Roundup: Everyday Objects Redesigned

There are some things that just can’t be duplicated, and we’re not talking about the remake of The Stepford Wives. But every now and then someone puts a new spin on a classic that’s both useful and eye catching.

Check out these updated designs for the home that have a good chance of standing the test of time. And can someone explain why milk seems to be a recurring theme lately?

&bull 1 Wooden Milk Crate at Urban Outfitters - $38

&bull 2 Ceramic Coffee Mug at The Future Perfect - $12

&bull 3 Plastic-looking Glass Water Bottles from Fred Flare - $38

&bull 4 Wire Picnic Basket from Crate&Barrel - on sale for $15

&bull 5 Porcelain Milk Carton Vase from CB2 - $7

&bull 6 Notebook Cheese Plate from Fishs Eddy - $18

&bull 7 Glass Half-Pint Creamer at the MoMA store - $14

&bull 8 NY Manhole Doormat at A&G Merch - $34

Comments (7)

I've been hoping Intelligentsia would make ceramic mugs of their well designed paper to-go cups- so darling!

posted by ebbunny on September 1st 2009 at 4:19pm
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These are fun...and then there's also the trashcan, table that looks like clear table cloth and coffee cup...http://tiny.cc/dB3ep

posted by MODERnestS on September 1st 2009 at 4:23pm
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Those "glass" bottles are now available at Crate & Barrel as well. Wish I had known before I brought one back from Milan, and it broke.

posted by SPHH on September 1st 2009 at 5:09pm
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Of these, the only one that meets the "good design/affordability/attractiveness" requirement would be the wire picnic basket, IMO.

posted by mirandabee on September 1st 2009 at 7:20pm
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I have the coffee cup and milk vase- both are great pieces. I am looking to get the bottles from CB. :)

posted by pressingdigressions on September 1st 2009 at 8:10pm
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If any Canadians are wondering, the glass bottles are all over the Chapters/Indigo stores.

posted by KidMoe on September 1st 2009 at 9:33pm
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The clear glass bottles from Crate and Barrel are a staple in my house now. Cold stuff tastes better coming from a bottle than from plastic. I drink ice cold tap water that meets municipal testing standards from a C & B bottle rather than expensive plastic (and possibly PVC-contaminated) bottles of water from sources that are not as rigorously tested. The Crate and Barrel bottles stand up to daily hard use and the dish-washer.

I've seen that ceramic Greek diner cup for years. I always think it's funny.

I wonder why MoMA did the glass creamer and didn't offer something similar for sugar? Marketing oversight.

Also, it was my impression that the green wire "picnic" basket from C & B was for grilling veggies.

Loved the notebook cheese plate from Fishs Eddy.

posted by AustinSarah on September 2nd 2009 at 2:04am
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