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Posts tagged “Landing Strip”

Fishing-Inspired Entry Storage

Check out this basket hanging by the back door in the photo above. What a great way to establish a landing strip in a space without room for a table or storage. We think this could work nicely in an...

A Bank & Key Holder In One

Have you ever fallen in love with a piggy bank? We have. Although there's no sign of swine in this model, it's oh so pretty and holds your keys as well. Even those who claim such things belong i...

Flickr Find: Rustic Retro Landing Strip

We've been keeping an eye on the Home Cure Flickr pool since the end of the Spring Cure and came across this lovely landing strip that displays a great mix of retro and rustic inspired items. Clic...

Small Space Solution: The Slat Rack by Wallter

A good solution for too-small-for-furniture entry areas is the Slatrack by Wallter. A wall-hung version of the "landing strip" it provides a place to hang stuff (jackets, bags, keys, helmet) and to st...

Look! Domesticity Sheds In Action!

Often times we purchase products for their bells and whistles. When my husband and I purchased these Domesticity Sheds it was for the opposite reason. They don't make us coffee in the morning or ev...

Small Space Landing Strip Suggestion

We first mentioned this great space saving idea yesterday in our Midwest Fall Cure, but for those who might not be reading all of those details, we wanted to bring this great idea into the spotlight....

Midwest Fall Cure: Week Three - The Weekend

Cans painted white make a nice balance to the organized color of the pencils inside of them. Cure Clock: 37 days Assignment: Read through Ch. 6 (Pages 100-128). Flickr Pool: Midwest Fall Cure ...

Soap Dish Shelf Idea from Martha Stewart Living

Who says their apartment entry has no room for a landing strip? We used to think so, too, until we spied this tricky entryway storage solution from Martha Stewart. It takes the most typical of wall-...

Color Tip: Paint the Entryway

If you want to paint one or two bright walls, but you're not sure where to go bold, we vote for the entryway. Click below to find out why......

Look! A Few of Our Small Space Solutions

Our space isn't small, but we do have a few issues that you sometimes find in a small apartment: tiny bedrooms, not much storage, and lack of closet space. Click below to see how we applied what we'...

CHI House Tour Roundup: Landing Strips

Mini Tour of Alex's Light-Filled Loft Homes are very personal, private spaces, which is why we're always grateful to AT:Chicago's House Tour participants for letting us take a peek inside. The medi...

Super-Simple Landing Strip

This week during the Spring Cure we're looking into landing strips: those small spaces in an apartment where the outside world gets sorted into an organized, manageable system. We'll be featuring so...

Offbeat Entryways

We like a home with a sense of humor, especially one that greets you at the front door. We've seen a lot of charming, funny entryway designs lately. Some of these are prototypes that aren't yet avai...

Look! Our New Key-Catch

We've had Eva Zeisel's Classic Century Sauceboat for about a year and a half now. We luuuv this piece for its shape, but to be honest we haven't really found a use for it until now. (It was a weddin...

Do You Have a "Don't Forget" Spot?

Uniblab's (aka dmadura's) landing strip from the Fall Cure. We constantly lose our keys, despite the fact that we have a nice landing strip with a spot for them. We're better than we used to be (th...

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