Replacing an incandescent or compact fluorescent bulb for a new LED unit is the way to go: they're extremely energy efficient, operate cool, contain no mercury, cast pleasant warm light, and are now finally within the realm of "affordable". The current batch of LED bulb offerings can provide comparable brightness to previous lighting options, but unlike compact fluorescents, LEDs provide instant light without needing to warm up, with even lower energy requirements. But which one to choose?

Name: Sarah
Location: Wheaton, IL

Even though I am a visual artist, designing for print or web is very different from designing in three-dimensional space. Regardless, the same principles of my personal style—clean lines, composition, and color—still apply.

This weekend might belong to Dad but that doesn't mean there isn't room to squeeze in a little time on the home, too.  New this week in the Guide: design on sale at MoMA online and DIY furniture classes in Brooklyn. Dive in and have a happy Friday! 

Refrigerators have regularly been the subject of impressive DIY makeovers, whether it be with corkboard, chalkboard paint, or wallpaper. But what about the other major appliance sitting in your kitchen, the oft ignored and short statured dishwasher? Here's how one couple spruced up their worn down 18 year old kitchen appliance with an affordable cosmetic facelift...

My one-year anniversary is next month, but the only photo my husband and I have from our wedding is the wallet-sized one pinned to my office bulletin board. Our photographer, we found out too late, has major delivery issues. I never thought of myself as someone who’d hang a wedding portrait in her home. Now I can’t stop thinking about how much I long to have one.

Name: Nico
Location: London, UK

Nico's room is not only tiny but also has an odd layout, so I had two challenges to overcome from the onset. I decided to go with a modern look, as I thought it would be a room he could grow with.

Ostrich and Flower Photograph No. 88243 by Kari Herer

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Designer, illustrator, and optimistic modernist: all good ways to describe San Francisco-based creative Brent Couchman. Before coming to the Bay, Brent worked for Fossil in Texas doing branding, packaging, and illustration. 

I ate my first kouign amann from the palm of my hand at a farmers market in Oakland almost two years ago, and I will never in all my life forget the taste of those first buttery, caramelized, incredibly flakey morsels. 

• How to Make Kouign Amann
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