small space solutions – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Mon, 16 May 2016 18:05:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 small space solutions – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 DIY Striped Drink Perch https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/diy-striped-drink-perch/ Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:36:47 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=8288   The 2nd project in my small space DIY series is a graphic sofa drink perch. (See the 1st project, Gilded Bedside Sconces, here!) As I’ve mentioned before, we recently moved into a 628 square foot apartment in our ideal Downtown Minneapolis neighborhood. Though it’s smaller than our previous 750 sf apartment, it’s space-planned incredibly well, so it doesn’t feel too small or unmanageable–a true testament to great design! We’ve also paired down our furniture layout and have been rethinking what it means to be a living room, bedroom, etc. Do you have to have two freestanding end tables with a table lamp on each flanking your sofa? Our conclusion was ‘Not if there really isn’t space!,’ so inspired by my friend Briony’s wild idea that she casually mentioned when she was over at our place a few weeks ago (Thank you, Briony!), I created a table surface that wraps our sofa arm, thus taking up not even a fraction of our precious square footage. Remember the Hickory Chop Board I made earlier this year? Well I’ve been holding onto the left over boards ever since, so I was excited to finally put those bad boys to use!  I made the table in a weekend, and the best part? Since […]

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