Monday Pick Me Up

A nice big bulletin board I found on Jennifer Ramos’ Made By Girl blog. It’s the work of a professional organizer based in Brooklyn who also has a great blog - The Order Obsessed (check out the post on keeping storage organized).

Monday Inspiration

OK, I know this isn’t a bulletin board but it’s an inspiring space. Lifehacker just posted an interview with the Office Stylist blogger, Sayeh Pezeshki. This is her own home office. So neat and tidy! Makes me want to do a major spring clean.

Monday Inspiration

A nice addition to our Monday Inspiration series, this is a clever twist on the bulletin board. I came across this jewelry designer‘s studio in the Etsy Open Studios set on Flickr. It’s a smart use of a common-place office item. See more at Self-Made.

Monday Morning Inspiration

This is designer Laurie Bertrand’s inspiration board via Inspiration Boards – a blog edited by Lori Pickert and devoted to…you guessed it, inspiration boards! There’s some interesting content on the blog which leans to the crafty and feminine side of things. Laurie’s board stands out in its simplicity and structure. Laurie says “ I divided the board into sections and confined myself to a palette of green, white, red and blue. First I laid everything out, then once I’d found an arrangement I liked, I pinned them up. I don’t know whether I will use the same process for every inspiration board I assemble, but back then I was in the mood for a little bit of controlled prettiness.”

I’m curious to see Lori’s board…stay tuned for that one.

Monday Morning Inspiration

You’ve probably heard of Danny Seo. He’s the man who at 12 founded the organization Earth 2000 and by 18 he had turned the organization into “the country’s largest teenage activist charity, spearheading worldwide campaigns on behalf of the environment.” Today he works to green all sorts of large organizations including JC Penney with their Simply Green campaign and Method Products and their line of earth-friendly cleaning products. He also has his own line of beauty products and books.

What does his bulletin board look like? Clearly Danny has a lot on his plate and a single board couldn’t come close to containing all that he’s working on – so he installed three large burlap-covered boards in the corner of the room and created an inspiration wall. He used homasote, an environmentally-friendly material that is made from recyclable materials.

Monday Morning Inspiration

Stefani, a photographer and homeschooling mother of three boys, took the shutters from her breakfast room and repalced her traditional cork board – to great effect!

Monday Morning Inspiration

It’s a slow Monday over here so we are definitely in need of inspiration (and coffee!). With that in mind I’ve found a few office pin-up boards that I think you will like. Above is an interesting take on the traditional board. Photographer Jennifer Causey has employed simple string and bulldog clips for her home work space. The image below is from Russian illustrator Irina Troitskaya. Again no board necessary. And the image at the bottom is a board covered in a coffee sack – nice texture. You can learn how to make one yourself over at Maya Made.

Monday Inspiration…and Those Superbowl Ads

Forget about a board. Why not just use the wall? One of the reasons this works so well is there’s a strict order to it. Using images that are the same size gives clarity to the chaos of disparate photographs. Via designer Shiela Vu’s Flickr pics. Below is another inspiring image from her office, this time with a board, and it also works beautifully.

Her blog is I Heart Chivalry and if you check it out today you’ll see Sheila has picked up on the Google television ad – one of the best Superbowl ads from yesterdays game. I have to admit it – I watch for the ads not the sport. I loved the e-trade ads with the babies. Cheap shot, I know, but they are funny. And, much to the horror of the people watching with us, the Dove for Men ad made me teary. Which one was your favourite?

Monday Pick Me Up

Here’s our Monday morning bulletin board. The coolest thing about this – besides its intrinsic beauty – is that you can go to Flickr and see how it has changed over time. I’m afraid I can’t give you a whole lot of information about the creator of this board. His profile on Flickr is spare and I haven’t heard back from him yet. I do know he is an artist and lives in Prague. I’ll keep you updated.

Monday Morning Pick Me Up

Here’s the thing, if you’re like me, Monday morning isn’t always the best morning of the week. Sometimes, just sometimes, it would be nice to stay in bed, drink coffee and read the papers. So each Monday – for your benefit and mine – I’m going to find some inspiration from the bulletin boards posted all over the net. This morning I came across Aunty Cookie – a funny blog from Australian designer, Shannon Lamden. I love the ordered chaos.

And if you are feeling inspired send me pics of your bulletin board (cerentha_harris@hermanmiller.com).