Easy DIY: Phonebook Turned Doorstop
Sometimes the simplest of things are the easiest ideas to forget about. Often times it's easy to think a diy project has to be a daunting undertaking, but not today. Click through to see how easy t...
Sometimes the simplest of things are the easiest ideas to forget about. Often times it's easy to think a diy project has to be a daunting undertaking, but not today. Click through to see how easy t...
It's always a good feeling when you discover making something isn't as hard as you'd originally thought. For instance, bows. Yes, like birthday and Christmas present bows and sure you can go buy ...
Name: Jason Loper & Michael Schreiber Location: Rogers Park, Chicago Size: 800 square feet Years lived in: Purchased 2 ½ years ago You might have heard us mention the name Jason Loper around the p...
Last week Apartment Therapy San Francisco gave us a quick look into the office makeover from Jason Loper. After taking a stroll through his Flickr we also noticed a great repurposing project that n...
We have a serious soft spot for items that find new life in great repurposed fashions. Rodney Allen Trice, the man behind T.O.M.T. has a serious eye and talent for taking everyday discarded items a...
Have you ever wanted a little privacy when having an out of town guest stay with you? Well this 3 in 1 tent sofa transforms, giving the user the ability to put a roof over their head for some incogn...
Oh Ebay. It sometimes feels like a past time with all the Craigslist Scavenging we do, but there's some real treasures if you have a specific color choice in mind or a certain type of item. We rou...
There are thousands of wonderful places you might chose to vacation to this summer. You might be headed out in search of good food, family and friends or just seeing the sights. But would you be mor...
Karim Rashid has been modernizing and putting color into the world for quite some time now, but what about in his own home? We featured his loft last year, but in a new video we spied even more of ...
Jeff and Mary set out to make a cool space, but when it came to their door hardware there wasn't anything on the market that was cool enough, or within their price range. So they did what any of us...
On the Country Living site, we ran across photos of an unusual library set up - one in which the shelving catches your eye before its contents, thanks to a coat of a very......
click thumbnails for larger picsWe've blogged about Amy Atlas and her talents in the world of party decor before. Her specialty is the presentation of sweets, taking the simple offering of treats to ...
We double plus love our noisy, busy downtown Kansas City loft. The space makes us feel super creative and fits our lifestyle perfectly, except for one small thing. The lack of green space. We don'...
click thumbnails for larger pics Bright and bold colors can be beautiful, even when they are used in every room of your home. Eve Trombley has accomplished the task quite well and although her walls...
Wow, fearless color, right? A full wall of fabric in a bright hue is an amazing, memorable design detail in this showhouse sitting room but do you think it would look just as fresh day in and day out ...
click thumbnails for larger pics Lucy Renshaw is inspired by junk. She works with recycled fabrics and reuses found materials to create everything from lamps to large furniture. She combines techniq...
We only wish that was a skylight over our bed! Instead, today we have a whole slew of handymen and roofers in and out of our loft. The rains over the last few days have taken a toll on our roof (an...
We have spoken well and often of our love for photographer Todd Selby. His ability to capture the living and work spaces of many a creative mind always leaves an amazing trail of photographic eviden...
We're sad we didn't think of this earlier this summer when we had fresh herbs coming out of our ears, but even still we love the idea of hanging something up that is used and not just adornment. Wha...
One of the joys of moving is deciding what colors to paint your new space. Is it going to be something calm and serene or something bright and shocking? We are guessing that the people who moved fr...
Everyday we pass by this small unassuming midwestern home. It sits back off the road and watches the world drive past. There hasn't been a day that's gone by where we haven't wanted to......
Prefer fresh air to air fresheners? When it's not the time nor place for even the fanciest candle, the Fresh Wave odor-neutralizing product line clears the air. It neuters the musty from your front-lo...
One of the colors that stood out to us as both fresh and homey in this year's color contest is a nice gold-y apple green. Especially interesting for the bedroom, it works well with both warm (oranges)...
New for Fall 2008 from Marimekko - a line of fabrics that reflect both the season and a darker, richer palette for home decor. Plums, olives, burnt oranges and greenish yellows are seen in many of the...
We love color in Chicago and all across the Midwest. Click through the jump to see some of our favorite uses of color in past home tours. There is every color under the sun, so just in case you are...