'Ikea hacks are a cost effective way of creating a designer look on a budget,' says Gemma. 'The Holy Wafer handles were super simple to attach, making this an easily achievable hack. Thanks to the creative talents of interior designer, Gemma Tucker of Balance Interior Design (opens in new tab), they transform the piece into a winning part of this gorgeous scheme. The Holy Wafer brass handles look so elegant on the mirrored doors of this IKEA wardrobe. This cool Swedish company continue to make it simple to professionally pimp IKEA cabinets into knock-out pieces with stylish fronts and worktops. Superfront took the IKEA hack and raised it to a whole new level with a successful business to boot some years ago. It was like I had died and gone to heaven." "We take your old sleeping bags or even a full-size-plus comforter and transform them into a puffer jacket! I love Arthur and found an old Arthur sleeping bag that I made into a puffer that I now can’t get rid of.A post shared by Superfront (opens in new tab) "They brought it up to my room and I nearly fainted when I saw it. "My most prized possession is that column, which my friends found on the street when I was in college studying urban design and architecture," says Wiznia. The home essentials that outfit Wiznia’s New York City apartment include a design-centric Heller dinnerware set, a wall-spanning mirror from Ikea, a bouquet of fake flowers (due to Wiznia’s allergies), and a large Roman column pedestal. I just love the layered-on textures with more of the modern elements." "I always look to Iris Apfel’s or Gloria Vanderbilt’s apartments and interiors. I like really well-designed, intentional pieces or items that are historically connected to a childhood memory," says Wiznia. "I think is similar to the clothing I make, kind of classical design mixed with fun colors and textures. Given Wiznia’s affinity for quilt-like "mish mosh," it’s fitting that her Upper West Side apartment-which also doubles as The Series studio where she and her small team sew and handle shipments from-is similarly eclectic in style. "It’s a way to prolong their lifespan, to make them into things that can be worn and used rather than folded up in a closet or thrown in a corner." Wiznia also finds the process of reworking these vintage handmade quilts or blankets, many of which have been "historically deemed as women's work because they’re associated with the home and heavily rooted in domesticity," as a way to respect the craft and patience that was put into these heritage pieces. "It was always about honoring these materials that I found to be so incredibly special and overlooked for a really long time," says Wiznia. Wiznia and her team also take customers’ home textiles like linens, top sheets, pillow cases, or throws that are no longer being used to create something new. A sampling of The Series’ offerings include balaclavas made from granny-square crochet blankets, quilted chore shirts fashioned from various scraps, and puffer jackets that once used to be sleeping bags or comforters. Since clothes shopping in stores with traditional sizing wasn’t conducive to Wiznia’s recovery, she turned to thrift and second-hand shops to source apparel that could be reworked, or to uncover beautiful but forgotten heirloom fabrics that could then be repurposed into sentimental, wearable pieces. It was so necessary to quiet my mind and that’s how I started making things for my own happiness," she says. "Moving my hands was so good for my mental health honestly. At the time, Wiznia was in recovery for an eating disorder and she started hand-embroidering and making her own clothing and accessories from pre-existing materials as a way to heal. Ella Wiznia soft-launched the upcycled and genderless fashion brand The Series in 2016 while she was still in college and selling her wares at the Hester Street Fair, an outdoor weekend market in NYC.
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