merelylooking: It's Only A Paper Moon

We had fifteen people over for dinner in our little one bedroom home this weekend, and that's not our record so I need to figure out how to make this flexiblelove sofa- they don't sell it in the US yet (not that I'd probably buy it anyway, kind of spendy).

I've been discovering lots of cool cardboard items lately - furniture, playhouses, - even bridges! It all started when I began researching fun bassinet designs for spyglass and found this cardboard one. (My kids know all about cardboard furniture - for a long time their beds were cardboard boxes; I wish I'd been clever enough to brainwash them into believing we weren't poor, just hip and green!)

I took some large cardboard pieces from Ikea's recycling (recycling the recycling) and am going to try to make the cradle just to see if I can, and to experiment with their strength. I think if I paint it it will be sturdier. I'm not convinced about the durability of cardboard. I had this lovely cardboard file organizer, but the seams became worn from paper sliding in and out and they eventually tore.That doesn't bode well for, say, a cardboard house!

Here's some more finds - believe it or not, I haven't even made a dent (haha) in the subject. If you're interested in more ideas, WebUrbanist has an article entitled 7 Creative Approaches to Building Big with Paper: Adaptive (Re)Uses of an Everyday Material that I really enjoyed, and google searching will keep you busy for a week!

Amoeba Coffee Table: