Tin Can Top Wall by Clare Graham

5-28-tin can.jpg Talk about creative reuse. We never would have thought about applying tin can tops to a wall. Luckily, Clare Graham did.

This wall was in a bedroom suite decorated by White Webb in this year's Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York. Read more about the house (which is no longer open) here.

Image: Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg News

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• Creating Space at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House

Comments (10)

This looks absolutely gorgeous, but I wonder if it would look as good in person, especially after it's been collecting dust, stray hairs, sweater frays, and whatever else it might catch.

posted by visualingual on May 28th 2008 at 2:01pm
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Wow that looks amazing in the photo. I wonder if it looks as nice in person .

posted by Seaside on May 28th 2008 at 2:08pm
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is that clare graham of oklahoma?

posted by pinko on May 28th 2008 at 2:16pm
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no, that's Clare Graham of next-door-to-me!

he lives in LA and his gallery is right next door to my apartment. i knew he did instillation, but i never knew exactly happened in there...until this photo started making the rounds. I can't wait to get in there to take some photos and post 'em on my blog...

posted by my little apartment on May 28th 2008 at 2:40pm
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This is really cool. I wonder if it looks good in person too.

posted by jooly on May 28th 2008 at 3:29pm
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gorgeous

posted by little flower on May 28th 2008 at 5:25pm
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I went to the show house, and yes, this looks equally amazing in person. But it had not had a lot of chance to catch dust or sweater frays.

posted by Cassis on May 28th 2008 at 6:01pm
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Aside from the dust accumulation problems, what about the danger of getting cut or scratched by the can edges?

posted by John H on May 29th 2008 at 4:18am
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there are can openers that cut around the bottom of the top so that there are no sharp edges. it looks like the tops are set into something - maybe similar to a tile wall? I don't think it would accumulate any more dust than tile but maybe I'm wrong.

posted by Nikita on May 29th 2008 at 6:33am
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I wonder if it smells like soup.

posted by noarch on May 29th 2008 at 9:29am
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