It seems that there is an inspiring cafe in Starksville, Mississippi called Little Building Cafe. The folks behind this dreamy cafe employed a fun repurposing technique, as just one element in creating their cozy, welcoming environment.
The Little Building Cafe, which serves food that is grown and produced within a 100 mile radius, sourced most of their decor from local thrift shops. We're especially drawn to their whimsical chairs. They found broken chairs, then replaced the missing pieces with unexpected salvaged parts, pulling together the new life form with a fresh coat of poppy colored paint. Lovely.
Thanks to Cindy's Salon over at Interior Design for letting us know about the chairs at Little Building Cafe.
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The folks behind the dreamy café also have an utterly inspiring home:
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/11/sneak-peek-annie-coggan.html
Chair heaven!
I love this!
This is brilliant!
i was going to do something similar to this for a missing part of the banister in my new rental. i'll probably match the current color but will choose a different shape.
Master carpentry to get those chairs to sit straight with different legs! I want them in white.
ooh, I love this, so inspiring! I also love their house-- thanks for posting Kyle, just what I needed on this dreary day!
"pulling together the new life form with a fresh coat of poppy colored paint"
Poppies are blue?
What fun - love those chairs.
Rapunzel - the additional pieces were painted red/poppy color.
Himalayan poppies are blue (and beautiful).
These chairs are fun. Thanks for the link to their house... also an inspiration.
As a Mississippian, I have to point it out--it's "Starkville", not "Starksville". Otherwise, cheers!
Hi,
Kyle here.
I'm so sorry about the misspelling of Starkville. That's bad.
And to clear up the "poppy" confusion, I meant poppy as in playful and snazzy, not the color of the flower. I take a fair amount of poetic license in my writing ;-).
Thanks!
It's like the Edward Scissorhands of furniture.