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24 October 2008 2,928 views 2 Comments

by heather

There are some great ideas over at Dollar Store Hack, which is the blog for a design course held in Summer 2008 by University of Oregon.

This chandelier (Designer: Thyra Bessette) used plastic service ware, and looks like it used about $6 worth of stuff from the dollar store plus a lamp kit (About $4 at Ikea?) so, total cost around $10.

This concept definitely has some potential for low-budget high-style decorating!

I also love the cheekiness of this plastic gun candle holder (Designer: Robin Hubbard). It’d look great in a geek chic bachelor pad! (Hmm, I used cheek, geek, and chic in the same paragraph…)

I’m gonna assume $1 each for the candles, and call this at $8, but I think it might have cost closer to $5 to create.

2 Comments »

Amber said:

Whoo…those are cute, but dangerous!! Plastic will burn and melt in both of those cases if left on for too long. I nearly burned down a house by leaving a pillar candle burning on a cork padded drink coaster – the candle went out, but the wax-soaked cork smouldered all night long until it erupted into flame when it touched plastic.

Cute, but be careful!! :)

# 24 October 2008 at 9:45 am