Most of us would not be able to guess the origin of these plump stools, pouffes and chair for the designer, Dutch born Frank Willems has truly given old mattresses an extreme makeover. His idea came about after a project on material life. He noticed almost all unwanted waste material could be recycled except mattresses. They were destined for the landfills simply because they could not be shredded - they would get stuck in the machines.

What he does is to fold them up in different ways and then lashes the voluminous seat on top of the legs of varying styles of antique chairs. The whole thing is made hygienic by a spray-on water resistant foam coating. He then paints it in vibrant colours. The stool was his first creation but he has since gone on to add chairs and pouffes to the endearingly named Madam Rubens Collection. His stool is currently being displayed in an exhibition on seating entitled “Please do not Sit” in the Tooles Gallery in France. - Via

The Kid’s Roll Top Chair has a sitting surface that works like an old-time roll-top desk, sliding away to reveal storage space where kids can put their toys and other “stuff” while being usable as a chair too. As the name of this chair already suggests, the chair was designed for kids, and it looks like a cool idea, but I think that the chair will be broken in a few hours or maximum days, because as we all know kids love to see how things work, and experiment. If you want it no matter what, and you don’t care that your kids might destroy it quickly you can buy it from here for $168. - Via - 1,2

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. Mexican designer Ximena Orozco once needed a pillow case. All she had on hand was a old felt jacket. She loved the soft warm fabric and was loathed to take the jacket apart so she slipped the pillow inside instead. It was an eureka moment. She then went on to design more jacket pillows but incorporated zipper openings to make it easier for owners to insert or remove the pillow.

Each 100% wool felt jacket pillow is unique in its styling and its embellishments. She names them after people she really likes such as her friends. So her creations have endearing names like Senor Chuzo and Senora Juli. When you unzip the jacket to reveal the shirt fabric covered pillow, a little tag can be seen. It commemorates the person who inspired the design. You can purchase these jacket pillows on her website Urbanatics which supports independent designers. The Jackets retail for #170. - Via

Staircases are often neglected in homes. After all they have a utilitarian function - a passageway to go from one floor to another. Yet, they deserve more visual impact. As Melissa from Sugar City Journal wrote, it’s all about “elevating the mundane“. She was inspired by an older interior decorating book by Alexandra Stoddard which promoted the concept of taking the least inspiring and unattractive spot in your home and turning it into your favorite corner.

What she did was to scan a pretty fabric onto her computer and added personal touches to the picture with Photoshop. She printed the pattern on regular sized paper and glued them together. After laminating the paper, she glued them onto the risers of the stairs using Modgepodge. She says, “If you look closely when walking up these stairs, you might see a few familiar faces hidden amidst the damask. A simple way to bring a smile, as I walk up and down these stairs, one hundred times a day.” So simple, yet effective both visually and for the family budget! Via

A few days ago I’ve read an article about how people spend thair lifes, and from that article I’ve came to the conclusion that we must be very careful on how we spend our time, because he never comes back. Just after I’ve finished that article I’ve found this interesting new record …the world’s longest sofa record has been broken on june 7th 2008. I don’t know why a record like this is even recognized. Anyway this title previously held by the danish now belongs to the norwegians. The sofa was constructed in perfect summer conditions in the town of sykkylven. measuring 61.52m in length, it consisted of 41 modules and 210 moulded foam cushions. In the end I don’t even know why some people bother with this kind of records ..but who knows maybe someone can show me the light. - Via