Space of the Week: Insatiable Crocheter Olek's Studio Apartment Installation

05.04.11 Salvaging With the Stars Designers and celebrities like Iman and Andy Cohen are lending their talents this week to Housing Works, outfitting rooms with donated furniture and wares for the organization’s Design on a Dime benefit. More  › A Four-Year-Old With Great Taste SITE, Astoria’s purveyor of colorful knickknacks and home goods, is celebrating its fourth birthday this evening by knocking 20 percent off everything in-store. More  › Brain Food on the Bowery The Festival of Ideas for the New City includes five days of lectures, more than a hundred artistic projects, and a sprawling street fair this Saturday on the Bowery. More  › Investments in Décor Hone your art-collecting tastes at the Affordable Art Fair, where over 75 galleries, from Brooklyn’s Concrete Utopia to Buenos Aires’ Consorcio de Arte, will peddle works from $100 to $10,000. More  › space of the week I Yarn-Bombed This Insatiable crocheter Agata Oleksiak (now known solely as Olek) makes sweaters for bikes, teapots, and entire apartments. Slideshow  › Olek crocheted graphic representations of text messages from various former lovers. Even the toilet is wrapped in its own custom sweater. Olek’s crochet needle will stop at no item, not even leftovers in the fridge. The Best Bet Cayman’s Colorful Misters The wide-grip pump requires fewer spritzes per plant. More Info › behind closed doors Masking Apartment If you can’t renovate your rental, you could always try this. Slideshow  › No tripping over this cord, as its Swedish designers have conveniently incorporated it into the lamp. Mention this newsletter and get 20 percent off the Form Us With Love Cord Lamp Mini, normally $152, at the Future Perfect (115 North 6th St. at Berry, Williamsburg; 718-599-6278).