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The 12 Germiest Places In Your Spaces
NBC Today Show 11.12.08

There are places throughout our day that we would normally consider to have a germ or two (or three or four depending on our cleaning skills). Toilets, doorknobs and keyboards all come to mind. But...

Midwest Fall Cure: Week Three - The Weekend

Cans painted white make a nice balance to the organized color of the pencils inside of them. Cure Clock: 37 days Assignment: Read through Ch. 6 (Pages 100-128). Flickr Pool: Midwest Fall Cure ...

Pipe Furniture by Manhattan Clean Line

Manhattan Clean Line is a small, mysterious company that started building furniture as a solution for cramped New York apartments and a general lack of inventive furniture. See more pipe works after ...

Uncommon Goods: Disposable Permanent Ceramics

We love things that we don't have to throw away. It's the reason we bring our own bags when we head to the grocery store or out shopping around town. But we are especially drawn to these permanent ...

At On: Inherited & Modern Artwork

Upon moving into our home, my Husband's Grandparents gave us these prints that had adorned their walls for years. My Grandparents had the same exact ones so they were welcomed into our home with a w...

Roundup: Handmaidens Indie Craft Fair
Minneapolis

Crafts usurped karaoke at the VFW yesterday. We saw what’s new from some favorite Twin Cities crafties, and found a few new ones—many of whom sell online, of course. ...

20 Tips To Staging Your Kitchen

When preparing your house for sale you go through a whirlwind of activities. To help with the chaos here's 20 tips to keep in mind when staging a house and specifically a kitchen. Some are obvious ...

Look!: Detailed Plywood Cabinets

Yesterday we showed you the silver (like wow) salvaged doors from an apartment we toured. Today we would like to show you one more memorable thing from our quick walk-through (nothing refurbished we...

Look! Wooden Ruler Backsplash

This weekend we came across the DIY backsplash of Kimbery Ann Swiderski, a resident of the Coffee Lofts in downtown Kansas City. We love the look of taking something rustic and applying it in small do...

An Imagined Life: Outside and Broken

All used items come with a story to tell. We only need to lean in and listen. I can't believe they left me out here...on the curb...in the gutter. Never thought it'd end like this...owww, I can't......

Small Space Solutions From a Large Open Loft

Amazing things hit our inbox...yesterday we received an email from Poland, with a link to some really great photos of an open plan loft. Even though the loft is very large, we saw so many smart and sp...

Look!: A Chianti Colored Kitchen at Home Depot

While browsing caulk at Home Depot over the weekend, we ran into this bold kitchen display. Or, we might say, it ran into us with a loud smack. These jewel-toned cabinets make quite a commanding sta...

A Kitchen Update for Less Than $100

Kitchen "Before" - Jump below for the "After"Our friends, Kim & Eric, have been hard at work on their home. One of their sore points was their kitchen. They weren't too fond of their oak & glass cab...

11 Ways to Use Cork In Your Home

Looking through the CHI Spring Cure Flickr pool last night, we found this gorgeous photo from raikenn, who used a simple sheet of cork as a tray for his Adler vase collection. It got us thinking abo...

Flickr Finds: Liquid Stereo's White Epoxy Floor

We just stumbled upon Liquid Stereo and the photos he's been taking of his loft-in-progress. He's made lots of great design decisions but the one that jumped out to us, as both gutsy and glamorous, w...

Doll House Furniture Function

Really small is really cool. One of the most adorable displays we've ever seen was a doll house bathtub nestled in a flower box. The effect was magical and we felt like the tiny garden gnome might r...

Open Canvas

Julie, veteran blogger and home-renovator, came up with the best idea for alleviating pre-demolition jitters. As her family geared up for a complete kitchen renovation, the week prior to start date w...

Look!: IKEA's KROKVIK Chair Hangers in Action

On a recent trip to IKEA, we almost walked right by this ingenious product because we didn't see it. What we did notice, however, was the floating chairs. KROKVIK chair hangers are brackets which mo...

Color Choice: Miami Vice?

We lost a brutal bet over the weekend which means a big change for our kitchen. Winning would've earned us a free massage but we lost and this means we have to design our kitchen using a color palett...

Roundup: Chalkboards in the Kitchen

We're thinking about bringing a chalkboard into the kitchen. It's an old-school alternative to the dry erase board, and we've seen so many great examples lately that we thought, why not? Click below...

Long Tiles by Bryan Kerrigan

27 inches long! It's hard to visualize but these ceramic tiles by artist Bryan Kerrigan are indeed 27 inches long. The proportions are similar to subway tile...if said subway tile was on steroids! ...

IKEA Kitchen Items for the Bathroom

Sometimes the best place to look for bathroom products is the kitchen section. IKEA kitchen items are well-suited for an efficient bathroom, with plenty of wall-mounted storage units, rails that can...

CoolTiles

If a tiling project is next on your list, check out CoolTiles before you do a thing. Their webstore is a virtual warehouse of tile in glass, stone, metal, and even blended medium, like a combo marble...

New Uses for Vintage Pieces in the Kitchen

We clipped this image from an old issue of Budget Living years ago. There are so many innovative uses of vintage pieces going on this space: bookshelves in the kitchen, a chalkboard to-do list, and ...

Kitchen Counters and Stools

Looks like it's shaping up to be an industrial chic day on AT:Chicago. We've been looking at kitchen sets, and lately we're dreaming of a counter with stools to help create a little more workspace i...