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From Milk Carton To Faux Bois Bookends

Jenn Draper over at 10th Muse Studios has been hard at work, making fabulous bookends, with the help of a few household items. Designer bookends can often break triple digits when it comes to price,...

Roundup: 20 Posts We Keep Coming Back To

There are literally thousands of posts in our archives to help guide you along your path to a healthy and happy home. But there are some resource filled posts that we find ourselves coming back to f...

How To: Make Hanging Wooden Walls With Grommets

Click On the Thumbnails to View All Photos Project: Hanging Wall With Grommets Time: 30 Minutes Cost: $25 When moving into a space that is in need of division, you have several choices. Walls and d...

$5 Vintage Lamp Makeover

At an auction in the middle of the blazing heat a few summers ago, we dragged home one of the ugliest lamps we had ever seen. It was originally painted like cabbage, or something out of The Little S...

How to: Get Real About Needless Spending

Terrifying tickers, RSS and actual news stories got us re-thinking our cash flow. Until now, ignorance was bliss but getting intimate with our pursestrings was the first step to knowing where to save ...

How To: Keep Unwashed Clothes Fresher

Yesterday’s post on lessening laundry conjured a few hints about keeping between-load clothes looking and feeling fresher. Courtesy of Granny, a French roommate and the corner liquor store... ...

Organizing Ideas from AT:Chicago

Maybe the latest home project you're thinking about tackling isn't a furniture makeover or a sewing project, but just plain organizing. It's always a good time to think about getting your home in or...

How To: Mix and Match Furniture

We love it when a home is full of eclectic pieces that work well together...nothing too matchy-matchy, but still a sense of overall style that holds a room together. It takes a good eye to pull off ...

How To: Declutter Your Bookshelves

We've been working towards getting rid of one third of our books. Our bookshelves have overflowed to the point where we have books lining the mantelpiece and the tops of cabinets. Our goal is to whi...