home decor Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:32:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Add a Translucent Twist To Your Home With These Glass Objects https://playjunkie.com/add-a-translucent-twist-to-your-home-with-these-glass-objects/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 10:29:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=38386 Some of the earliest works of glass art were glass vessels. As a decorative and functional medium, glass was developed in Egypt and Assyria. These days, it’s hard to imagine our life without glass. Indeed, recent years have seen glass vessels and sculptures in the forefront of home décor trends, and for good reason. Glass can transform a dark […]

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Some of the earliest works of glass art were glass vessels. As a decorative and functional medium, glass was developed in Egypt and Assyria. These days, it’s hard to imagine our life without glass. Indeed, recent years have seen glass vessels and sculptures in the forefront of home décor trends, and for good reason.

Glass can transform a dark and gloomy interior into a space full of light, adding novelty to a room by virtue of its simplicity and elegance. With all of that being said, the following glass-made objects will upgrade any home!

Elena Zaycman’s Glass Butterflies

Stained glass designer Elena Zaycman has caught our attention thanks to her luminous sculptures of butterflies, moths, and bees created using the Tiffany technique, a glass assembly technique using opalescent glass.

Each piece is made with exact precision, beginning with a detailed sketch: “I like them to be accurate, and I don’t eyeball anything, because it affects every other stage of production,” says Zaycman.

Helle Mardahl’s Glass Lidded Jars

You might mistake Halle Mardahl’s glass objects for translucent candy. Exploring the contrast between organic shapes and hard materials, her designs aim to bring life to spaces, and are equally capable of standing alone or blending in. Amongst her hand-blown pieces you can find vases, bowls, and lamps. Personally, we find her glass-lidded jars irresistible.

Devyn Ormsby’s Glass Fruit

These glass-made fruit pieces remind us of the plastic replicas our grandmother showcased in her kitchen. Nostalgic to a tee, Devyn Ormsby’s unique collection features lemons, pears, mandarins, and bananas made from glass in a single block of color.

“Fruit holds a large significance in art history, which is where I think the appeal comes from,” says Ormsby, whose work nods to the blown glass fruit makers and collectors from the 1960s.

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Przemek Krawczyński’s Unique Lamps Are Made of Dried Tropical Fruit https://playjunkie.com/przemek-krawczynskis-unique-lamps-are-made-of-dried-tropical-fruit/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:53:40 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=33186 Przemek Krawczyński creates artful lamps that light up the room, creating unique patterns of light and shadow. A work of art, on top of being a source of light, his lamps are created out of dried gourd – a tropical fruit originating from Africa and Asia. Born and raised in Poland, Krawczyński has his mom […]

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Przemek Krawczyński creates artful lamps that light up the room, creating unique patterns of light and shadow. A work of art, on top of being a source of light, his lamps are created out of dried gourd – a tropical fruit originating from Africa and Asia.

Born and raised in Poland, Krawczyński has his mom to thank for introducing him to the unique fruit. “In 2009 thanks to my mom, for the first time in my life, I accidentally came across the gourd fruit,” he recalled on his website. “As soon as I made my first gourd lamp for myself, I knew that I wanted to make another one.”

Exploring this craft and the play of light, the mesmerizing way in which it can change an ordinary interior into a warm, enchanted landscape, soon became his greatest passion. Completely handmade, his chosen gourds are collected from Senegal, Guinea, and Mali.

By day, his lamps are a unique sculpture, but at night they come alive by the light seeping through intricately carved wood and passing through thousands of holes. Ornamental shadows fill the space, casting the patterns on the walls. “Though I am the architect of the lamp’s shape and pattern, the artisan who puts life in it, the light is a surprise, an illusion made real,” writes Krawczyński, “it never brings boredom for it changes with every move of its source.”

Creating this handcrafted lighting requires patience and precision at every stage of the work. Making one lamp usually takes him between 3-5 months of work, adding up to about 2-3 lamps per year. “For me, the quality, the perfection of the finished lamp, self-fulfillment, and satisfaction from my work are most crucial – they are more important than the number of lamps I can create,” he writes. ” That is why I never repeat their patterns; each of my handmade lamps is matchless, extraordinary and will not be imitated in the future.”

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Table lamp XX Butterfly created in 2014.

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Floor lamp III Ammonitis created in 2016

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Table lamp XXV Leaferis created in 2016

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This Instagram Account Wants You to Hate Its Content https://playjunkie.com/this-instagram-account-wants-you-to-hate-its-content/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:40:55 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=30892 “Please Hate These Things” is an Instagram account that shares some of the worst home design ideas we’ve ever seen. That very fact makes it different from the vast majority of social media content, that’s often all about sharing things people will love.  Please Hate These Things had a simple idea, but the execution is […]

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“Please Hate These Things” is an Instagram account that shares some of the worst home design ideas we’ve ever seen. That very fact makes it different from the vast majority of social media content, that’s often all about sharing things people will love. 

Please Hate These Things had a simple idea, but the execution is very powerful. The proof is that they already have over 200,000 followers and the number just keeps growing. We are amazed by the level of creativity shown by some people featured on this page. Most of the time, we can clearly see that they wanted to do something nice but went overboard with it.

Scroll down to see some of our favorite images that you’re supposed to hate, according to this account’s name.

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Takes one trip to Sandals.

A post shared by Dina Holland @honeyandfitz (@pleasehatethesethings) on

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The doggy door industry is shook right now.

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Takes 1 decorative painting class at Michaels.

A post shared by Dina Holland @honeyandfitz (@pleasehatethesethings) on

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Seems super practical.

