Archive | July, 2014

Help Us Find Out If $18 really IS a Lucky Number

Reminder: Most of the Stuff You Worry About…

DIY or Buy: Attention Grabbing Geometric Headboards + Panels

For Sale: Rare French Dining Table (Long, Narrow, Curiously Modern)

Making Music with…Rain

Anthony Giglio Kills at the Moth!

Back to Basics with Homemade Household Products

Stylish Repurposed Tables from RioEtc

Maira Kalman on Daydreaming, Eccentricity, and Not Knowing What is Going On

School Girl Parcour

Go DIY (or buy) and Fly a Kite!

Amazing Makeshift, Human-Powered Mobile Home

House Tour with Life Lessons: Tom Fallon’s Shelter Island Cottage

May the Mistakes I Make Light the Way

Do a Wheelie!!

Industrial Materials for DIY (Incl Vibration Fixes)

Sculptural, Dimensional Textiles—for Couture or DIY

Learning to Fly at Home (Yves Lecoq)

Sea Shell Printed Cookies and Pie Crusts

Improvised Life Love

Graffiteed River Rock Monster

Annals of Bad Design: COS Lightweight Backpack + Our FIX

Freeform Architecture LEGO Kit in Monochrome White (+ D-I-Y Alternative)

Exploration: Maria Robledo’s Frame Series

Kid’s Drawings Made Real

Chic Newspaper Hat (Inge Morath)

Concrete Block Planters and Raised Beds

Rough-stitched Ripped Linen Pillow Covers

Kenzo’s FAB “I’m Not Afraid of Losing” + 24 African Dances to Brighten Your Day

Gif of the Week: Feel the Sand

In Praise of Shadows and Quiet, Muted Interiors

Sea Shell Salt Cellar

Random Find: Klee’s Tree House via Little Free Library

PES’ Western Spaghetti

Closet Strategies with a Simple Piece of Fabric

big shipping pallet and concrete block outdoor table

How to Think in Haiku (and a Haiku about Grasses)

Cherry Season’s Perfect Desserts

Designers’ Wish List Dreams Become Prototyped Reality

Micron, A Cheap, Great Pen to Repace the Rapidograph

Find: HUGE 100% Cotton Dish Towels Have Many Uses

When Normal Equals Perfect

Gif of the Week: Spreading Wings

Leftover Tiles Morph into a Trivet for Hot Pots and Pans

Water Lily-ish Sculptures and Other Floating Possibilities

Holton Rower’s Money Art (Art Takes Money)

Instant Treehouse or Picnic in the Sky with a Hanging Tent

Our Search for Lego-Like Adult Building Blocks

Makoto Azuma’s Living Walls and Floors

Trees and Ideas (Why Not Plant One?)

On A Wall in Rome: Free Your Mind (Ellen Silverman)

A HUGE Paper Globe Transforms a Room

A Rusty Corrugated Shed with a Modern Interior

Motivational Passwords Are Your Daily Digital Mantra

3 Sensational Chopped Salads for Summer

Introducing Improvised Life’s New Store

Window Shade Room Dividers

Apartment Reno Encompasses Old and New

Fab Time-Lapse Video of Objects Sanded (Like X-Ray Vision)

GIF of the Week: Fractal View

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