apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

for some reason, i really like this...now if only my ceilings were higher...

I'm pretty sure it looks horrid in person.

Would it be rude to look up at the bulb?

It reminds me a little of those things you throw over a plate of food to keep the flies away.

My favorite interpretation of this idea is Christiane Hoegner's Tennis Skirt Lamps.

DUST-MAGNET, no?

If I look at it out of the corner of my eye, it looks like a ballerina hung herself in this person's apartment. :')

Ah, yes, linear lines. Do we mean straight lines?

I like the ballet suicide idea, but the tulle shade isn't all that decorative.

Allsunday, it's a ballerina suicide for sure.

And, exactly how many "strapless tulle dresses" does this poster have available to reuse?

It's not exactly a common household item but the post makes it sound like everyone's got one lying around.

???

I got one at goodwill for $6! but I am going to remake it and wear it.

this one is really disturbing -- beyond macabre

I actually love the way this looks, at least in the picture, but this a big ol' fire hazard. Seriously, your crafty reuse will be seen in a less favorable light when you are standing in the middle of smoldering ruins.

Gosh, I'm getting to worry as much as my mom. The generational torch has passed.

oh that poor ballerina. this is a set-up.
MURDER.

bleeeeeh.

Oh no. No no no. Why would you do that to an otherwise perfectly good room?!

Look! A fire in the reading room!

Yep, it's a fire hazard. An apt complex near my old home had a fire start -- and destroy several buildings -- precisely because of this type of DIY project.

I mourn the poor ballerina who died for this mess.

never mind the tutu, i'm enjoying that shelving!

Did you really say linear lines?

This seems like something cool a shy, wholesome sixteen year old girl would do, like hang her old toe shoes on the wall with that poster, if you can dream it, you can believe it, or whatever it was. Before you know it, she's off to college and finding out what she's been missing, and that dress over the lamp was not exactly on purpose. Yeah, those old linear lines. We're going to miss her when she goes.