Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb "We love Danny Seo. Don't ask us why--it would take too long! Just take our word and read his book!" Kirkus, 8/1/11 “Interior designer Seo produces an idea book on how to grant junk a second life using his crafty “MacGyver-meets-HGTV†skills& A solid resource for the eco-conscious, as well as the crafty.†Every Day with Rachael Ray "My mom has a special way of beautifying our home. So DOES Danny Seo." Publishers Weeky , 8/29/11 “Seo proves that one person's junk is another person's chic with 100 imaginative ideas for reusing, well, junk: silk flowers, old buttons and wine corks, old paint stirrers. Upcycling fashions disposable odds and ends into a new life of high-style repurpose. Who knew you could do something other than fill a drawer with Chinese takeout chopsticks (make a trivet); hotel key cards (use them in a breakfast-in-bed tray); and jar lids (glue them onto a metal grate table in a distinctive new surface)? Seo's directions for projects for decorating, entertaining, giving, are super-simp≤ one chapter contains kid-friendly projects. You don't need an elaborate set of tools either, though a glue gun and cordless drill are essential items.
Not everything here will be to everyone's taste (a necktie wreath?), but that is the po∫ Seo comes up with funky, fun, and very distinctive items. Being eco-smart doesn't mean being dowdy.â€.