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The Ledge Hanging Lamp

This versatile lighting system can become your favorite if you give it a chance. The Ledge Hanging Lamp comes from designer Tim Wigmore, who has created the sleek lamp as a means to remind us how modern society can reuse and reshape scrap materials into fantastic new objects. "The recycled aluminium framework of the Ledge Lamp highlights random and colourful scraps of signage and contrasts them with a context of sleek refinement. "

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New Home Equals New Decorating Challenges

There's nothing quite as satisfying as moving into a new home. But whether you've found yourself in an apartment or a full-sized home, you have a world of decorating ahead of you. Before you pull out your letter art and start getting creative, make sure you have a solid plan to ensure your home comes together nicely. Fortunately, there are some relatively easy tips and fixes for some of the more obnoxious decorating dilemmas.

• Many challenges can be overcome simply by planning ahead for what you want each space to look like. From the overall theme and color scheme down to the individual shades of paint and pieces of furniture, planning ahead will avoid such problems as having more furniture than room to put it, or painting your walls only to find out that the color you've chosen clashes painfully with the color of your new carpet. Planning ahead will save you money, and on top of that, it will give that 'interior design' feel to each room in your house.

• Small spaces or closed-off rooms can be "opened up" with something as simple as a coat of light-colored paint. White is a common color, but if that's too bright or too 'blank' for your tastes, anything from off-white to a pastel shade of blue or yellow is just as effective. On top of that, try not to clutter the room with more furniture than it needs. The more cluttered it is, the more closed-off it looks. If that's still not enough, try hanging a large mirror. This adds the illusion of space where there is none.

• A space feels so much more comfortable when, upon walking in, your eyes can rest on a main feature such as a 'focal point'. A fireplace and hearth or a large window with any sort of view almost always function as a built-in centerpiece, which does some of the work for you. Otherwise, you'll have to figure out a focal point of your own. Ideas include such things as a large cabinet or set of shelves, an attention-drawing mirror or large painting, a collection of items (either hung on the walls or arranged on a table), or an ornate rug. Conversely, a room starts to feel cluttered if you have too many focal points in one space, so try to disperse them throughout the rooms as best you can.

• No matter how large your new home may be, you're sure to find yourself with less storage space than you realize you need. But don't sacrifice your room's design just to add more cabinets or shelves. Instead, try adding some storage space in places that aren't so obvious to the eye. For example, a sheet or tablecloth can turn a low cabinet or storage boxes into a table with no one the wiser, and a shallow rolling container can fit right under the bed and house all off-season clothes until they're ready for use.

These are just a few tips of many. Try more of these Quick Tips and Easy Decorating Solutions For Home Decor, or for a more Earth-friendly approach, Affordable Green Ways to Tackle 6 Home-Decorating Challenges.

HOLLO: the printed furniture

The young Treviso, Italy-based company Homecode puts a twist on traditional design with its latest project, Hollo. The basic solid cabinets feature removable modular front doors that come in a wide variety of designs. Simply pop them off their hinges with a handful of screws, and use the piece of furniture as a blank canvas to change the mood of a room.

The customizable patterns come from an elit

e roster of international artists and designers including Studio Job, Joe Velluto, Anna Ter Haar, Luca Trevisani, Paul Flannery, Sovrappensiero, Julie Joliat, Matteo Cibic and more, all coordinated by art director Andrea Magnani. Their contributions elevate the level of design in a functional cabinet without the added price. Calling itself “the T-shirt of furnishings,” Hollo blends irony and style with easy-to-change convenience and affordability, not to mention the work of an actual T-shirt designer. In addition to graphic artists and illustrators, Hollo has worked with Abiscuit Accident on graphics applied to both furniture and shirts.

Made entirely in Italy, Hollo ships flat-packed to reduce waste during transit. Choose from the ever-growing range of designs at Hollo’s e-shop, where cabinets are available for 389 and sets of replacement doors for 199.

www.hollo.it