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Etsy Find: High Tea Spoon Cabinet

CasaSugar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:00:45 -0700

I've written about many common types of storage and even some that have stumped you. But, never a spoon cabinet. Only the Aussies (OK, and maybe the Brits) would designate an entire cabinet on the wall just for their spoons. I'll overlook this absurdity given my interest in the Tim Neve High Tea Spoon Cabinet ($45). The silverware storage unit received a modern update with a bold graphic illustration print used as a backing and a finish of glossy black paint, making it scrumptiously delightful. So, for those of you who have a vintage spoon collection, you can rest assured that you won't look one bit Granny for it — (even though you kind of are).

Crave Worthy: Victoria Cocktail Cabinet

CasaSugar — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:30:00 -0800

You can't get away with serving two-buck Chuck and Popov from this magnificent Pedro Sousa Cocktail Cabinet ($22,750). Well, maybe you could, since your guests might be so distracted by the fabulousness of this cabinet they'd miss out on the bottles altogether.

The first of a collection of limited edition cabinets by the young Portuguese designer Pedro Sousa, who graduated from design school in 2002, this case piece is not only a sleekly luxurious and unusual confection, but an investment in fine art. Its base may look like cast iron, but it's actually hand-carved and lacquered wood, and its drawers are made of high quality leather. The exterior of the cabinet is akin to the Batmobile - multi-faceted, slick, and intimidating - but its sunshine-yellow interior pours a spoonful of fun into your domestic mixology.

Recap: How Would You...

CasaSugar — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:00:05 -0800

In a recent How Would You post, I asked you to rework these hand-carved spoons so they serve a different decorating or practical function in your home. You came up with a handful of creative suggestions to give these beautiful spoons a new purpose, that would work well with other decorative spoons you have laying around your house.

Historygal3 has a similar set in her home from Mali. She says, "They're on display on my bookcase with a handcarved bowl I also bought in Africa."
Emo_stacer was joking when she said, "Put them into a nautical theme and have them take the place of the crossed oars." But actually, I think it's a great idea!
Sweetpeabrina says, "I would mount these on the wall in my kitchen and use them to hang kitchen utensils from."
Aimeeb suggested using them as cabinet hardware.
Wakeupandora suggested hanging dish towels and oven mitts from them.
HWJ suggested creating a "a Calder-esque mobile" with them.
Biochemlovely wrote, "I would attach them together at the end of the thin parts, and use them as frames for photographs."
And last but not least, PrincessTracy wrote, "I would arrange them (with some other items of color to brighten it up) in a glass top display table."