Obvious but often overlooked: a cat bowl doesn't have to be a cat bowl. Why spend $30 on a designer chow bowl or $9 at a big box when there are better options in your own cupboard? Then you can all enjoy it.
What other people stuff have you surrendered to your pet?
The DIY revolution pushes on with a new site that lets you create your own 3-D designs, either using your own files or by making easy modifications to existing ones. And of course, you can vote, comment and discuss.
A new and rather more lusty sentiment from the folks at the Keep Calm Gallery.
Item: Low VOC Aura Paint from Benjamin Moore
Price: $55 per gallon
Rating: Strong Recommend*
How did you spend the last weekend of the summer? Ours was demo, prep and paint, paint, paint with the new low-VOC Benjamin Moore Aura. Does the performance live up to the virtue and the price? Read on....
For getaway month, this hotel takes us away from the idea that serious art needs to be taken too seriously. Art in the rest room, in the hallway, in the stairwell, at happy hour. The take-home lesson of this independent Minneapolis hotel is that even serious art is meant to be lived with.
You've got the cool bike, the designey basket, the wooden bell... now you can finally replace that safety-first, style-last helmet with this ingenious helmet + cover system that you might actually want to wear. And yes, they are unisex.
Cities scramble before guests arrive, just like the rest of us. The RNC is coming, and with it, a last-minute public rejuvenation that's led Minneapolis' utility boxes to be refaced by local artists. This graphic nostalgia gave us a few ideas for home.
Ah the glamour of air travel: get waved through or wanded bare feet as your belongings are pile-driven by grey bins. Make a faster getaway with these tips, from pre-screen packing to lattes.
It’s business in the back and art party in the front. This Mpls brother & sister tax preparation business lets you itemize your deductions, then spend them on a painting all in one stop.
It may be impolite to point but lately a few highly directive accessories have cropped up. Perhaps the ubiquitous birds will give way to the finger?
Amy Rice is one of those "knew her when" artists—most likely to get snapped up by a savvy Anthropologie buyer and busted out as the next big thing. Her recent open studio night let us catch up with her work and covet as usual.
Lose your ability to get away unnoticed. Get out the paint and make your own moving homage to these reimagined bicycle fenders, as seen on display on in the studio of Mpls artist Amy Rice.
Modern Mpls architecture/interior design firm Iota offers a one-time, just-enough consult because “sometimes... solid advice and a fistful of sketches will fit the bill.” This pre-priced professional help bridges DIY and serious investment. See what you get post-jump.
Can't get away this month? That didn't stop designer Jennifer Hill from creating homages to 25 of her own future destinations. Along with meccas like Tuscany and Tahiti are some less-traveled, well-designed spots pretty close to home.
Traverse City, Michigan, see how she did you proud.
Road trip stop: The only gas station ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located in Cloquet, MN, it was one of the sole pieces built from his designed community called Broadacre, commissioned after he did a home for the owners. What worked and what didn't, after the jump...
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