Dale Chihuly at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

I went the other day to the MFA and saw this amazing exhibit, if you can go see it.
Chihuly is a hand blown glass artist, with his team, he creates sculptures of all shapes and sizes.  With 4 decades of work, he is included in more than 200 hundred museum collections worldwide.
He is well know for his series of works, and has had exihibits at the Louve, Paris, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and installed glass sculptures over the canals and piazzas of Venice. His work is at the MFA through August 7, 2011.

Window Seats

I decided to get rid of the big, deep seated couch in my living room, it took up too much space (and wasn't in great shape) and will be replacing it with a built-in window seat. This will open up the room, allow for extra storage underneath and be used much more by the kids to have a place to read.  While the seat will be built by a carpenter, store bought bookshelves at either end of the window will create a custom look.  I will post when the project's complete. Below are some great spaces I found on-line:

Kid's room, Better Homes & Garden

This Old House

This Old House

Bookshelves for all Spaces

These lightweight cardboard circular bookshelves produced under Eric Guiomar’s cardboard creation program, are unique pieces of art that will hopefully come into production.  It would be both eco-friendly & affortable.  

 The Tree Bookshelf made of green coated metal, is beautiful on its own but is made to hold books at the different angles of the branches.  Designed by artist, Shawn Soh.   Tree Branch Bookshelf by French designer Olivier Dolle reaches across corners of the room, allowing generous amounts of storage to accommodate many books.

The Cave, designed by Sakura Adachi, is both a room divider and a bookshelf on both sides that provides a comfortable seat for reading.

This compact staircase/bookshelf design makes use of this small living space.  The stair's also used for a side table along side the couch.

Modern Finnish designer Lincoln Kayiwa creates a room divider and a wall storage unit for books and cds.