•MarthaWatch™ - FremantleMedia secures raft of international deals for Martha Stewart’s new daytime show: Oh yes, Martha continues her comeback...
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Decorative panels for appliances from Vincon: Tired of the stainless steel look? Now you can put strawberries on your washer!
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Plywoood dining room table by Ian Gonsher: Made by BluDot, this new table can be completely knocked down and packed flat.
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CB@ announces their new collection of outdoor furniture: Continuing their evolution, CB's little brother grows up and heads out of doors.
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"Scherenregal" foldable shelf by Kurt Thut: This has all other portable and lightweight shelves beat.
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World's Smallest Stud Finder: And by stud we mean 2x4's... These are essential if you are looking to hand a large object and need something solid to screw into.
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The Binaria chair by Oken: Designed for proper posture, and an angle of 135 degrees from legs to chest, this is latest in ergo design.
Writer's Almanac:
•It's the birthday of novelist and screenwriter Marguerite Duras.
•POEM: "Trouble In Mind" by Richard M. Jones
MarthaWatch™: Waddya Think?
when i was visiting my family this past winter - and had access to a tv - i happend to see a bit of the new martha show. for me, it was just painful - like watching someone go through a root canal, or walk down the street with their skirt tucked, unknowingly, into the top of their pantyhose (accessorized by a stream of tiolet paper).
am i the only one?
Andree, the mystery of the "hole-in-the-seat" is solved!
Look at the Binaria Advantages at that Oken link above: it's done to prevent infertility in men!
Oh Blu Dot, how I love you...
Vincon decorative appliance panels. Um, not so much (for me anyway).
"World's Smallest Stud Finder: And by stud we mean 2x4's... These are essential if you are looking to hand a large object and need something solid to screw into."
Oh my goodness.
That may be the world's-smallest stud finder, but it's not worth returning to the dark ages to use it. First of all, it doesn't find studs, it it finds nails. While there's a pretty good correlation between the two, they're really not the same thing: a poorly driven nail can easily misdirect you. Instead of this toy, invest the ~$20 on a modern stud finder, one that looks for changes in wall density.
But..this kind of stud finder is invaluable if you live in a home with plaster...the bigger electronic gadgets are overwhelmed by the lathe boards and have a hard time focusing on the studs. The fact that this guy finds the nails enables him to focus on the studs (where all the nails for the lathe are).
so...the former type is for drywall, the latter if you have lathe backing? is there any type of stud finder that's a jack of all trades?
"Vincon decorative appliance panels. Um, not so much"
two words for them: hei-nous.
I have a $30 stud finder that will (most of the time) find studs in plaster and lathe walls. Of course, it also works for drywall. It's called "deepscan" or something.
Okay, so maybe you all don't like those appliance panels, then how about these:
http://www.kitchensource.com/kau/frigo.htm
You kind of have to poke around to see all the options. Cover your current fridge model to look like stainless:
http://www.kitchensource.com/kau/frigofridge.htm
You can have it done in chalkboard. Or use the clear panel for your own art, art prints, favorite movie poster or whatever else you want to display.
http://www.kitchensource.com/kau/frigofunandprac.htm
I'm leaving if there's a giant beer glass on it, though.
Here's a link to the color chart:
http://www.kitchensource.com/kau/frigocolorchart.html
Yup, you can have autumn leaves. How about mirroring that fridge for...uh...activities.
Tat! I'm sorry, but I'm not sitting nude on that Binaria chair. And I wouldn't want any man to sit on it, lest it lop off or crush his manly man parts.
Doesn't anyone actually basic human anatomy when making chairs? That just does NOT look comfortable.
No-no, Andree, you got it wrong-the hole is not intended as container to deposit manlymore complicated, deep scientific "investigations".
Let me quote the designers of Binaria on the perceived problem (solution to which, as they claim, makes their ergonomic chair unique):
...the seats show,in the centre, a gap, that eliminates compression and allows appropriate ventilation, an essential...when thinking about masculine infertility.
Recent investigations consider that the increment of working hours, during which men remain seated,increases the problem in the gonadal function due to the increase of local heat...
thanks, jon b
Very beautiful post!
Tat, I didn't think we were having a world population crisis that necessitated gonad ventilation. It's my opinion that men should be allowed to make 2 deposits in the sperm bank in their early teens, after which they should have said gonads removed. This would cut way back on raping and pillaging, crime rates, etc. All the homeless children would have homes if people wanted big families. And maybe there would be less belching and scratching and annoyingly loud sporting events.
If you like the accordian shelf, you might also like the accordian CD or DVD shelves at DWR:
http://www.dwr.com/productdetail.cfm?id=5640