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Look! Greenhouse Made from Salvaged Materials

We found this on flickr and thought the idea might actually serve as not only a greenhouse but as a......

Look!: Paint By Numbers Pet Portraits

Ahhh...we absolutely adore paint by numbers portraits. The organization of painting in the little numbered areas with their corresponding paint--absolutely soothing. We blame it on the fact that we ...

Look!: Vintage Wine Boxes as Dog Bowls

For the eco-friendly dog owner we ran across these vintage wine box dog bowl feeders at Muttropolis. Let's take a closer look....

Look! Oversized Canvas Painting

We recently had dinner at Rush Street, a new restaurant/bar in downtown Culver City. We spotted a colorful oversized canvas painting of a person sitting on a subway car. (or possibly a train since th...

Look! Freestanding Bookcase Ideas

We love the look of a freestanding or independent bookcase that doesn't need a wall to feel stable in a space. While it's common to place a bookshelf against a wall, setting the case in the room or fl...

DIY Letter Press Art

Grace’s post yesterday about letterpress coffee tables reminded us of a neat DIY project that’s simple and artistic. Framing letterpress materials in a shadow box. ...

Look! A Map Display Cabinet As A Coffee Table

We spotted this neat cabinet at HD Buttercup a few weeks ago and think it would make a great coffee table, if you have room. Like Grace's post about using a card catalogue for a coffee table, we love ...

Look! Guerrilla Knitting!
Austin, Texas

Adrienne is back with some investigative reporting on some rebellious diy activity in Austin. As always, let us know what you think in the comments! I've heard of guerrilla art, but knitting? I foun...

Look! Irrigation Pipe Planters
Austin, Texas

Hello to Ana who's trying out to be a member of the Southwest team representing Austin. Leave us your comments and tell us what you think! To liven up an outdoor space, here's a good rule of thumb: I...

Look! Planting in Rows

We tend to err on the wild side of gardening letting things get sort of overgrown and mixed up. But if we were going to go more organized then we'd do something like this. Neat rows of drought toler...

Look! Dwell on Design Backstage

We got up bright and early this morning to head down to some of the garden related conferences at Dwell on Design (more on that a bit later). Seems that Dwell has taken on a bit of the LA lifestyle a...

20 Household Uses for Newspaper (Once You've Finished the Crossword)

Although one of the things we love most is sitting around the house with friends over a long leisurely brunch, sharing the Sunday papers, we've tried to cut back on our paper habit. Of course we recy...

Look! Painting a Pocket Door

If you're space is neutral or you just don't want too much color around and you're lucky enough to have a pocket door, try containing an accent color by painting the door. When it's open no one would...

Look! Simple Sorta Terrariums

Plants around the house add life and interest to a small space. As we've made clear we're totally in love with terrarium's but can find them to be a little daunting to put together and maintain. So ...

Look! Poppies in Lancaster

Last year we went to see the amazing fields of poppies in Lancaster just to find that we had missed them by about two weeks. Instead of the incredible blooms we found...dirt. So if you're looking fo...

We Just Can’t Container Store Ourselves Enough: 9 Products We Love

We swear they pipe something into the airducts at The Container Store. We go in there for one thing, our list firmly in hand, and come out with a dozen other things, the list be damned. Here's a ...

Look! Pink Bathroom

We love Krista Ewart's philosophy and when we first read about her in Domino, we couldn't help but love how unabashedly fun (and dare we say it...girly) her bathroom was......

Look! Wallpaper at Forever 21

Politics of cheap clothing aside, we'll take inspiration anywhere we can get it and we couldn't help but notice that the new Forever 21 on the Promenade has some pretty hip wallpaper. ...

Anthropologie's Imaginative Bookcases

With a nod to Laure’s post yesterday on Anthopologie's use of chalkboard paint, we found a picture we snapped in the Anthropologie at the Grove a few weeks ago while they were in their midst of thei...

White House Redo

As we watch the race for The White House heat up, Storefront for Art and Architecture, in association with Control Group, asks the question, “What Would the Building Look Like If It Were Designed...

Look! Grass Wall

We run into the strangest things when we're out for a walk and today was no exception. We were just minding our own business when we came upon this grass wall. The only thing more shocking than a gr...

PB Teen Bedroom Inspiration

Seems like our inner kid isn't just excited about tree houses, but is sort of kind of really into PB Teen's Bedrooms. We'd probably tone them down a little bit, but the warm styles, happy colors and ...

Look! A Tree House

Whoah, checking out some of the walk streets in venice yesterday, we spied a real life tree house. The child in us said "yippee!" and the adult said "how in the world did they do it?"....

Look! Giving the Neighbors Something to Look At

We're not quite sure what's in the window (are they paintings of poodles?) but it got us to thinking: would you ever consider a window display just for your neighbors?...

Look! Store your Books in the Rafters

We were charmed to the core over this ingenious book storage idea. Yes, these are just planks of painted plywood nailed to the supports for the loft above. They create perfect cubby spaces to stor...