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Photo: New York Magazine
As a Brooklyn resident, I can attest that when Brooklyn Home Company design cohorts Lyndsay Caleo and Fitzhugh Karol opened up their Park Slope brownstone to New York Magazine last spring, an audible gush rippled through the borough. The century old exposed beam ceiling! That vintage Sears fireplace! Those Verner Panton dining chairs!
The place was divine. But there was one small touch in the bathroom that got so many people's attention.
The Cappellini medicine cabinet set off a frenzy of bloggers seeking their own small piece of Red Cross-inspired décor. My personal gurgle of awe came not from the design smart ready-mades, but from the couple's ingenuity in integrating them so seamlessly into their home. Sure the medicine cabinet's top notch, but enhancing the space with a toilet paper display -- now that's genius.
And it got us wondering: How else can you decorate with toilet paper?
Having a great piece to build upon definitely helps bump toilet paper display into art design, but here are a few more ways to advance TP from a bathroom stronghold to a decorative adventure. Yes, we actually researched this -- and you'll never believe what we found!
Who knew that toilet paper had so many uses?
Photos: Grant K. Gibson
Own your throne
Interior designer Grant K. Gibson showcases his winnings with style, while keeping his back stock classy. The lesson: Pick a signature object and use it to enhance your own TP display.
Photo: poaa
Streamline style and substance
Integrating baskets and oversized vases can streamline an overflow of TP supply with ease, but if you're looking to kick it up a notch, arrange several rolls into pyramid-inspired stacks or display them on a cross-shaped toilet paper holder.
Photo: Smartass Ideas For the Home
Think big, build bigger
Sure, an unwrapped six-pack of toilet paper is a great start, but several six-packs of toilet paper can help create a fortress. Gary Hutton and Timothy Gemmill designed this sculptural take on a toilet paper display for art collector Chara Schreyer's pied-a-terre at the Four Seasons Residences in San Francisco. Above, a simpler take on the concept -- a small pyramid of paper.
Photo: Renova Online
Black TP might have once been declared black the new "it" variety, but I can't stop looking at these eye-popping fuchsia and turquoise rolls. If you're considering a TP art installation at your place, consider mixing up the shades.
Photo: Wedding BeeDon't forget the cardboard tubes
All good TP décor must come to an end eventually, but you can apply those cardboard inserts to other projects. Design*sponge leads the way with their DIY on TP wall display, but from party poppers (shown above) to eco-art installations, these everyday discards have the versatility to keep the TP craze rolling.
Photos: Design Sponge, Inhabitat