When i moved into my apartment, i longed for anything that wasn´t IKEA and added a nice, personal touch to my place.
Since i couldn´t afford any designer pieces, i took to recreating some i´ve seen and found this to be so inexpensive.
Other times i am just sick of something in my place, but can´t afford to replace it with something i like, so i get creative and try to upgrade it.
And on rare occasions i even come up with something entirely new myself and it turns out looking good :)
I´ll start with something small: a pretty little newspaper stand. Due to my (former) job in the music industry i had plenty of music magazines at home, and the ones with "my" bands on the cover i really wanted to keep, so i needed a nice place to store them.
You will need:
- 2 x 430mm copper pipes (22mm diameter)
- 2 x 230mm copper pipes (22mm diameter)
- 4 x 350mm copper pipes (22mm diameter)
- 8 x 90° copper elbows (22mm diameter)
- Scissors
- 425 x 800mm piece of leather (or any thick fabric)
- hole punch
- 6 pairs of rivets
- a copper cutter, if you can´t get your copper pipes cut in the hardware store
- super glue
Learn from my mistakes:
Dry-assemble everything first before you even look at that glue!
Then, when it all looks good, put a wee drop of glue into each elbow piece and assemble again.
Use the hole punch to punch holes in the leather piece, wrap it around the long sides of the copper stand and use the rivets to secure it on both sides.
Voilà, you have created a simple, minimalistic, chic magazine stand!
Optional tweak: if you prefer your magazines standing upright in the holder rather than lying in it, use a longer piece of fabric/leather ( i recommend 445 x 1470mm).
Let me know if you have any questions, share the fruits of your labour and stay tuned for the next episode!