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LA Slinks: (Un)Affordable Housing, LA Pollution, Shipping Container Homes and Offices, and the Next Big Thing

10 Shipping Container Homes and Offices: check out the insane 2,000 square foot home built around a smaller cottage-style house inside the expansive home made of 5 large shipping containers . Nation...

Gwen, Lautner, Victory Gardens, the 64 Worst Things About LA, and Saying Goodbye to Acres of Books
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Here's a Southern California edition Slinks, including CasaSugar's peek at Gwen Stefani's former Los Feliz digs, LAT's feature about the restoration of John Lautner's Harpel house, the 64 worst things...

Indoor Gardening Tips from a Man Who's Very Scared of Plants
Saturday Night Live

Do your houseplants scare you? Here's a little bit of gardening humour/silliness for a tuesday afternoon. Clip from SNL after the jump... ...

Umbrella Magazine Rack

The other day, we blogged Readymade Magazine going digital. We're in awe of their MacGyver section where they challenge their readers to design products from common household items......

Look! Urban Outfitters Elegant Headboard Wall Decal On Sale!

Coming down the home stretch of bedroom month, we were poking around the Urban Outfitters Site when we noticed this Headboard Wall Decal on sale for $49.00! ...

Make Your Own Bottle Lamp

Reader djs's comment on last week's post about sprucing up the bedroom got us intrigued with the idea of making our own lamp. Coincidentally, our friends over at Hallmark Magazine had the solution fo...

Chip Kidd interview at Dwell.com

I didn't realize Dwell.com had videos, but clicking through, randomly noticed the heading and found they actually have quite a few! The most recent is an interview with graphic designer Chip Kidd, as...

Modern Riverside

Riverside in da house! If there are any AT:LA readers living in the Inland Empire that are also interested in mid century design, you'll be happy to know there's a blog and website dedicated to the ...

Look! Layered walls

When dealing with a blank wall, don't think it needs to stop with just painting it a color and placing a piece of artwork on it. Think about taking it a step further and layer! Over at Shak in Style,...

DIY Decorations
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More Handmade! Design Sponge's DIY Wednesdays has another great project for decorating for the holidays. Our favorite part, you get to use a stapler and construction paper! All the instructions a...

Decanter Cleaning Beads
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Spin cycle? ProductDose featured these stainless steel Decanter Cleaning Beads meant to clean containers. Has anyone ever used these or this method before? (via Productdose, via Book of Joe)...

Vitra Gift Guide
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Making our list... "Dear Santa: I've been a really good boy this year. I would like all these things found at the Vitra Gift Guide...Thanks!" (via Vitra)...

From Sewage, Added Water for Drinking
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Drinking from the toilet? On November 30th, The Orange County Water District will turn on "what industry experts say is the world's largest plant devoted to purifying sewer water to increase drinkin...

Flatware Roundup
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Feeling Flat? Toast and Tables did a recent roundup of flatware from A-Z. Because, c'mon, at this point it should all match, right?...

Frances Palmer Pottery
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Irreverent. That's how these Francis Palmer Vases are described by Frances herself. We couldn't agree more. A little whimsy, a little sturdy, and altogether beautiful. [via Another Shade of Gray]...

Fall Decorating Tips
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It's not too late! Or is it? Better Homes and Gardens has nine easy Fall decorating tips including this simple diy table runner. ...

Little Friends of Printmaking
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One of our favorite sources for affordable and fun artwork is from the Little Friends of Printmaking. Lisa Congdon (another artist we love) is featured this week over at Design*Sponge's Guest blog ...

Matryoshka trend
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What a doll! Print&Pattern does an extensive roundup of the current design trend, featuring traditional and updated renditions of the Matryoshka motif. What do you think of this Russian folk-style? ...

CD Jewel Case Bird House

CD's have gone to the birds! Love this CD Jewel Case Birdhouse someone made. Kind of reminds us of the Kaleidoscope dollhouse. Could be a fun DIY project... (via: SwissMiss)...

A Bit of Autumn in a Box: Dead Leaves From Real New York Trees

Although we fancy Los Angeles' year-long summer season (and we're sure feeling it again these past few days), we have to admit we do envy the beauty of an East Coast autumn, with all its glorious eart...

Slinks: Luxurite's Wireless Waterproof TV
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Now that we're in the middle of a major bathroom renovation, the slothy part of us wishes we'd seen this Wireless Waterproof TV from UK-based company Luxurite when we were picking out tubs and tile...

Tokyo Design Week Report
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What will those Japanese think of next? Well, you can get a sneak peak at some of the new ideas that were presented at the recent Tokyo Design Week. Ping Mag has a roundup of it's top 20. (via mocol...

DIY pencil cup
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This Felt good! We love this really stylish, but simple to make pencil cup that Jessica, over at How about Orange crafted. Click here to see her instructions on how to make one yourself! (via How ab...

UO artist series
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Collaboration. Over at Ohjoy!, there's a roundup of the latest mug collaborations that Urban Outfitters is doing. Artist's include Ivy Hinkle, HMS Carousel, and more. (via Ohjoy)...

CouchWatch '07

We don't know whether to laugh or cry about the predicament that this fella found himself in when trying to move a large couch through a small width doorway. CurbedLA has been doing a CouchWatch that...