Landing Strip Inspiration from Tas-ka

A string of clicks across the web last night led us to Tas-ka, a Dutch company that ships home goods around the world. We loved their site design; each landing page acts as an entryway, similar to what you'd find in a physical home. Their photographs, carefully composed but with just enough messiness to reflect real life, gave us lots of inspiration for our own landing strip...

A bench makes a great spot for collecting and sorting through the clutter that comes through the door. It also provides a natural place to line up shoes.

If you're a student or a magazine lover, a cabinet or bookshelf offers counter space for the books that come in and out of the apartment.

Small drawers are good places to keep keys and other loose items. Another option is a cabinet with doors (like the one shown in the top photo).

If you've got kids that run in and out of the back door, a chair can collect toys for later clean-up. It also doubles as extra seating when you need it.

Photos: Tas-ka Webshop

Comments (11)

Sorry to take this in the direction of the gutter, but am I the only one for whom the term "landing strip" has been forever tainted by the waxing industry?

Every time AT uses the term to describe the place to drop your keys and mail, my inner teenager gets the immature giggles.

posted by LilyC on August 21st 2008 at 4:52pm
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Don't want to be grumpy, but that top photo really bothered me - since when is a pair of tennies on a cupboard a solution? Or an example of design? Put them (and the rest of your clutter that really belongs elsewhere) IN the cupboard, dammit!

posted by everydaydiva on August 22nd 2008 at 3:18am
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also, heehee, LilyC - I'll never think of my hallway the same way again!

posted by everydaydiva on August 22nd 2008 at 3:19am
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I love everything about these photos. They have a carefree "lived in" quality, yet still portray beauty and style. I don't always put my tennis shoes in my closet right away as I should, and honestly, I don't care.

posted by _palindrome_ on August 22nd 2008 at 4:28am
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Since I got the puppy my shoes (and everything else) lives on any surface above 24".

Kudos to any furniture dealer who shows what their stuff looks like in "real life" settings!

"Landing strip". Heh heh, heh heh, heh heh!

posted by rockypondgirl on August 22nd 2008 at 4:58am
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A little too shabby chic for me, but nice washed out color and texture.

posted by Cool Breeze on August 22nd 2008 at 5:56am
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i love the stencils on that top cupboard. very clean but casual.

posted by Pistachio on August 22nd 2008 at 6:27am
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rockypondgirl -

I totally agree! With two bunnies who have (mostly) free run of the house, I often have immaculate floors and low tables and piles of stuff on the high surfaces.

lol :)

posted by zhasmene on August 22nd 2008 at 9:17am
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Yes, PLEASE stop using "landing strip." It's stupid and also has an extra meaning you don't intend.

posted by Monkeyme on August 22nd 2008 at 10:01am
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landing strip... i almost giggled out loud when i read the post. ... te hehehe

posted by Faynilla on August 22nd 2008 at 10:18pm
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I'm curious about the chandelier in the first picture and wish I could see more of it. It looks like origami.

posted by bcthree on May 29th 2009 at 8:07pm
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