Conscious Fashion: Design DIY

This Conscious Fashion column is not just for your closet.  As we learned from our friends, the Cotton Monsters, conscious fashion ideas are everywhere.  Recently, I visited a friend of mine, who lives with a few roomates.  Between them, they have come up with some really inspirational design ideas that incoorporate recycled or re-used materials.  The first one is their Hall of Clipboards, as I have named it.  The girls re-purposed old clipboards into picture frames.  They are adorable and convenient, because all you have to do is clip up new pictures whenever the mood strikes you.  Here’s a tip: order your prints in matte because the glossy looks a little strange with the vintage look of the clipboards.

The second design idea I loved from this house was their mirror scrapbook.  This roommate took an old full-length mirror frame and hung it on her wall.  She happens to collect postcards, so she is gradually filling the frame with them.  This longer piece makes for a great above-the-bead decoration.  It also would work well to fill up an empty hallway.  Here’s another tip: spray paint a plain white one in hot pink or teal for a real pop of color.