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5 Ways to Squeeze a Dog Bed into a Small Space

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It is not a novelty that the property of a dog entails some important changes in life: getting up early to walk to said puppy, budgeting emergency vet bills, pick up 💩! But there is a change that we do not talk enough about: rearrange your space to fit a gawky four-legged creature. There are the toys, the leash, the dog food, the bowls and the biggest object of all, the bed. Your apartment was probably already on the opposite side; Squeezing an unmanageable cushion is not an easy task. In other words, good luck not to trip over her in the middle of the night. What is a canine lover to do? Forget about the traditional dog bed. There are many innovative designs that have made us reconsider what a dog bed is. When square footage is essential, your dog's things should also be things of the people, as in functional furniture or at least a good-looking decoration. Keep reading to see what we want to say. 1. Put a cone in the corner The conical back of a cone-shaped bed makes it pe

This Startup Lets You Rent Insanely Chic Furniture — Would You Try It?

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If you currently reside in a large city (specifically in New York), you have probably found yourself dragging heavy furniture and boxes up several flights of stairs into a tiny apartment without an elevator at some point in your life. After which, of course, you immediately learned your lesson and decided to spend $ 1k + on engines worth it, even if it's ridiculous. Well, listen to me: especially when you're young and you probably can not afford the apartment of your dreams, you move a lot. It is a nuisance, it is expensive, and I would even say that it is the bane of my existence. Fortunately (in case you are looking at me with disagreement or even disapproval), I know I am not the only one. In fact, this was the exact reason why Jay Reno, founder and CEO of Feather, started his company. "Feather helps people to own less and live longer," says their site. "We want you to have beautifully designed furniture without worrying about buying, assembling,

Bespoke Furniture Influenced by Japanese Tea Rooms and Ettore Sottsass

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Who? Shin Okuda, founder of furniture and design studio Waka Waka, hails from Japan, but moved to Los Angeles 20 years ago. "I had been offered a strange and strange job in Arizona," he explains. "It was as a travel agent, back then, there were a lot of Japanese businessmen who went to Scottsdale to play golf, so I was only looking after the golfers, I stayed in Arizona for two months and then I moved to Los Angeles to see how things would go. " Then, from 2003, Okuda found a job making sculptures for fine artists. "I worked in different art studios for some years, in 2009 I started doing my own things, but it was not sculpture, I started making furniture". That same year, Okuda met his wife Kristin Dickson, who had just opened a commercial space on Sunset Boulevard called Iko Iko. "When it opened, I went to see the store and I made friends with it, and then I started making furniture for its events, people started getting intere

Wooden Simple Bed Design

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Carving a wooden rose with Dremel

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