Unique Finds: Stacking Dinnerware

Have you ever struggled with trying to find a way to store or display your dinnerware, but you just aren't happy with the way it looks?  Well, the A + R Store has a solution for you....Palace Stacking Dinnerware.  Each "building" holds a serving dish and either 6 soup bowls, 6 small bowls, 6 small plates, or 6 dinner plates.  When not in use, the pieces stack together to make a building.  It's genius!

Please view more images of the Palace Stacking Porcelain Tableware here.

Original featured on Design for Mankind

These are definitely being added to my wihs list.  When you own the entire block, there are enough dishes for a group of 6.  Aren't they amazing?  This is the perfect gift for the architect in your family (hint, hint!).  I wonder how easy it is to piece the dishes back together once the meal is over...

Live Sweetly :)
Rachel

Unique Finds: A Ring A Day

I recently stumbled upon a year long project dedicated to making a ring a day for 2010.  Some of the rings are temporary and made of fragile materials, while others are more permanent and could be worn everyday.  The ring maker, ColleenBaran, has her work cut out for her, but as shown by her designs so far this year, she has the creative genes to pull this off.  I'm inspired to try and make some of my own, too!

Aren't these amazing?  I'm starting to see some of my normal household things in a totally different way.  So, the next time I need some new accessories, I'll head to the kitchen...or my desk drawer...or even the bathroom!

Live Sweetly :)
Rachel

Unique Finds: Miniature Modern

My favorite exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago has always been the Miniature Rooms.  For those who haven't been, this exhibit is full of the most intricately designed and detailed doll houses that you'll ever see.  Each room comes from a different time period and the colors, fabrics, materials, and even the scenery outside the windows matches the era so perfectly.  My mind immediately begins to imagine what it would be like to be a princess living in Louis XIV's chateau, or a young lady of the Victorian era wearing a corset and a gown on my way to an extravagant ball.

The other day I stumbled upon some photographs of miniatures from the modern age.  Some day I'm sure I'll look at these and rather than imagine how things could have been in a different time and place....I'll remember how great things were and always have been.

Originally uploaded by annina

Aren't these mini rooms just adorable?  I can totally picture my 5th grade self sitting at that tiny desk working on homework, or my current self putting on jewelry in front of the mirror of the sea foam green bedroom.  And this got me thinking....since I can't have my dream house right now, maybe I should make my mini dream house?  We'll see about that one...

Live Sweetly :)

Rachel

Unique Finds: Clothing Hangar Chandeliers

Look at these "hangeliers"!

Plastic hangars...

Wood hangars...

You can purchase your very own at the Organelle Design Shop on etsy.com.

Aren't these amazing??  I love repurposing, refurbishing, reusing...

Live Sweetly :)
Rachel

Unique Finds: Hanging Chairs

I would like to have one of these in my dream home...

                                                                                     Originally from Homes & Gardens

                Originally from Designers Guild

                                                    Originally from Jonathan Adler

And you can purchase one for a great price here.   Hopefully they will have more colors and materials available by the time I have my dream house!

Live Sweetly :)

Rachel

Unique Finds: Fruit Bowls

Look at these beautiful fruit bowls from Helena Schepens

This is one example where form follows function created a unique result!  I love them and would purchase more fruit just to display them in their full glory.  And they will be in my dream house.

Live Sweetly :)
Rachel