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Frosty Delight

I live on the ground floor of my apartment building. At night, if I'm not vigilant about closing my blinds everyone and their mom can see what I'm doing in my little studio apartment. When I first moved in I considered getting some window film to frost my windows myself, but then I realized that not being able to see what's going on right outside my window -- like today when it randomly started snowing -- would be a shame. I opted to get some thin curtains, but now that I see these photos I wish I had some more windows to experiment with.

Found on a Room & Serve, a Swedish blog that I can't understand, these frosted hacks are way cool. It makes me really want to hack into my bathroom door!

Ikea's Purrfect Pet Bed

OMG! I totally need to make one of these for my cats. As you may have noticed, I'm a bit obsessed with my kitties. This little project was found on Ikea Hacker, one of the best sites for getting creative with Ikea's inexpensive goods.

Paola opted against the expensive (and pretty ugly) Bastis Krona pet bed ($69.99) and instead adapted the Duktig doll bed ($19.99) into a snoozer for her hefty cat.She used two Hedda Rak pillow cases and sewed them into smaller pillows and filled them with the linen sold with the Duktig bed.

Now if only there was a way I could hack this thing to make a bunk bed for my feline friends...

Two more photos after the jump!

Mirror, Mirror on the Bedside Table...

Ever since I was little I've wanted a vanity where I could primp. When I lived in a larger apartment I had such a thing. It was a dark wood, art deco style vanity with a huge octagonal mirror. When I moved into my studio I just didn't have the space for such a thing so I sold it on craigslist. Weirdly enough a set designer ended up buying it for an Avril Lavigne video. I hesitated for a bit on selling it to him since she so didn't deserve such a cool vanity, but 200 bucks is 200 bucks.

Anyhoo, one day while walking to the farmer's market I found an old bathroom mirror cabinet someone had thrown out. It was very Shabby Chic, so I decided to bring it home, figuring I could find some use for it. Back at the pad I realized it was just too heavy to safely install on the wall of my apartment, but I did have an old bedside table I had found on the street a year earlier that was the same width as the cabinet. When I placed the mirror on the table I realized that with some wood and screws I could make this dinky table into a vintage style vanity...