Last year's favourite posts at this same time this week included tips of how to get out of the Christmas tree rut, tips on choosing the perfect office task chair (advice we took ourselves when purchasing the very chair we're writing from), a fence made to look like coloured pencils, a stylish Hollywood Regency themed Silver Lake house tour, and much more all below...

• Sneak Peek: IKEA Spring 2008 Products

• How to: Get Out of the Christmas Tree Rut

• Choosing a Home Office Task Chair

• Target Eco-Conscious Doormat

• Good Questions: The Bathoom Has No Door?

• Good Questions: What do you put on a console table?

• Good Questions: Cake Stand Planter

• Look! Fence of Colored Pencils

• LA House Tour: A Re-FORMed Space

• Winter Getaway: 395 to June Lake

• The Original Scratch Lounge