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Guess Which Magazine This Photo Starred In?

CasaSugar — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:00:00 -0700

This charming photo, shot by Laura Resen, starred as the cover image for one of my favorite magazines. Can you guess the mag?

Casa Quickie: Archive Your Magazines

CasaSugar — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:00:04 -0700

I've been stockpiling shelter magazines since before I had my own apartment to decorate. But as my beloved pubs continue to fold (RIP House & Garden and Domino), I want to protect my issues more than ever.

I was delighted to learn of a magazine binding service offered by Denver Bookbinding to aid my archiving efforts. Send the company your ole Dominos and they'll bind your mag stack into as many hardcovers as you'd like. You can choose from 20 different colors of grade F buckram material, a highly durable, acid-free, library-quality canvas, and have the title, volume, year, and months printed on the spine. Foil stamping can be done in gold, silver, white, or black. One book up to 12 inches in height and two inches thick will cost $50, but the price per book decreases when you order more books. And if you want to get fancy, you can pay extra for front cover stamping, imitation leather, or decorative lines.

DIY: Découpaged Walls

CasaSugar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:00:33 -0700

Découpaging your walls with pages from an old book, antique maps, or magazine covers can instantly transform a boring wall into a conversation piece. Your wallcovering will be one of a kind, a quality that even the most glam wallpaper can't give you. Some of you might think that tearing up a book for any project is sacrilegious. If you fall into this category, use a book that's already falling apart, or that has a damaged cover. To learn the steps for this project, read more.

First things first. Carefully pull the individual pages out of your book or magazine. Running an X-acto knife across the inside of the spine helps to make this step swift.
Now, neaten up the edges with a ruler and a craft knife, making sure they're relatively straight. Do the same if you're using old maps, or even use a paper cutter if you have one. You can leave the edges as is if you're going for raw look, though.
Lay down a drop cloth or newspaper on the floor below the wall you're covering.
Open up your windows, and make sure the room is well-ventilated.
Using a sponge brush, apply wheat paste to a small portion of the wall.
Now, line up one page flush with the wall, and apply it, burnishing out any bubbles with your hands as you press it onto the wall.
Continue to apply wheat paste and press your pages onto the wall, lining them up neatly until the wall is covered. If you want a more raw look, you can overlap the pages and even stagger them a bit.
Make sure you've burnished out any bubbles. Sometimes using a credit card here will help.
Now, allow the wall to dry.
Using a synthetic bristle brush, apply a coat of Polycrylic Protective Finish, which will protect the pages from peeling, scuffing, and other damage.
If your adjacent walls get messy from applying the Polycrylic, you can easily clean it up with a sponge and some warm, soapy water.

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Do You Keep Magazines in Your Bathroom?

CasaSugar — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:07 -0800

I've always felt as if it's a bit silly to pretend that people don't read in the bathroom. Granted, many of us love relaxing in the tub with a favorite girly mag. Others keep magazines in a neat stack on the toilet lid or in a magazine rack nearby.
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Open House: Magazine Hoarding

CasaSugar — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:00:58 -0700

I heart magazines. I heart and star and rainbow and unicorn them. Especially shelter magazines. It's kind of a problem, a real dilemma. At this very moment, there are six mags sitting beside me untouched because I simply don't have enough time to read all that I'd like to. So, they pile up. And, the magazines in my home are another story. Even those that I have read, marked with dog-ears, etc., I can't seem to part with. I know there are over a dozen ways to repurpose your magazines, but they're too precious to me to do so. It pains me to cut them up. How about you? Do you have a problem with hoarding magazines? Do you recycle them? Repurpose them? Do you save them? Do you even read magazines at all or are you a blog fiend? Tell me by commenting below!
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This Just In: Tom Dixon Makes Foray Into Fashion

CasaSugar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:30:07 -0700

British industrial designer and head of design at Finnish company Artek Tom Dixon, who has been designing furniture for 30-some years, and whose lighting designs are all the rage, has decided to channel his design talents into the world of fashion. A new bimonthly fashion digest magazine, Distill, targeted towards creative professionals, launched on Monday, and Dixon is on the editorial board for the next issue, according to Design Week. The new glossy is published by Craft Publishing. Along with Dixon, the editorial board will be composed of fashion designer Giles Deacon, Design Museum director Dejan Sudjic, fashion designer Matthew Williamson, and Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet. The first issue showcases the work of about 25 global fashion and style magazines.

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While this new read may be up Fab’s alley, I am certainly curious about it as well, as it seems to be a departure for furnishing-focused Dixon. Distill creative and publishing director Lockwood explains that the new publication “is about the way fashion is presented globally.” “Fashion is an important visual stimulus and inspiration to the creative sector as a whole, which is why we have recruited designers from a range of disciplines to sit on the editorial board,” he explains. There’s certainly an overlap in trends where fashion and interiors are concerned, especially in textiles, so it’ll be interesting to see what’s in store for this new pub.
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How-To: Repurposing Your Magazines

CasaSugar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:00:22 -0700

Since it's eco chic month, I can't tell you to avoid reading all of your favorite fab fashion magazines (or shelter magazines), but I will give you a few tips on what to do with your mags when you've finished. It's always nice to pass them along to friends, but if your friends aren't eco-conscious, it's likely they'll end up in a landfill. So, here are a few suggestions on what to do with your light reading when it starts to get heavy.

Make a mobile out of them.
Make a box out of them.
Transform them into an art-like wall-hanging.
Turn them around and around into a bowl.
Weave them into a clutch (and have the MoMA sell it).

There are many, many more where these came from, so read more.

Craft them into a square mirror or a round mirror.
Make them into round placemats or rectangular ones.
Roll them up to use as a vase or utensil holder.
Frame your pretty face with them.
Make a waste basket out of them.
Wear a recycled magazine bracelet on your wrist.
Turn them into bows to wrap your presents with.
Secure your invites to the fridge by gluing them to magnets.
Make paper beads from them, or paper bead fine art.
Create disco madness.
Make a collage and hang it on your wall.
Or, use them to store more magazines!

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What Was Your Favorite Shelter Magazine in 2007?

CasaSugar — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:02:00 -0800

Lucky for me, as an editor I get subscriptions to all my favorite magazines, so I don't have to choose. But I want to know which home magazine this year you couldn't live (or decorate) without. Vote in this poll and we'll see which title comes out on top.

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Simple Style: Ladder Rungs As Racks

CasaSugar — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:56:51 -0700

Lots of companies sell magazine racks that resemble ladders, like this Chiasso Scooter Magazine Rack ($118). But for a touch of character, try making your own rack out of an antique ladder. Readily available online and at flea markets and antique stores, rustic ladders can be propped up against a wall to hold all sorts of things: Real Simple recommends using ladders as racks for towels, periodicals, and jewelry, and I also like this use of a rustic ladder to hold quilts.

Where Do You Get Most of Your Decorating Ideas?

CasaSugar — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:20:18 -0700

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