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Casa Link: An Updated Porch Light

CasaSugar — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:45:55 -0800

Tired of the orange glow of your porch light? Then steal the idea of using a vintage "Exit" sign to light up your front steps. Shelteriffic has all the details, as well as resources for finding vintage porch lights online. Read the post for the whole story.

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Casa Link: Decorating Harmony in an Old Home

CasaSugar — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:46:52 -0800

Do you live in an old house? Maybe a Victorian? If so, you know that between the wainscoting, molding, and built-ins, it's often hard to arrange photos and art. Check out this post from AT:SF for some hints on making everything fit.

Casa Link: Make Your Own Headboard

CasaSugar — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:00:28 -0800

Apartment Therapy shows you how to make a cool headboard out of a wooden door. This is such a brilliantly simple idea. Read the whole story here to find out how to give your bedroom a little refined elegance, DIY-style.

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Casa Link: The Strategest '68 Edition

CasaSugar — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:00:42 -0800

New York magazine travels back 40 years in time, celebrating some iconic designs of 1968, as well as giving you a salivating sneak peek into the Upper East Side apartment of a pair of art collectors, which showcases the best of the sixties art scene.
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Casa Link: Vintage Hazardous Waste

CasaSugar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:15:08 -0800

Danny Seo uncovered some vintage hazardous waste in the basement and crawlspace of his new home. While the packages are pretty cool looking, Danny reminds readers that hazardous waste can't be tossed with regular garbage. Read the whole post to find out what else he has to say about getting rid of paints, paint thinners, and other toxic substances.

Casa Link: Living the High Life

CasaSugar — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:17:56 -0800

Girl Meets Glamour takes us on a tour of a few of her favorite things: namely, treehouses and lofted tents that will leave the house- or office-bound readers sighing with envy. I know I am. Read her thoughts about treehouses here.

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Casa Link: Quilted DIY

CasaSugar — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:00:26 -0800

Craft shares an ambitious plastic bag-recycling project. While I've shown you a nifty fused plastic bag project in the past, this one definitely gets high marks for its innovative quilting and eye for detail. Find out how it was done here.

Casa Link: Hazelnut at Home

CasaSugar — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:15:46 -0800

The owners of Hazelnut New Orleans, the Casa Shop you met yesterday, don't reserve their interior styling skills for their magasin on Magazine Street. Tom Cianfichi and Bryan Batt, who you may recognize from his role on AMC's Mad Men, are both actors with a knack for interiors and have dressed their Garden District carriage house to the nines in a daring mélange of modern classics (Barcelona chair, Louis Ghost chair), bold colors ('70s avocado walls, a beaded blood-orange chandelier), and thrifty finds (a Salvation Army sofa) that only bona fide creatives could see the potential in. The New York Times has an interesting feature about this duo's design evolution with photos of their home that will floor (or shag carpet) you.
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Casa Link: Reupholstering Chairs

CasaSugar — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:15:44 -0800

The ever-resourceful Danny Seo gives the breakdown for pricing on reupholstering these three chairs. And you know what? It's a lot more reasonable than you might think.

Go to the post to get the whole story. Meanwhile, I'm going to go price some reupholsterers in my neighborhood . . .

Casa Link: Slowly Evolving Home

CasaSugar — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:30:28 -0800

This intense (and insanely intricate) sculptural home is located in Cornville, Ariz., and was created with found materials over 28 years by artist Michael Kahn and his wife Leda Livant. Made of driftwood and found/repurposed building materials, it's the kind of hippie spectacle I remember fondly from '70s books on environmental design. I've included some more images in the gallery, but definitely head over to the New York Times for the entire slideshow.

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