Along  with our living standard being improved, our living space is becoming more and more small, not because we’re getting less living space, just we’re simply getting more and more gadgets for our life, and we might not have a storage system that is smart enough to store them nicely.

Yes, that’s our problem, it’s not that we can’t have so many little things, it’s just we need a nice storage system which can help us do the storage efficiently and beautifully. If you haven’t find yours yet, maybe this Turning Boxes is what you’ve been looking for.

Good design helps with better life! Take Lab Istanbul’s Turning Boxes for example. The creative bookshelf is made up of a series of boxes that can be conveniently rotated to serve as either a shelf or a container. So it is actually a multifunctional storage system for studio apartments and other small living areas where full-size furniture isn’t welcomed.

This is a really nice design, very beautiful and functional, and it can do storage for almost all your gadgets including books. It is really great to have this thing for life, and with a label on each box, everything’s literally at hand!

Life today should  be elegant and we do deserve elegant things in life since only that way it will match our taste of living! You know, as for householding, we really need some repair tools, because thing to tend to break apart sometimes no matter how much sweat and tears and money you have put into building them up! But somehow those traditional repair tools always appear so ugly that we just can’t help wanting to hide them since we don’t need to use them very often, which lead to the fact that we usually can’t find them when we actually need them! But now, the life saver has showed up!

Even the toolsets have gone functionally aesthetic since more and more people are pursuing a perfect combination of functionalities and art. From designaffairs STUDIO, the Repair Toolset is rightly the thing you’re looking for. It keeps a range of handy tools in a board-like kit, which is integrated with bookcases for an easy reach. No more searching in the cabinets or lumber-rooms, they’re right at hand in the bookcase, easy to fetch, nice to look at!

This range of tools are as handsome as they are handy. You won‘t want to hide them in the lumber-room but will rather be happy to have them always at sight. And the idea of  integrate them into bookcases is really genius, they make a perfect picture and are always at hand. All tools are mounted on a hub that fits the tool’s blue ring. Just unplug a tool and start fixing stuff.

I’ve never thought repair tools can be so cute and handsome, they’re pretty indeed that I’ll never want to hide them, it’ll be nice to have a toolset like this, totally tasteful!

Eco-protecting has been a important thing in our daily life, therefore maybe it’s time for us to reconsider the way we manage our garbages. Here’s a thing about how to make a swanky book case from your old drawers.

Next time you’re about to kick a beat-up clothes dresser to the curb, take a minute to remove the drawers. With a little paint and decorative paper, you’ll make yourself a brand-new modular bookcase.

Home crafting blog Crafty Nest came up with a smart way to repurpose a group of drawers, especially ones that are oddly-sized or mismatched. All it took was a few coats of paint to prettify the outsides and some nice-looking paper to lay down on the bottoms of the drawers (which will become the back of the bookcase once it’s assembled).

Take a few minutes to sand down any rough edges, take off the drawer pulls, fill the in holes with wood putty, and slap on a couple layers of paint. Measuring and fitting the paper into the bottom of the each drawer is the trickiest part, and even that’s no big deal.

Paint a layer of glue onto the wood, then place the paper on top. I found it easier if I poured a thin line of glue onto the surface, then spread it with my paintbrush. Flatten the paper with a brayer or your hands. Smooth out the air bubbles before the glue sets. Let dry.

Now you have yourself a very swanky book shelf, this could be a great addtion to a home office or kids’ play ground. Obviously this isn’t the only way to repurpose a drawer, so tell me your idea!