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Novelty Shops for (Semi) Serious Home Decor

We don't usually think of novelty shops as go-to sources for home decor, but sometimes they have exactly what we're looking for, whether it's a gunmetal beaded curtain for a glam living room or a co...

25 Looks From The Fabulous Auntie Mame

click thumbnails for larger pics Last month we were laid up with the flu and had some time to catch up a backlog of movies. At the top of the list was one of the greats we grew up with (and a great ...

Something From Nothing
Decorating With Craigslist's Free Section Pt. 5/5

On our last day of "Free Craigslist Scavenging" we decided to go with the motto, "Go big or go home." So instead of transforming two items into something different we are combining two items into th...

Something From Nothing
Decorating With Craigslist's Free Section Pt. 4/5

The week is almost at an end, but before we finish up our 5 part series on how to make something from nothing, we have two more projects with pieces coming from Minneapolis and Detroit. Click throug...

Something From Nothing
Decorating With Craigslist's Free Section Pt. 3/5

So far this week we've looked at revamping speaker boxes, oil drums, retail shelving and old tires. Today's ideas tackle a work bench on it's last legs and some terra cotta tubes both found in Craig...

Something From Nothing
Decorating With Craigslist's Free Section Pt. 2/5

Yesterday we kicked off our week long Craigslist Free Scavenger. We showed you how to make a front door mat from an old tire and a pet house from an old speaker box. Today our free finds from Craig...

The 5 "Re's" of Quick-Fix Makeovers
O At Home

Not all makeovers involve grand budgets, architects or even a weekends worth of time. Click through the jump to see the 5 "Re's" of quick-fixes to your spaces......

Nola Home

With a mix of old, new, global, local and where-the-heck-did-she-find-that, this Bryn Mawr boutique earns that dubious local compliment: It doesn’t feel like it’s in Minneapolis… Click through...

RianRae Eclectic Online Shop

We recently caught up with Jeni Crawford, owner of RianRae, an online storefront with an ever-changing French flea market/Anthropologie vibe by way of Wausau, WI. The spectrum is broad, from big-tic...

Shopping Twin Cities Green

Semi-officially deemed the best antidote to green guilt in the Twin Cities, this Uptown Mpls greenporium has the fair trade wares and national niche brands you’d expect. What we didn't: a wide mix o...

3-D Porcelain Tiles

Summer shelter mags always feature cottages with some artful, oddly appealing use of shells. Yet they never felt quite at home in the Midwest. These oceanic-even-when-they’re-not Wall Tiles might ...

Souvenir-Inspired Housewares

It's a staycation summer. More of us are staying home to save gas, cash, energy, resources - or just to purge those closets and see an afternoon movie. Wherever summer finds you, stop by the Souvenir...

Look!Artful Entry Storage

Our Flickr files unearthed this feminine way to squeeze in a little extra storage by the door. Infinitely sexier than the standard bench or credenza, it's simultaneously tidy and devil-may-care....

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