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Midwest Fall Cure: Week Three - The Weekend

Cans painted white make a nice balance to the organized color of the pencils inside of them. Cure Clock: 37 days Assignment: Read through Ch. 6 (Pages 100-128). Flickr Pool: Midwest Fall Cure ...

Midwest Fall Cure: Week One - Weekend

Plizzyp worked on some window washing this week! Cure Clock: 1,248 hours remaining Assignment: Re-read pp. 52-69, clean and list repairs (more after the jump) Flickr Pool: Midwest Fall Cure Pool W...

Midwest Fall Cure: Week One

heymomo is sprucing things up with some flowers before the organizing of the closets begins. Today (or yesterday for those who weren't off for Columbus Day) we embark on Week One, which is all...

House Tour: The Worden's MC Inspired Modern Build

Name: Steve (Project Manager), Cathy (Registered Nurse) and Graham Worden Location: Shawnee, Kansas Size: 2174 SF Years Lived In: 4 Years Our Style: Mid-Century Architecture & Design >> Enter Sli...

Midwest Scavenger: 50+ Great Finds

This is our biggest Midwest Scavenger yet. With so many midwestern towns to search through, we had a hard time leaving anyone behind. We have searched high and low for the best of the midwest, so c...

Events Calendar: 09.09.08
Midwest (New!)

I Like Ike - Mark Mothersbaugh Postcard Diaries 2007 Art & Design Events... The One Show: Advertising + Design + Interactive "This touring exhibition presents the world's best work in print, radi...

Midwest Scavenger: From Big Cities To Cow Towns

This week's Midwest Roundup has some really great highlights. There is a custom table and chairs set that tucks away to just under 3 ft wide in Ohio. Plus a pair of orange and white retro loveseats...

Upcoming Auctions of Interest For The Midwest

Auctions are a blast as we have discovered in the past, but sifting through the riff raff of hundreds of auctioneers can be tricky. We have spared you the pains of searching and have found a few auc...

Midwest Scavenger: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The Midwest Scavenger (for those who haven't caught on) is for those that don't happen to live in Chicago, but still consider themselves a Midwestern native. We try to cover everything from the Grea...

Midwest Scavenger: 4 Eiffel Tower Base Bikini Chairs for $1800

In Uptown Minneapolis, Linda has 4 Eiffel Tower Base Bikini Eames/Herman Miller Chairs up for grabs at $1800 for the set. Click through to see more Midwest bargains than you can shake a stick at. ...

Green@Home: Small Simple Steps, Pt. 3

Name: Sarahrae Location: Kansas City, Mo Profession: AT Editor, Caterer/Baker, Children's Book/Comic Book Colorist and Photographer. (I missed the part in school where they told you that normal peopl...

To Cut or Not Cut Flowers

Minneapolis is in a state of worship. Every alley, sidewalk and forgotten yard has big luscious heads of peonies bowed, petals pooling. At $10.99 a bunch, why not cut? Yet it can be strangely difficul...

Look! DIY Desk Chair

Teen Angst Edition - A friend’s stepson wrapped this free-sign find with caution tape, creating a desk chair that’s graphic, cool and highly resistant to Full Throttle spills. ...

Earth N Elements Ceramics on Etsy

Nature isn’t all sunshine and green grass. Read Botany of Desire or stroll through some Poison Ivy for further proof. This Wisconsin-based potter captures the botanical gothic in strangely sensual...

Curb Your Dog Signs

Thou shalt not cleanup after thy neighbor’s pet – if you’re lucky. In a dog-dense ‘hood, a few transgressions are inevitable but desperate times can call for more direct actions. Our neighbo...

Public Containers, Home Inspiration

Garden Month has us looking for inspiration everywhere, even en route to the parking ramp. Less than one block yielded three garden-worthy ideas from the street that tweak the familiar in fresh ways....

Finding Art at the Art Fair

They’re festive. They're crowded. They take up all the parking. So we braved a local art fair in search of any desirable items NOT rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Possible? Judge on. ...