This simple IKEA-based idea is in honor of the October Monthly Special. I haven't had time to do this one myself, but I wanted to suggest it before the month ends. If you have done a dots grid and want to recreate it as an art statement/storage device, just get yourself enough grundtal round magnetic containers ($4.99 for a pack of 3) to recreate your dot grid....
and put a photo (or colored paper) under each glass cover to form your "dots". You can crop your photos in Photoshop (the web site claims the diameter is 3 3/4", but it wouldn't hurt to measure) or you can print 4x6 photos and crop by hand.
Since the containers are magnetic, you can arrange them on a "Spontan"...
or a "Bits"...
or your refrigerator or anything else a magnet sticks to.
Your magnetic dot grid will be both attractive and practical (good qualities in humans and objects alike, if you ask me). For a craft room or an office, it would make a good piece of storage art. The style could range from modern minimalism to glam and girly depending on your design.
And for Christmas, you can make a very bold advent calendar (you would have to come up with a larger surface), you could alter 25 grundtal containers. Too many? Maybe a "12 days of Christmas" thing might be better.
Other variations and ideas? Please add your comments.
Meanwhile, there's still time to do the October Special.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wrapping up our October "Dots" theme: another IKEA idea
Labels:
Gift ideas,
IKEA hack,
October Monthly Special. Dots
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