Category: Home, Garden, Design

New Uses For Old Things: Skateboard Lamps

Trying to figure out what to do with all your old skateboard decks? Why not turn them into lamps! That’s what a new company called Skateboard Lamps is doing and the end result is amazing. The lamps are made from three decks joined together with an uplight concealed in the center, which can be dimmed by touching the lower bolts on any of the three decks.

The company sells completed lamps made from new high quality Maple or Bamboo decks with a clear urethane protective coat for $179. If you want to turn your own used decks into a lamp, you can send them to Skateboard Lamps and they will return a finished lamp to you for $99. You can also purchase a lamp kit for $79 to make your own lamp, which might even work with snowboard decks.

For more information, pictures and to buy, check out Skateboard Lamp’s website at www.SkateboardLamps.com.

What A Waste

I came across the following two pictures on one of my favorite design blogs.

Unfortunately, and with respect to the blog’s author, for me, items like the two above symbolize everything that is wrong with our society. Louis Vuitton garbage bags and gold platted rubbish pails that cost $10,000 (yes for real) are decadent on an Ancient Rome scale and we all know how well that story ended. I think I’d rather install a vomitorium in my kitchen before purchasing one of these items. Even before the recession, I had a hard time accepting trash cans that cost hundreds of dollars. Its a can with only one purpose – to hold your garbage. It’s not supposed to be a conversation piece or the sparkly icing on your design cake.

Please don’t get me wrong, I’m all for having a beautiful home filled with nice things but it’s hard to stomach spending tons of money on something designed to be thrown away or to temporarily hold your garbage when there are people in our town and cities eating out of trash cans on the street.

Treasure Hunt: Decorative Stand

Just found the following on Craig’s List:

Decretive Stand – $40
Location: Scotia

From the listing:

Great for small storage, all drawers work. Kind of a cherry/bamboo finish. Real wood!
Dimensions: High 23 ½” , Depth 13 ¾” , Width 21 ½”

Click here to view the full listing on Craig’s List.

*ColumbiaCountyCurrent.com is not affiliated with Craig’s List. I use the site myself for great deals and like to share what I find.

Operation Christmas Spirit Begins!

Welcome to the first of December or, as we like to call it in our house, operation Christmas Spirit! It’s nothing but Christmas music and holiday movies from now until the 25th!

Happy Holidays!

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Setting The Table

You don’t have to dine at the plaza (do they even still have a restaurant?) to enjoy a proper table setting. Thanksgiving is the perfect excuse to bring out the good china, that full set of utensils that never sees the light of day, and your white AND red wine glasses.

Here is a handy diagram from The Old Farmer’s Almanac to help you set the table.


1. Napkin
2. Salad fork
3. Dinner fork
4. Dessert fork
5. Bread-and-butter plate with spreader
6. Dinner plate
7. Dinner knife
8. Teaspoon
9. Teaspoon
10. Soup spoon
11. Cocktail fork
12. Water glass
13. Red-wine glass
14. White-wine glass
15. Coffee cup and saucer