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> home decor Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:32:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Add a Translucent Twist To Your Home With These Glass Objects https://playjunkie.com/add-a-translucent-twist-to-your-home-with-these-glass-objects/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 10:29:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=38386 Some of the earliest works of glass art were glass vessels. As a decorative and functional medium, glass was developed in Egypt and Assyria. These days, it’s hard to imagine our life without glass. Indeed, recent years have seen glass vessels and sculptures in the forefront of home décor trends, and for good reason. Glass can transform a dark […]

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Some of the earliest works of glass art were glass vessels. As a decorative and functional medium, glass was developed in Egypt and Assyria. These days, it’s hard to imagine our life without glass. Indeed, recent years have seen glass vessels and sculptures in the forefront of home décor trends, and for good reason.

Glass can transform a dark and gloomy interior into a space full of light, adding novelty to a room by virtue of its simplicity and elegance. With all of that being said, the following glass-made objects will upgrade any home!

Elena Zaycman’s Glass Butterflies

Stained glass designer Elena Zaycman has caught our attention thanks to her luminous sculptures of butterflies, moths, and bees created using the Tiffany technique, a glass assembly technique using opalescent glass.

Each piece is made with exact precision, beginning with a detailed sketch: “I like them to be accurate, and I don’t eyeball anything, because it affects every other stage of production,” says Zaycman.

Helle Mardahl’s Glass Lidded Jars

You might mistake Halle Mardahl’s glass objects for translucent candy. Exploring the contrast between organic shapes and hard materials, her designs aim to bring life to spaces, and are equally capable of standing alone or blending in. Amongst her hand-blown pieces you can find vases, bowls, and lamps. Personally, we find her glass-lidded jars irresistible.

Devyn Ormsby’s Glass Fruit

These glass-made fruit pieces remind us of the plastic replicas our grandmother showcased in her kitchen. Nostalgic to a tee, Devyn Ormsby’s unique collection features lemons, pears, mandarins, and bananas made from glass in a single block of color.

“Fruit holds a large significance in art history, which is where I think the appeal comes from,” says Ormsby, whose work nods to the blown glass fruit makers and collectors from the 1960s.

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Przemek Krawczyński’s Unique Lamps Are Made of Dried Tropical Fruit https://playjunkie.com/przemek-krawczynskis-unique-lamps-are-made-of-dried-tropical-fruit/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:53:40 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=33186 Przemek Krawczyński creates artful lamps that light up the room, creating unique patterns of light and shadow. A work of art, on top of being a source of light, his lamps are created out of dried gourd – a tropical fruit originating from Africa and Asia. Born and raised in Poland, Krawczyński has his mom […]

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Przemek Krawczyński creates artful lamps that light up the room, creating unique patterns of light and shadow. A work of art, on top of being a source of light, his lamps are created out of dried gourd – a tropical fruit originating from Africa and Asia.

Born and raised in Poland, Krawczyński has his mom to thank for introducing him to the unique fruit. “In 2009 thanks to my mom, for the first time in my life, I accidentally came across the gourd fruit,” he recalled on his website. “As soon as I made my first gourd lamp for myself, I knew that I wanted to make another one.”

Exploring this craft and the play of light, the mesmerizing way in which it can change an ordinary interior into a warm, enchanted landscape, soon became his greatest passion. Completely handmade, his chosen gourds are collected from Senegal, Guinea, and Mali.

By day, his lamps are a unique sculpture, but at night they come alive by the light seeping through intricately carved wood and passing through thousands of holes. Ornamental shadows fill the space, casting the patterns on the walls. “Though I am the architect of the lamp’s shape and pattern, the artisan who puts life in it, the light is a surprise, an illusion made real,” writes Krawczyński, “it never brings boredom for it changes with every move of its source.”

Creating this handcrafted lighting requires patience and precision at every stage of the work. Making one lamp usually takes him between 3-5 months of work, adding up to about 2-3 lamps per year. “For me, the quality, the perfection of the finished lamp, self-fulfillment, and satisfaction from my work are most crucial – they are more important than the number of lamps I can create,” he writes. ” That is why I never repeat their patterns; each of my handmade lamps is matchless, extraordinary and will not be imitated in the future.”

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Table lamp XX Butterfly created in 2014.

A post shared by Przemek Krawczynski (@calabarte_light) on

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Floor lamp III Ammonitis created in 2016

A post shared by Przemek Krawczynski (@calabarte_light) on

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Table lamp XXV Leaferis created in 2016

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This Instagram Account Wants You to Hate Its Content https://playjunkie.com/this-instagram-account-wants-you-to-hate-its-content/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:40:55 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=30892 “Please Hate These Things” is an Instagram account that shares some of the worst home design ideas we’ve ever seen. That very fact makes it different from the vast majority of social media content, that’s often all about sharing things people will love.  Please Hate These Things had a simple idea, but the execution is […]

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“Please Hate These Things” is an Instagram account that shares some of the worst home design ideas we’ve ever seen. That very fact makes it different from the vast majority of social media content, that’s often all about sharing things people will love. 

Please Hate These Things had a simple idea, but the execution is very powerful. The proof is that they already have over 200,000 followers and the number just keeps growing. We are amazed by the level of creativity shown by some people featured on this page. Most of the time, we can clearly see that they wanted to do something nice but went overboard with it.

Scroll down to see some of our favorite images that you’re supposed to hate, according to this account’s name.

View this post on Instagram

Takes one trip to Sandals.

A post shared by Dina Holland @honeyandfitz (@pleasehatethesethings) on

View this post on Instagram

The doggy door industry is shook right now.

A post shared by Dina Holland @honeyandfitz (@pleasehatethesethings) on

View this post on Instagram

Takes 1 decorative painting class at Michaels.

A post shared by Dina Holland @honeyandfitz (@pleasehatethesethings) on

View this post on Instagram

Seems super practical.

A post shared by Dina Holland @honeyandfitz (@pleasehatethesethings) on

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