{"id":25666,"date":"2016-06-07T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=25666"},"modified":"2017-05-01T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T17:21:25","slug":"hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why should your house look the same as the one next door? Home is where the heart is, right? And creativity comes from the heart. So a home that breathes your creativity is what makes it your home.<\/p>\n<p>With 3D Printing, it becomes easier than ever to hack existing items you have in your house to create a dynamic space, a place that changes, grows and is really you. Last week we got an email from Evan Gant, who has his own shop on Shapeways called <a title=\"Olivebird\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/olivebird\">Olivebird<\/a> and created a range of products that show how easy it becomes to manipulate your own environment.<\/p>\n<p>Take these brilliant small components called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/92TLEYCQ4\/links?optionId=58440256\">Links<\/a>&#8221; that you can attach to your wall and create a whole new dimension for using building blocks. While it provides a fun way for your kid to decorate the wall their bedrooms (obviously preferred above using crayons on the wall), you can also create fun looking and yet functional storage spaces with these Links.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=92TLEYCQ4\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What never fails to liven up your home is.. Life! With this clever <a title=\"Bell Vase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/GED2FAUX9\/bell-vase-for-jar-size-82-6-leads?optionId=43005255\">Bell Vase<\/a> hack you can reuse the jars from your favorite food by simply adding a 3D printed lid to transform them into vases. Designer <a title=\"izign\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/designer\/izign\">izign<\/a> believes in sustainable design, so I&#8217;m curious to see what other life extending hacks he comes up with.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=GED2FAUX9\" height=\"652\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With summer drawing near, I can imagine you&#8217;re ready to start using your ceiling fan any time soon. But don&#8217;t you just hate the moment pulling on the wrong cord and having the light go on in stead? No\u00e9 and Pedro Ruiz (design duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/pixil3d\" title=\"Pixil 3D\">Pixil 3D<\/a>) decided they needed a simple solution, which resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/R3MPCRSJD\/typography-fan-pull-handles?optionId=41126079\" title=\"Typography Fan Pull Handles\">Typography Fan Pull Handles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"652\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allowtransparency src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=R3MPCRSJD\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last example I want to give really turned the world of Home Deco upside down. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/product\/X3Q4AXLJT\/radiolaria-vertebralia-planter?optionId=58309616\" title=\"Radiolaria Vertebralia Planter\">Radiolaria Vertebralia Planter<\/a> is a cool design by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/designer\/joabaldwin\" title=\"Joaquin Baldwin\">Joaquin Baldwin<\/a> that shows plants from a whole new dimension in your home. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"652\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allowtransparency src=\"\/\/www.shapeways.com\/fragments\/product?spin=X3Q4AXLJT\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Need even more cool ideas to hack your house with 3D Printing? Browse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/designer\/adela\/lists\/home-improvement\" title=\"this list of products\">this list of products<\/a> and get inspired!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why should your house look the same as the one next door? Home is where the heart is, right? And&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":25680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[489,478],"tags":[480,913,505,498,627,1417,1268,1415,482,1416,1346,518],"class_list":["post-25666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-and-design","category-community","tag-4-art","tag-curation","tag-30-design","tag-22-diy","tag-home","tag-home-deco","tag-home-decor","tag-home-hacks","tag-6-inspiration","tag-life-hacks","tag-lifestyle","tag-44-product"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage-625x465.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why should your house look the same as the one next door? Home is where the heart is, right? And creativity comes from the heart. So a home that breathes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ruud van den Muijzenberg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ruud van den Muijzenberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/431ffd82b8251d295819c2a01214a7ab\"},\"headline\":\"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-07T13:37:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-01T17:21:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing\"},\"wordCount\":348,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Art\",\"Curation\",\"Design\",\"DIY\",\"home\",\"home deco\",\"Home Decor\",\"home hacks\",\"Inspiration\",\"life hacks\",\"lifestyle\",\"Product\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Products and Design\",\"The Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing\",\"name\":\"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-07T13:37:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-01T17:21:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Why should your house look the same as the one next door? Home is where the heart is, right? And creativity comes from the heart. So a home that breathes\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg\",\"width\":712,\"height\":530},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\",\"name\":\"Shapeways Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Shapeways Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png\",\"width\":943,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Shapeways Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/shapeways\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/shapeways\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/431ffd82b8251d295819c2a01214a7ab\",\"name\":\"Ruud van den Muijzenberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4380342b8a8bf36e20edae9ba8a44cd79d980164d773f4288b2810a16f6ba98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4380342b8a8bf36e20edae9ba8a44cd79d980164d773f4288b2810a16f6ba98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ruud van den Muijzenberg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rudylime\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/@RudyLime\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/author\/ruud\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog","description":"Why should your house look the same as the one next door? Home is where the heart is, right? And creativity comes from the heart. So a home that breathes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ruud van den Muijzenberg","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing"},"author":{"name":"Ruud van den Muijzenberg","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/431ffd82b8251d295819c2a01214a7ab"},"headline":"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing","datePublished":"2016-06-07T13:37:49+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-01T17:21:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing"},"wordCount":348,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg","keywords":["Art","Curation","Design","DIY","home","home deco","Home Decor","home hacks","Inspiration","life hacks","lifestyle","Product"],"articleSection":["Products and Design","The Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing","name":"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing - Shapeways Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg","datePublished":"2016-06-07T13:37:49+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-01T17:21:25+00:00","description":"Why should your house look the same as the one next door? Home is where the heart is, right? And creativity comes from the heart. So a home that breathes","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ComboImage.jpg","width":712,"height":530},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/hacking-your-home-with-3d-printing#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacking Your Home With 3D Printing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/","name":"Shapeways Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#organization","name":"Shapeways Blog","url":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/shapeways-blog.png","width":943,"height":121,"caption":"Shapeways Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com\/shapeways","https:\/\/x.com\/shapeways","http:\/\/instagram.com\/shapeways"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/431ffd82b8251d295819c2a01214a7ab","name":"Ruud van den Muijzenberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/prodshapeblog.wpenginepowered.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4380342b8a8bf36e20edae9ba8a44cd79d980164d773f4288b2810a16f6ba98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4380342b8a8bf36e20edae9ba8a44cd79d980164d773f4288b2810a16f6ba98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ruud van den Muijzenberg"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rudylime","https:\/\/x.com\/@RudyLime"],"url":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/author\/ruud"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}