MattRennick's Profile

Display Name: MattRennick
Personal URL: http://www.makergo.com
Member Since: 8/11/09

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I implore you to continue taking old furniture and making it your own by doing whatever you want to it and ignoring people that think that some generic old wooden teacher's desk is a priceless thing of beauty that should be encased in glass in a museum somewhere to be admired for all time.


Before & After: Old-School Desk Gets a Makeover Storywood Designs
7/6/12 10:16 AM

So awesome! I'm fortunate enough to have a Castor light in our office and Brian from Castor is seriously such a solid dude.

If anyone is ever passing through the Toronto area and want to eat and/or drink - Brian & Kei from Castor also own Oddfellows and Parts & Labour... if you go to P&L you can play bubble hockey and sit in one of them thurr beaver stools.


Castor Design's Castor Stool
10/7/10 3:28 PM

I try to collect the keys but I always eventually forget which is which so I end up with a drawer full of old keys that don't mean anything...

Instead I just get tattoos for the homes I've owned - can't ever forget that!

Home 01

Home 02


Frame Your Old House Keys
Young House Love

9/29/10 11:28 AM

Some friends of mine stole some of those Pendleton blankets from Ace Hotel, got busted, had to pay for them and then one had some unexpected bills come up and sold me one at a fraction of what they ended up paying for them. Score!


Odd Stolen Hotel Items | Apartment Therapy New York
7/7/10 12:46 PM

Haha, true about the roaches!


Using Stacked Logs to Create Indoor Room Divider | Apartment Therapy Boston
1/25/10 3:40 PM

Nahhhh, you treat the stuff before you bring it indoors... I've done it with barnboard and all kinds of other found wood and never had a problem...

Obviously, it could happen, but there are precautions you can take...


Using Stacked Logs to Create Indoor Room Divider | Apartment Therapy Boston
1/25/10 3:39 PM

One of my favorite applications of this can be found here;

http://parliamentdesign.com/#/headquarters

Seriously incredible...


Using Stacked Logs to Create Indoor Room Divider | Apartment Therapy Boston
1/25/10 3:24 PM

Both of these projects could use a little refinement but here are two recycled DIY lights that I've made in the last little while...

DIY Trouble Light

Mason Jar Lamp


Recycled Lighting Options | Apartment Therapy DC
1/13/10 7:43 PM

I have a baseboard heater question that someone maaaaay be able to answer.

I recently installed some fruit crate shelving above a baseboard heater as seen here...

http://makergo.com/shutup/?p=1934

When my Dad came over for a visit, he said that this was a bad idea because baseboard heaters use radiant heat traveling up the wall in order to effectively heat the room. This seems logical but I wanted to see if anyone had any input on this before I go ahead and remove the crates...

Any ideas?


Working Around Baseboard Heaters? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy New York
1/11/10 11:04 AM

Totally dig the sheep - definitely stealing that!


Tess Jesse's Ongoing Project House Call | Apartment Therapy New York
1/8/10 3:18 PM

As someone who is very much into tattooing and interior design I do wish the two would stay separate - as others have suggested.

In my view, although I'd never buy one, Scott Campbell can really do no wrong and those Anthropologie pillows are pretty rad but I'd throw myself out my bedroom window if I came home and those awful Ed Hardy sheets were on my bed.

Once a well respected name in the tattoo world - now a guy responsible for making dudes all over the state of New Jersey look like racecars. Bumout!


Tattoo Roundup: Ink For Your Home | Apartment Therapy New York
12/3/09 10:58 PM

Clients From Hell is amazing!

Another beautiful story, along those very lines;
http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html


Clients From Hell | Apartment Therapy New York
11/28/09 11:57 AM

Totally! I thought the exact same thing when I saw this - how can the thermostat properly measure (& adjust accordingly) the room temperature from inside a box?


How To: Hide Thermostats and Door Buzzers | Apartment Therapy New York
11/18/09 9:22 AM

I think this may be my favorite AT tour to date. I love my place, but I seriously want to be that couple and live in that place...


Apartment Therapy DC | Shauna Stephen's Lively Loft House Tour
8/13/09 12:53 PM

It's clearly the nice little Andrew Pommier those dudes have going that makes their place so incredible.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Sydney on The Selby Sydney
8/11/09 10:30 AM