Joelle Alcaidinho

Perusing photos of great looking home offices is one of our favorite pastimes. It’s easy to get inspired and dream about what our next home office will be like. Personally we tend to be drawn to bright light filled spaces, but that is not to say that the darker home office does not hold any appeal, especially when faced with what we like to dub, “the afternoon squintathon.

I have a confession: out of all the things I have a tendency to over buy, tools are right up there with kitchen towels for me. Walking around a hardware store is an exercise in self control as every drill, screwdriver, and wrench seems to call my name. While I do own many tools thanks to this predilection for acquiring them, the one I return to time after time is my Dremel. Why do I love my Dremel 300?

I thought that moving to the South would mean goodbye to snow, but sadly this winter, the weather still has me reaching for my electric blanket. Thankfully the blanket that served me well back in NYC is also working well here in Atlanta. Need your own electric blanket this winter? Take a look at these options… Sunbeam Royal Dreams Electric Blanket Quilted Fleece, Queen: $129.99 Sunbeam RoyalMink Blanket, Queen: $128.33 Biddeford Micromink & Sherpa Electric Blanket, Queen: $119.

Traveling for the holidays? Our holiday travel typically involves a long 13+ hours in the air, so I’m always on the look out for a few apps to help us enjoy our journey. Because wi-fi on international flights is fairly limited, none of the apps I’ve gathered require internet access. Happy perusing and safe holiday travels! 1. Spirits (iPad & Android): This game is one of my favorites for long flights because it’s challenging, yet also calming.

If the bus or train is your usual mode of getting to and from work, take a gander at this roundup of tablet apps designed for killing time in transit. The best part of this roundup is that all of these apps do not require an internet connection, making each addictively uninterruptable… 1. Puzzle Retreat (iOS & Android), Free. 2. Solar Flux HD (iPad), $3.99. 3. Plants vs Zombies 2 (iOS), Free. 4. Whale Trail (Android & iOS), Free. 5. Doodle Fit 2: Around the World (iOS & Android), Free. 6.

image:9d90cdcf844e628e22dd00b4105181b12f037cff w:540 s:"fit" class_name:"mt-image-center" show_pin_button:"true" show_image_credits:"true" I’m in the exciting and challenging process of searching for a new place to call home. One of the aspects I find the most exhausting is physically visiting each space and trying to imagine how my own furniture would work in the potential space.

After researching various options that wouldn’t make my landlord cringe (we’re renters), I realized that they were all 1. Out of the budget, 2. Too permanent, or 3. Ugly. Ideally I wanted flooring that would be under $1 per square foot and could be something I might potentially reuse. Here’s what I found and how I made my rental flooring dreams come true under budget.

Whether you’re 8 or 80, LEGOs remain a favorite medium to explore creativity, block by block. But unless you’re a parent, it’s likely it’s been awhile since you’ve explored your architect inclinations. Fortunately, there are several building apps taking advantage of tablet screens, allowing users to tap into their inner designer…all without the danger of stepping on any errant pieces. 1. Minecraft – Pocket Edition (Android & iOS), $6.99. 2.

While IKEA remains a favorite destination for affordably accessorizing or furnishing the home quickly on a budget, making the trip out to the crowded aisles on a weekend can be a challenge, especially for anyone without a car. But what if you could skip the crowds and lines altogether (and the temptations of Swedish candies awaiting at the checkout lines)?

While some have replaced the traditional diary and journal with Facebook or other social networking outlets, there are those who prefer something a bit more private for their personal logs. There are many options, and it’s no longer the choice between private or public, offline or online, as there are numerous ways to journal digitally. Today we’ll take a look at journaling options for the iPad, Android and Windows 8 tablets.

After we created the the interior design app roundup for smartphones we knew we had to follow up with the tablet edition. After all, with their larger screens and accompanying great apps, they’re fantastic tools for helping you decorate your home.iPadHome 3D for iPad: This app lets you recreate your home in 3D, then decorate it with furniture.

Recently, at SXSW 2012, we had the pleasure of hearing Jay Shafer of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company extol the virtues of living in a small space. While he admits that living in 100 square feet might not be for everyone, his talk contained plenty of tips that apply to anyone looking to live efficiently.While we live in 600 sq feet (two adults, no pets or kids) and are no McMansion owners, we admit to being kind of taken aback by the idea of living in 100 sq ft.

For frequent fliers finding the right pair for headphones is crucial. The right headphones can make all of the difference in whether you are able to sleep through the wails of the crying infant a few rows back or the chatter of the couple sitting next to you. When people hear that you fly frequently they immediately suggest active noise canceling (Image credit: Apartment Therapy) To further complicate my search for the “perfect” travel headphones, I have tiny ears.

After yet another day where we had to take a break to help soothe our aching backs we knew it was time to take a deeper look at how we work. As folks that primarily work from home, we can be found doing our jobs from the couch, kitchen table, or our tiny home office. Surprisingly, or not, we’ve found that the back pain increases when we work from our home office, which means that we’ve got a bit of a problem and we’re pretty sure it’s the chair.

Of course the top thing to do with a Nintendo Entertainment System is to play it, but what if you have a non-working system that you just can’t bear to throw away? Enter this post which will show you ten different things you can do with your old NES, many of which make great gifts for that retro gamer in your life.10 Things to do With an Old NES Turn it Into a Clock Follow the instructions from the Mavrinac website to turn your NES into an alarm clock.

Ever heard the phrase, “if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself?” Well, we certainty have and we think that this phrase can be applied to the humble home office desk. Finding the right desk can be challenging, often the ones that you like are not in the budget or they just plain don’t exist. With an eye on thrift and a desire to have exactly the desk that one wants, many go the DIY route.

image:63769ea70e4d7f93835c848c3f00801bf8fa4670 w:540 s:"fit" class_name:"mt-image-center" show_pin_button:"true" show_image_credits:"true" Although we have hopes that the steamy weather is coming to an end soon, it really can’t end soon enough since the air conditioner in our pre-war apartment has died. We have not shopped for an AC unit for quite some time, and being the design minded folks that we are, we are hoping to find a much more design forward option for a replacement.

Sure, we all know many airports and cafes have free WiFi, but what about your local big box retailer? Recently we were surprised to discover a free WiFi hotspot where we did not expect it which got us thinking about all of the unexpected places where we’ve found free WiFi (and we are not just talking about your neighbor’s unsecured linksys network).The Laundromat Free WiFi really helps make the chore of laundry all that much more tolerable.

Living in an old apartment with not many electrical outlets forces us to plug in a few too many devices per outlet. While we know most people are lucky enough to have more than one outlet per room, there is still the temptation to continue to daisy chain surge protectors to have enough space for the new device or the holiday decorations that need to be powered on.