Not so useless as one might have thought...
Just when I thought we were running out of innovative building materials I was pleasantly surprised to catch a glimpse of this...
In late 2009 James May completed the first ever house made entirely of Legos, 3.3 million to be exact, including sleeping quarters, running water for the kitchen and a bath.
The 20ft Lego house stood in Ducking, Surrey on the Denbies Wine Estates. Unfortunately, after putting the house on the market as a "if you can haul you can have" listing, there were no takers and the house was torn down.
Intrigued by James May's innovative thinking I was curious to find if he had fellow Lego enthusiasts.
Turns out, the answer is Yes! Designers and DiYers across the globe are creating everyday products made strictly from children's favorite brick.
I even found an exact replicate of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water". Definitely a step up from the Lego towns my sisters and I used to dream up and create every year as kids. Sorry ladies, maybe next year!
Ruthie Sommers is a talented Los Angeles-based interior designer, who graced the cover of Domino magazine’s premiere issue, embraces her Southern routes, easygoing style and her love of art to create spaces emoting East coast elegance mixed with California Bohemia.
Combining European antiques and flea-market finds is a signature that Ruthie has championed. A classic Ruthie Sommers space is colorful and quirky, a perfect blend of old and new, feminine and always an unexpected dash of fantasy.
While working with Ruthie in 2006, at her La Cienega showroom and design firm, I was able to be surrounded by and learn from her great attitude and outlook. She truly is a one of a kind designer and woman with an eye for style and a heart of gold.
"But what makes designers different? Every bio sounds the same to me. Including mine. So here is my deal...
My car is filled with fabric samples, old coffee cups and crumbled up paint chips. My office is not the beautiful neat organized office you may see on the pages of a magazine. The glossy white walls and perfectly p-touched folders are an illusion. I am proud of the homes I have decorated. I think they look wonderful on my website. But people live in them and there are stains on the ottoman and the peonies only make it to the mantel for the photo shoots and parties. I feel my success comes from something one can not photograph. The most fun I have aside designing sassy bars and cute powder rooms, is creating livable rooms and becoming part of someone’s family. I watch their purse carefully and in return I gain trust. And a great house is the outcome."
