Thursday, April 22, 2010

More Ideas House Projects!

The best ideas require little or even better, no work!

Take for example the "curtains" in the Bachman's Ideas House. The white kitchen needed a pop of color but with opening day deadline approaching, time for a custom sewing job was out of the question. A quick, and might I say, adorable solution was to simply tie these new vintage-look aprons on cuphooks attached to the window frames!




This second project really happened by accident. I was working in the kitchen one day while much of the interior of the house was being painted. Needing a paper towel holder, I grabbed one of the painters empty rollers and voila! - we had ourselves a one of a kind paper towel holder - for free! My plan was to attach to a base and use in the craft room. When I went looking for an appropriate base Lora had the same idea for the kitchen!



She attached our repurposed paint roller/paper towel holder to the end of the butcher block island. How is that for re-purposing?

I had a wonderful week in Florida. I was even able to get out for some junking and will share pictures with you next week.

Cheers!
Ki

19 comments:

  1. LOVE IT ALL!! Can't wait to see what's next. Have a great week, Dawn

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  2. Perfect paper towel holder for my art studio...now why haven't I thought of that? Thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. Wow! INGENIOUS ideas! love them both!

    I especially love the adorable apron curtains. I have 4 kitchen windows that look out to my raised bed garden and I love having the windows bare to be able to see the garden and its visitors, but there are times I want curtains. Aprons would be terrific!

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  4. both are great ideas, love the aprons!!

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  5. Sweet little apron curtains!! Thanks for the idea!

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  6. Nice...I have used a cute skirt (split in two) to do cafe curtains too. Looking forward to seeing your FL treasures.

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  7. great ideas i like the pictures thank you regards jürgen

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  8. This house was so fabulous...I can't wait until the next one!!

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  9. Clever..Lovin the paint roller idea..Have a great weekend..

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  10. i'm in an apron mood!!....i love the apron curtains, those are great fabrics,too..
    kudzu
    oh, and i've been buying more milk glass vases when i promised myself i wouldn't......LOL..but it's all good:D
    kudzu

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  11. Both of those ideas are fabulous - I especially love the paper towel holder - I believe it has been said that necessity is the mother of invention! Some of the best ideas are born on the spur of the moment - Ki, certainly proved that to be true!

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  12. i just love visiting~ i always leave inspired!
    thank you!
    ox
    christina

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  13. Love your ideas as usual! So cute!

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  14. 2 more super fun ideas.
    Love em.
    Margo

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  15. LOVE The paint roller and those curtains are delicious. Lezlee

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  16. Hi Ki -

    Thanks for your comment on my FriendsofaFeather-Artisans.blogspot.com blog...I wanted you to know that I just got my first issue of Flea Market Style magazine last week ~ and have been pouring over all of the pages...wonderful...so much fun inspiration!! I'd love to have a few copies of your magazine to sell at our upcoming sale...people would buy them up! You guys should come and visit us "Friends of a Feather!" - Lauri

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  17. I love the curtains.Its so cute and chic.
    funny bumper stickers

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