Mod Doll House

This toy house would have kept me entertained for hours!

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Tables on Wheels

Above photo:  Gae Aluenti's Tavolo con Ruote Table

I get a kick out of tables on wheels---possibly because I've rearranged my furniture so often and like the idea of making pieces more mobile?  I like the industrial look of casters as well.  I have a collection of images of tables, mostly coffee table height, on wheels in my design files and wanted to post a few.  I plan to transform an old door (with a big hole in it) that came out of the back room remodel into a mobile coffee table when I locate the appropriate casters.

An aside:  The Italian architect, lighting, interior and industrial designer, Gae Aluenti created a few tables on wheels of her own.  More about this prolific designer here.

Above:  This one looks like an Ikea Lack table top, on casters.

Above:  Directly inspired by Gae Aluenti's Tavolo con Ruote Table?

Above:  Display case table on wheels?

Above:  Fruit crates with a glass topper?

Above:  OK, this is not really a table, but more of a daybed made from pallets and casters.

Above:  More of the pallet-like aesthetic

Above:  Kind of a butcher block look with a well-turned wheel

Above:  A glass topper and a storage shelf below

Above:  A nice big surface useful for all the occupants of the seating (though the table needs to creep up a little closer)

Above:  Stacked drawers on wheels as a bedside table?

Above:  A plain old chest refreshed into an industo-chest with the addition of big casters and knotted rope for drawer pulls.

Above: Small-ish table, BIG wheels

Above:  Another pallet-type table painted and used on the patio

Above:  Another version of a set of bedside drawers on wheels

Above:  This table makes use of "legs" (bolting on 4x4's) to raise the height before adding the casters.

Above:  I'm pretty sure this is an Ikea hack making use of a shelf unit, adding casters and a cushion on top for a mobile storage bench.

Above photo:  Gae-Aluenti-Tour-Table

And here we are back to a Gae Aluenti piece---more of a tea table height making use of bicycle wheels!

Thank you, Si (of  French by Design) for this cartoon today and for your lovely post on books/reading.

Trestle Table is beautiful!

The trestle table project is complete and the results are lovely.  See more photos here.  I would love for this to go soon to the right home, as I am making my way through inventory to clear more working space.  If she doesn't sell in two weeks (she's also posted on craigslist), I'll make arrangements to sell her on consignment.  Consignment marks the items higher (125%-175%) than my price and I (the person who put all the work into the piece) receive only 50% from the sale.  So acquiring an item directly from me is a win for me and for you.  And it saves me from having to round up a burly helper to aid me in delivering the table to the consignment shop.  ***If you mention my blog in response to my ad on craigslist, and you purchase the table directly from me, I will take 10% off of the asking price.    ;o)  (Don't wait till it's at the consignment shop, they require me to let them keep it for up to three months and won't let me have it back to sell to my own buyer.)

Art: June 17th, 2011 Gallery Stroll

 Above:  Painting by Erik Heybroek

 Above:  Ceramic by Mari Heybroek

Charley Hafen Jewelers Gallery will feature A Family Affair, the work of niece and uncle, Mari and Erik Heybroek. Mari’s images in her hand-built and thrown ceramics are inspired by animals encountered during her upbringing in rural Sweden. Erik’s paintings depict the magical woods and waterways around his village home in Mörtfors Sweden.


Charley Hafen Jewelers - Gallery
1409 South 900 East,Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Monday - Friday 12 – 7,
Saturday 10 – 2, Closed Sunday
Telephone: 801-521-7711 
Contact by e-mail: charley@charleyhafen.com


At Alpine Art Gallery 430 South Temple...
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Creativity: To the max!!!

Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists (click on title or picture to view)

How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself -- from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Watch this funny, mind-bending talk to see the explosion of creativity and diversity of skills a single artist is capable of.  ~TED


I ran across this link on a painting...whenever blog---thank you Sandra Flood!   Shea Hembrey seems to have an endless stream of ideas and the premise in itself had me laughing out loud, and his execution of the works is impressive.   If you are at work, you'll want to watch this on your lunch hour, as it runs for sixteen minutes or so, but well worth the watching.  (I also personally find in him a comrade, an artist raised in the colorful Southern U.S..)

Reminder: Best in Show This Friday, June 17th

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This is a fun group show of the work of many artists illustrating our furry, feathered and finned friends.

Jay's Weekend (aka Ender), Toni Youngblood, 2009, acrylic on canvas 24 x 36"