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Synesthesia and Color

one synestheste's calendar of months Synesthesia ("joined sensation") is a rare mixing of senses that occurs in approximately one of every 25,000 people. Sounds might have shapes, colors might have s...

Making Your Home Safe: Tempered Glass

This morning the Today show reported on the number of children who die from injuries related to glass tables. Sadly, many glass-topped tables are not made with tempered glass, which would prevent the...

Earthquake-Safe Art for Above the Bed?

Given that we live in a zone where someday, eventually, all of our lovely things are likely to fall off the walls and shelves, we've always avoided hanging art above the bed. Even making use of pictur...

Two Positive Affirmation Mirrors

Some days are better than others, and then there are those days when we feel the need to deliver ourselves an extra boost of confidence. Here are a couple of mirrors that do part of the work for yo...

Tips for Creating a Home Gym

December was a blustery month here in the Northwest, and record snowfall meant days trapped indoors and lots of canceled plans. Among our winter casualties? Regular workouts with a personal trainer. T...

AT on... Being at Home with a Broken Leg

Until now, I've happily spent much of my free time and energy arranging my apartment to please me visually and accommodate an active lifestyle of working at home and entertaining friends. But I now ...

How To... Safely Dispose of Dry Ice

We've received one package this holiday season packed with dry ice. The lobster tails inside are a much-appreciated gift, but we were left wondering what to do with the dry ice. Some helpful tips fo...

Staying Safe During The Holidays

Last night, a friend completed her favorite Christmas tradition -- stringing cranberries for the tree, drinking homemade hot chocolate and watching "Elf." Yes, now is the time for tree decorating, whi...

Re-Using Green Tea Leaves Around the Home

Back in July, Gregory gave us suggestions on how to re-use green tea leaves as a natural deodorizer to freshen up the home. We like this idea of re-using the leaves for a completely different purpose ...

Put Safety First: 14 Universal Design Tips
This Old House

Most of us take it for granted that we can reach the sinks in our kitchen and bathrooms, get through doorways, and climb in and out of bathtubs in our homes, but for those who are disabled and/or elde...

AT on... Being Sick

I'm sick, and it stinks. I'm really trying not to fall into the whole pity party scenario and I'm also trying not to just collapse back into bed because, well, posts must be written. But here's the ...

The Ladybird Bath and Vanity Unit

As bathroom month comes to a close and we think ahead to Smallest, Coolest, here's a bathroom idea that maximizes a small space by combining the sink and the tub....

Classic Health-o-Meter Analog Bathroom Scale

Most mornings we go through the same routine: we step on our digital scale, grab something heavy and step on again, then weigh ourselves a third time. The reason? The scale gives a different readin...

Stocking the Medicine Cabinet

We have a sad, sad, tiny, minimal amount of storage space in our little bathroom. Our medicine cabinet is more of a make-up, toothpaste, deodorant cabinet and our emergency goods get stashed in the ...

Blogging Marie Claire Maison: Bathroom Inspiration

These pictures in the February/March issue of Marie Claire made us want to pack it all up and bathe for three days straight....

Soap Bank by Designodoubt

If homemade soap-on-a-rope isn't your thing, the folks over at Treehugger turned us on to this nifty little invention for reusing your miniscule soap slivers....

Earthquake Table by D'Esposito & Gaillard

The fact that this table is apparently "earthquake and bombardment proof" is only a fraction of what makes it a go-to piece of furniture for one of the worlds unnerving natural occurrences, if the c...

Emergency Preparedness Kits

Shake, rattle, and roll. You knew this post was coming today, didn't you? Our 5.6 quake was another wake-up call. Although we were here during the '89 quake and the later El Nino flooding, we have n...

Curing the Medicine Cabinet

This month we're going to be curing our bathroom, and we're starting with the medicine cabinet. The Fed finally got around to issuing guidelines on how to dispose of prescription drugs just about tw...