The Latest: Jul 1, 2015

Depleted after a long distance move, Bryna was thrilled with this free kitchen island. It proved the perfect piece to practice her DIY skills and also add an unexpected hue to her space: From Bryna: It turned out to be the perfect piece to try my hand at rehabbing furniture; since I didn’t know what I was doing, I would have been too afraid to experiment (read: potentially ruin) with a piece I’d purchased.

Has your couch been seeing a little too much of you lately? There’s nothing wrong with spending quality time in your home relaxing from a hard day’s work. But if you’re feeling like you want to get out more but keep getting snapped back into the same butt-shaped spot on your sofa’s cushions, you might need a little self-pushing to get out the door. That sounds simple enough, and yet many of us come home too pooped to think all the time.