This Artist Is Turning ’90s Childhood Memories Into Furniture You Can Actually Use

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If you grew up rewinding VHS tapes, unwrapping Bubble Tape like it was treasure, and spending hours glued to your GameBoy Color, prepare to feel personally seen. 

Artist Grace Baldwin—who goes by Grace of Spades on social media—has been quietly building the most iconic functional art you’ve ever seen. She’s transforming the exact relics of our 90s and early 2000s childhoods into actual furniture you can put in your actual home. 

And the internet is absolutely losing it.

Grace Baldwin’s viral spice rack is pure nostalgia

Baldwin regularly posts videos of her designs on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, and while she’s been creating nostalgic art for a while, things really exploded recently. 

On Jan. 26, she posted a video of a piece she made for a friend—a recreation of the hilariously janky spice rack Homer Simpson builds for Marge in the classic episode “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge.”

If you’re a Simpsons fan, you know exactly which spice rack we’re talking about. 

The episode originally aired on Dec. 20, 1990, per IMDB, and features Homer’s well-intentioned but spectacularly failed DIY project, which Marge lovingly uses anyway. 

You can relive the moment in this YouTube video if you need a refresher.

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“So, today I made the Simpson’s spice rack for my friend,” Baldwin said in her video. “She is doing her kitchen to look like the Simpson’s kitchen and it is going to be fantastic.”

The post was viewed by more than 541,000 people on Facebook, as of Feb. 3. But that was just the beginning.

On Jan. 29, Baldwin posted another Facebook video showcasing some of her favorite and most time-consuming work, and it absolutely blew up. 

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The video has been seen by more than 1.4 million people, as of Feb. 3, with viewers marveling at the sheer creativity and craftsmanship on display.

And here’s where it gets really impressive: some of these pieces take her over 100 hours to create. 

This isn’t slapping a logo on a table and calling it a day. Baldwin is engineering functional art that actually works the way the original products did. And her attention to detail is what makes her work so deeply satisfying for anyone who grew up with these items.

Baldwin’s functional art is unlike anything you’ve seen

Let’s talk about what Grace of Spades is actually creating, because the list reads like a time capsule of everything we loved between 1990 and 2005.

Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape End Table

This one is pure genius. Baldwin created an end table that looks exactly like a container of Bubble Tape—you know, the gum that came in that satisfying round dispenser that you’d dramatically unroll at the lunch table. 

But here’s the thing: it opens up like a Bubble Tape should, and inside there’s a pink blanket that looks like bubble gum. The functionality mirrors the original product. That’s not just nostalgic art; that’s commitment to the bit.

GameBoy Color Desk

For anyone who spent countless hours playing Tetris, Pokémon or Link’s Awakening, this piece is basically a religious experience. 

Baldwin built a desk that looks like a GameBoy Color, complete with Tetris-shaped legs. But wait—it also has a TV tray shaped like a GameBoy cartridge that comes out of the top, just like inserting a game into the real thing. 

Blockbuster End Table

This one hits differently if you remember the specific smell of walking into a Blockbuster on a Friday night. Baldwin created an end table that looks like those iconic Blockbuster plastic cases. 

When you open the top, the inside looks like a VHS tape, and there are small coasters that say “Be Kind, Please Rewind.” If that phrase doesn’t immediately transport you back to 1997, did you even have a childhood?

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iPod Nano Table

Remember when the iPod Nano was the coolest piece of technology you could own? Baldwin built a table that looks like the device, but the click wheel actually functions as a rotating tray. 

Even better: wired headphones act as coasters, and yes, you can plug the headphones in to the table. The interactive elements transform nostalgic art into something you actually engage with daily.

Cartoon Network Collection

Baldwin hasn’t forgotten about the shows that defined our after-school hours. She created a shelf that looks like Plank from “Ed, Edd n Eddy”—and if you know, you know. That piece of wood with a face was somehow one of the most beloved characters on the show. 

She also built a blanket rack that looks like “CatDog,” the two-headed creature that lived rent-free in our heads throughout the late 90s.

Candy-Themed Pieces

The candy nostalgia runs deep in Baldwin’s work. 

Her creations include a Gushers end table with a TV tray that looks like a Gushers package and small Gushers that can be used as coasters — and even a Skittles table with Skittles-designed coasters.

She also creates decor items that look like oversized gum packages, including a giant Fruit Stripe pack (yes, the one that lost its flavor the second you started chewing it, but at least it came with temporary tattoos). 

And let’s not forget about the medicine cabinet that looks like a pack of Ouch! Bubble Gum and Willy Wonka Bar table with a TV tray that looks like a Golden Ticket and coasters that look like pieces of chocolate.

Interactive Game Tables

Baldwin also created pieces that double as actual games. 

There’s a chess table that looks like a Nerds box, complete with chess pieces that look like Nerds characters. 

And perhaps most cleverly, she built a Tic-Tac table that looks like an orange Tic-Tac box. On the inside is a Tic-Tac-Toe board with orange and white Tic-Tacs so you can actually play with it. The pun alone is worth the price of admission.

She also created a console table that looks like a vintage pair of 3-D glasses, and it folds up like glasses should. 

The internet is reeling over Baldwin’s creativity

The comments on Baldwin’s posts reveal just how deeply this nostalgic art resonates across generations. Fans have been flooding her videos with enthusiasm.

“I am a 70s-80s kid and absolutely looove these!! You have inspired me to make some items and candy from then!! Especially love the slap hand tables,” one Facebook user wrote in the comments.

“The Tom and Jerry table is my absolute favorite thing I’ve ever seen you make. Everything is so great but there’s just something about Tom and Jerry,” another user wrote.

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For those ready to bring some functional nostalgia into their homes, some of Baldwin’s work is sold privately, while others are sold on eBay. Given the viral attention her work is receiving, pieces likely won’t stay available for long.

What makes Grace of Spades’ functional art so compelling isn’t just the nostalgia factor—though that’s obviously a huge part of it. 

It’s the craftsmanship, the clever functionality built into each design, and the clear love for these cultural touchstones that we all grew up with. These aren’t just conversation pieces; they’re tangible connections to the best parts of our childhoods, transformed into something we can actually use every day.

And honestly? Our inner kids are thrilled.