A good fan can lower the perceived air temperature by up to 8 degrees, reducing your need for costly AC, and making you much more comfortable. While a $20 plastic box fan will work, it may not be something you'll want to show off to company. Here are some more attractive solutions that keep your pad looking and feeling cool. More

At times when adult life is tragic or simply banal, it's easy to start longing for our childhood innocence. With many of today's design objects resembling the toys of our youth (and vice versa), it's more acceptable than ever to embrace our inner grade schooler with a grown up toy collection. More

German architect Peter Behrens (1868 – 1940) was one of the first of his kind. A member of the Deutsche Werkbund in, he worked to improve the "taste" and design of everyday objects in his home country. He put these ideas to work on a large scale when he was hired (one of the first of this kind) as a consulting architect for AEG Electric to design buildings, products, and graphics for the corporation: More

Remember back to your first apartment. Your bulky TV was probably sitting on something from IKEA or a hand-me-down from the folks. The DVD player, stereo and video game console (depending on the era) were all connected with a mess of cables as function really took precedence over all else. Well, our apartments have matured and so has that media storage. More

Just because you're all grown up doesn't mean you have to give up your first true love &mdash comic books. There are lots of cool (and somewhat mature) ways to decorate your pad with super guys and gals. Here's a roundup of comic book inspired décor to help make any room marvelous. More