The latest ReadyMade issue covers fashion ideas for home use. One of those concepts includes reusing belts that you no longer wear. Our favorite: the stunning woven stool seat, above left. Right, old belts turned into storage box handles. Instructions for both (and more ideas) below:
Reusing Belts, Window Covering Ideas, and Ultimate Closet Organization
ReadyMade Issue 36
Stool seat: Weave together the straps across the top of the frame, pull taut, and buckle each one underneath (if any of the belts are too long to stay tight, use an awl or utility knife to make extra holes). Trim off any excess leather, and take a load off.
Box pulls/handles: Using an X-acto knife, cut two vertical slits through the front of each box (as tall as the belt is wide), thread the cinchers through, and fasten in the front. Glue the rest of the belt around the inside edges of the box so it won’t interfere with the precious cargo within.
"Belts with lots of eyelets or perforations make it easy to keep earrings organized. Hang up the belt by its buckle, then slip hooks and posts through the holes until you’re ready to don your baubles."
Simple and to the point, although we're not in love with the idea of an obvious belt hanging on the wall. Maybe try a variation of this idea: cut off the buckle altogether.
Four window treatments that range from dappled exposure to full coverage.
The site only describes one treatment, making Modular Drapes, so we're guessing the other three must only be available in the magazine's hard copy.
10 ways to achieve the ultimate in closet oranization, blogged here at AT:SF.
Our favorite of the 10 tips: Stand handbags at attention with the help of bookends on either side.
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I asked this the last time that picture was up here, but acted a little too slow....
Does anyone know anything about that dresser/shelving thing? It's great.
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The white shelves are from the container store:
http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?CATID=73669&PRODID=69196
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Wasn't that wall color just featured in an article as the worst paint color? Primary blue :P
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I really like the belt-as-box-handle idea but am not digging the belt-as-earring-holder at all. It is probably the fact that I am not a fan of displaying earrings and jewelry in my space. I will leave that to retail stores.
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oh, not the white ones, the wall-mounted wood ones in the first pic. Thanks, though, sarah!
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