Detox Your Home, The Pretty Way
Ten ways to create a toxin-free, beautiful home. Our homes are dirty, toxic places. In fact the average home contains over 500 chemicals, indoor air tends to be up to five times more polluted than...
View Article7 Unique, Budget & Downright Odd Euro Hostel Adventures
From IKEA “designer” hostels to concrete bunkers in Albania, European stopovers that are anything but conventional. News surfaced earlier this summer that Inter Ikea, the company that owns IKEA’s...
View ArticleDoing It Herself: The Fab ‘Can Do’ Girls of DIY
Kick-butt home improvement, by women for women (or anyone with a glue gun). The arts and crafts movement has heralded a new era of DIY, an alterna-consumer culture for “roll your sleeves up” boys and...
View Article20 Things to Do With a Chalkboard That Don’t Involve Detention
Write on it, muse on it – do anything you want on it. The chalkboard has busted out of the classroom and into a well-appointed home near you. Last week we showed you one very cool DIY idea; now here...
View ArticleWhy Design? Herman Miller Calls on the Industry’s Brain Trust For Answers
“I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were.” – George Nelson Herman Miller, manufacturer of some of America’s most iconic pieces of modernist furniture (think...
View ArticleWhat the World Needs Now is Prayer Flags, Lots of Prayer Flags
Ever feel like the world’s a mess? Say a little prayer and spread a lot of love with an optimistic set of prayer flags. A prayer flag is simple enough: a panel of cloth imprinted with text or images...
View ArticleIdeas, Inspiration & DIY: Oh, The Things You Can Do With Rope
Get roped into this year’s hottest trend. Sometimes naughty and often nautical, ropes are everywhere this year – from fashion to interior design. What started with a well-spotted rope entwined bowl by...
View ArticleThe Changing Façade of Urban Architecture
Big city, smaller footprint: blurring the line between landscape design and modern architecture. The trend of vertical gardening is up, as is the rise of the jolly green skyscraper. Easy on the eyes...
View ArticleSalvaged Bike Chain Chandeliers Defy Concepts of Wealth
File this under sexy: dripping chandeliers made from salvaged bicycle chains. LA-based multidisciplinary artist Carolina Fontoura Alzaga produces what she calls “reflections and documents of…shifting...
View ArticleInspired by Nature: iPhone 5 Cases from Society6
Caress your tech with these nature-inspired skins and covers. In celebration of the new iPhone 5, here are ten cases and other gadget holding devices from Society6 that fuse nature with technology....
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