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These tables by Alma Allen made of salvaged wood are amazing. She’s done work for the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, including pieces in the lobby and in the rooms. Her work is available for purchase in custom sizes and colors. See Allen Pearce for more information.

ASH TABLE (above)
27 3/4 ” X 24″ X 15″

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There’s a great, inexpensive office remodel over at Kitka in which they use super shiny plywood floors and a black and white color scheme that looks pretty fantastic.

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Judith Seng is a German designer who has worked with different studios to create interesting pieces (one of which is the super minimal design house Industreal).

Her line of Trift Tables are solid wood pieces of wood, are partially painted with a high-gloss color, revealing the grain of the wood below. Each piece is unique depending on the size of the wood.

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There’s something really satisfying about watching this man start a fire using exclusively Ikea products. It does feel a little Rube Goldbergian, knowing that you could just start a fire with matches, but it’s nice to see ingenuity at work.

For more information you can see Helmut Smits’ site here.

The clean lines of this barely there shower head would work in any modern garden. The units come with integrated teak bases in the higher priced models or an adapter is included for connection with a standard garden hose.

Stainless Steel construction for outdoor durability.

The e15 Shelving creates interesting patterns for displaying books, records, magazines and collectibles with the joinable, seamless units with endless configuration possibilities. The construction allows the unit to be put against the wall as traditional shelving, or can even be used as wall dividers.

The unit comes in 2 different heights and is available in either white MDF or waxed oak.

There are some UK bus signs in Abigail Ahern’s book A Girl’s Guide to Decorating–and if you were wondering where to get one, you can find them on Etsy.

[via Ascot Friday]

Here’s an interesting piece by Karl Zahn which is intended to be left open at all times (the size of the drawer opening is left to your discretion).

Dimensions: 30″ tall x 12.25″ x 20″ to 30″ long
Materials: Recycled Pine Wood

Here’s a cool planter that has plant substrate integrated into the plastic as well as an irrigation system so you can leave your plants unattended for weeks. The level indicator will tell you when it is time to refill the reservoir again.

Dimensions: 16″ x 6″ x 7″
Awards: Red Dot Design

We posted some work by “the.” before–they have a smallish portfolio of really clever work and they’re worth checking out.

This particular lamp would look amazing on my bedside table. However, the -$1200 would not look good in my bank account.

Construction: Laser cut translucent white acrylic with cool-white fluorescent bulb
Dimensions: H 16″ x W 6.5″ x L 9″

What a lovely media storage cabinet. It’s solid walnut (or cherry, if you prefer) with a stainless steel base. The shelves are large enough to accommodate the giant cable boxes that Time Warner seem to keep giving us, as well as all your dvd players, Roku’s, cable modems, etc. It’s pretty pricey, but it is one of those pieces that you will certainly have forever and ever.

Dimensions: 82w 20d 24h
Materials: Solid Walnut, Stainless Steel

Here’s a great dresser at a relatively low price. This is a piece that you’ll probably have for a very long time.

Five removable drawers
Sheesham wood
38″H, 32″W, 15.5″D

After moving from Texas to Los Angeles, the one thing that I really miss (except for my friends and family, of course) is the torrential downpours we would get in the summer. This record from Kyouei Design creates and endless loop of rain sounds–and might just make me feel less homesick.

Rich Brilliant and Willing is one of my new favorite design houses and the trio are definitely ones to watch. Their new Matryoshka table featureswood slats with each seam being overlapped by the one next to it.

The table gets its name because each of the three sizes (End, Cocktail & Coffee) – can nest inside one another, like Matryoshka Dolls.

Available in white, black, red or green.