Our recent survey inspired by The Economist provoked many readers to admit they are irrationally attached to their stuff. Books are especially difficult to part with because of sentimental and othe...
Inspired by the skeleton of the Staghorn Cholla cactus, the polished aluminum Kaktus stool by Enrico Bressan is both lightweight and strong. Durable and delicate, Kaktus is suitable for indoor or ou...
Remember Karl Zahn's prototype design for the Smart Cleat? We learned it is in production and will soon be available for purchase from Charles & Marie......
Whenever we travel, we inevitably forget something. It's usually not an issue because most friends' homes or hotels have the thing we forgot (toothbrush, shampoo, extra t-shirt). We've mentioned o...
This reminds us of the Kitchen Organizer, but built for a lounge. Brazilian designer Isay Weinfeld has designed an amazingly compact piece of storage furniture — a low bar for entertaining whi...
While this is one of the more expensive mobile kitchen worktop and storage spaces we have seen, it is without a doubt one of the most attractive as well. This chic Kitchen Organizer is included in t...
It's hard to resist this eager shower helper! If you don't have a lot of tub space and want an alternative to suction-cup or wire shelving, just hang the shower octopus in your shower and load him ...
With approximately six months of food and a solar oven at the ready, Kathy Harrison strives to Be Prepared for anything. The New York Times takes us inside the Long Island home of the author and her...
These simple beechwood coat hooks, OHOOKS, are similar to the Dots Wood Coat Hooks by Tveit & Tornoe that we've spied in person at Matter... ...
Have you been following the Washington Post's attic organization series? We posted on it at the beginning of the series and have since been loyally reading... and wondering: how much of this applie...
A number of years ago a friend gave us a great tip that to this day has made picture hanging a simple, pleasurable task. The tip was to always hang your art at 57" on center. "On center" means that ...
We have an IKEA Grundtal rail in our kitchen. It's great for holding utensils, potholders and even a portable cutting board. But we ran across some unconventional uses for it that we love, too. Th...
hownowdesign's vintage bird collection Lately, we’ve been craving to get rid of more and more STUFF. But on the other hand, we’ve been thinking it would be fun to start some kind of vintage coll...
We posted a couple of weeks ago about a Community Shred Event in Montgomery County; we are delighted to let you know that DC residents can now take advantage of free document shredding every Saturda...
Have you ever needed just one more drawer? West Elm wants you to consider their new floating media drawer — a stackable, single drawer that complements their various media stands and end tables. D...
Are you an obsessive folder? Do you refold laundry that others have folded "incorrectly?" Perhaps you're one of thousands of adults who were trained to fold clothing at a retail store? We admit to b...
The new collection from Pottery Barn is full of attractive, graphic, black and white decor. One of our favorite designs is the square-ish lidded baskets made from woven bamboo. We're not usually fan...
We recently decided it was time to stop storing boxes of CDs we rarely used. After ripping our collection to our new computer, we sold many of the discs to Spun.com. Spun makes it easy to sell your ...
One notable detail of our recent tour of Marianne's Paris apartment is her toilet library. This space-exploiting idea is a common sight in Paris apartments, where toilets often occupy their own room.....
This past weekend I hung my second pot rack in three months. It's the same pot rack, it's a great find and I really like how it's transformed our kitchen at home (below) and out at my family's summe...
We recently had the opportunity to check out the newly re-designed offices of Shawn Henderson Interior Design (Shawn was a judge for our January Jumpstart Contest). In addition to running his design...
We’ve been unintentionally stockpiling near-empty cans of household hazardous materials in our basement for years. It may be as simple as a paint can that hosts just a tiny bit of ancient residue...
This is one of the oddest pieces of furniture we've seen lately — it's the ODDA storage unit that combines a hat and coat rack, laundry bin and shoe storage into a single design. ATLA has looked a...
We're going to borrow AT Chicago's regular feature, Best of Three to highlight these remarkably similar, small-scale filing cabinets. Great for organizing office or crafting supplies, these metal st...
What do you do with all the corks you lovingly don't throw away? Our mother used to save them and make trivets out of them. Others we've known just have saved them. However, if you ARE saving the...
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