in my life. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa to discuss her life, her work and her new book on the radio this week and was so impressed with her openness and passion for what she does. Her answers were a great inspiration to me and hopefully to all of you listening as well. Just click the links below to listen and click here to check out Art, Inc. online.

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