Making a Room Your Own: Decorating the Walls

Creating a room of your own

I first had a room of my own in the fourth year of primary school.
Until then I had shared with my brother, who is two years older. Even at that young age,
I remember the excitement of making that room my own.

I loved football, so I put posters of overseas players on the walls.

As I grew older, the things on the walls changed.

Later came posters of musicians, a picture from a favorite shop, and small objects arranged on a tall shelf.

A room brings together furniture such as sofas and tables, rugs on the floor,
and wall decorations such as pictures. These are three broad parts of a room's interior,
Choosing each of these elements to suit your own taste is part of making a room feel like yours.

Here, we introduce a wall decoration from cashico*ceramic works.

How In Your Shelf began

Suda of cashico*ceramic works told us that the idea began with wall displays seen in European interiors. She wondered about making tiles that could be moved rather than fixed permanently.
Ordinary tiles stay in place once they are installed.
What if there were tiles you could move around with the seasons, a new arrangement or simply a change of mood?
That thought became the starting point for a new kind of wall decoration.

When we asked about the name, Suda explained that she has always collected different things. The image of a shelf lined with a personal collection holds a special appeal for her.
The name expresses a wish to leave the final touch to the person who takes a piece home. The makers do not want the object to be complete on its own: they invite you to decide how to use it and make it your own.

What is In Your Shelf?

At first glance, In Your Shelf looks like a decorative object attached to the wall, but it is also
a hanging vase with a magnetic back.

It is difficult to see from the side, but there is a small space inside the ceramic body for flower stems.
Use it for dried flowers, or add a little water for fresh stems: the interior has been treated to hold water.

 

In Your Shelf was originally the title of a cashico*ceramic works exhibition held at POTPURRI's Kiyosumi-Shirakawa store in January 2017.
The exhibition included wall decorations in several shapes. Some of the vase-shaped pieces had openings for stems, while others were purely decorative.

The original pieces were designed as wall decorations, without a vase function in mind.
But when the pieces were displayed in the shop, visitors asked whether they could use them as vases.
Passing that feedback to the makers led to further refinements, until
it could hold water and be used as a vase.

 

A vase would usually need a surface to stand on.
Combining ceramics with a magnet allows it to be displayed on a suitable vertical surface.
Attach it to a suitable magnetic surface, such as a steel cabinet or refrigerator door, where it can be held securely.
It feels as though a vase has found a new range of possibilities.

There are three shapes: Tall is a slender bottle, Short is a compact jar, and Fat is a wider, rounded jar. The four colors—pink, dark brown, turquoise blue and yellow—offer different ways to suit your room.

In Your Shelf began with Suda's idea and developed through customers' suggestions.

Enjoy it as a small accent on a suitable wall surface.