Bookends don’t have to be simple and if you want to add some flair, these halve bookends should be perfect for people who want t combine functionality and some odd designs. These Halve Bookends take the form of a familiar fish bowl cut into two, unique and something that should spice up your organization needs in the home or office.

They were made by Gnr8 and don’t necessarily need fishes to make them brighten up your place. Alternatively, they can act as vases too or something to hold pebbles or maybe even candy. Depending on your ideal, these are bookends that can certainly fit in well with your living space.

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Fish-Friendly Halve Bookends

Supplies:
• Watertight glazed-ceramic or plastic pot, at least 50 to 60 cm tall and 45 cm in diameter
• 3 or 4 bricks
• Pebbles or gravel
• 3 or 4 aquatic plants
• Goldfish (optional)

Choosing the plants
• To make a pleasing multilevel arrangement and help keep the water clear, choose from three types of aquatic plants:
1. An immersible oxygenating plant to help keep the water clear;
2. A floating plant; and
3. A tall plant with leaves that will extend upward out of the water.

• In this arrangement (shown, top left) are:
1. Immersible Bacopa caroliniana, or water hyssop;
2. Hybrid pink-flowered Nymphaea, or water lily ‘Firecrest’ (the leaves float, but the roots are potted), and purple-flowered Eichhornia crassipes, or water hyacinth (the whole plant floats); and
3. Tall Acorus calamus ‘Variegatus,’ or variegated sweet flag.
• Ask nursery staff to help you choose a good mix of plants.

For the rest of the instructions go here.

DIY: Miniature Potted Pond

For many homes, the best bathroom design could be anything. But if you consider modern concepts as an important factor for the ideal bathroom setup, perhaps this Peaceful Clarity Bathroom may be something worth considering.

You can sit or stand, and don’t worry about the drain, as the entire floor acts as one. There’s pebbles all across the floor for nice feelings on your feet and as a cover to the drain. At the sink, you’ll notice that the tap is based off the shower system, you hands will feel as though they are being washed by Tlaloc. When you decide to empty the basin of water below the sink, a diagonal bit of glass is there to keep the spray from hitting your feet.

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Peaceful Clarity Bathroom

Most home owners have been focusing a lot on the interiors and inner home improvements and apparently the outer areas have been overlooked. For people with garages and driveways, don’t forget that they are still part of the home and enhancing them with pebbles or cobblestones may be a good idea to complement the perfect home most quality looking customers look forward to.

DécoR Stone’s cobbles come in various colours such as Light and Dark Grey, Putian Black, Putian Red, Yellow Granite and Pink Quartz. The range of cobblestones features three different surface finishes: tumbled, flamed and split.

With so many designs and colors to choose from, you are sure to find the right design for your usually boring driveway. Spice it up and see the difference so that you can really get a complete home to show.

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Decorate Driveways the Cobblestone Way

Don’t invest in outdoor just do what Blogger Danny Seo has done. Paint rocks and pebbles with a coat of glow-in-the-dark paint and make a path of rocks leading to the house. At daytime the rocks will charge up from the sun and at nightglow in the dark.

Tips: Glow in the Dark Rocks

Check out this funky bed you can make yourself which is also very easy for transport.

I hate sleeping on the ground. At least, I sure do when my air mattress leaks. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what ended up happening to me when I went to EWP IV… My air mattress leaked and by morning I was sleeping on the ground!

Upon returning home, terribly cranky after a night of lumps and pebbles under my rump, it occurred to me that I needed to do something to prevent such a fate in the future — particularly if I wanted to survive my first Pennsic Experience (Pennsic XXXI) with all my joints basically in tact. (I figure I have more chance of that than most; I’m not a fighter!) So, I trundled myself off in my car and combed through all sorts of stores in search of a new air mattress and a suitable camp cot to place it on.

Period Rope Bed