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12 of my “favorite things” to gift to your favorite people

Here starts the latest round of Offbeat Home & Life gift guides. For this one, we’re going through the “my favorite things” archive AND re-visiting some of the things I’ve featured on Offbeat Home & Life that are STILL my favorite things… and may soon be your [parent/friend/partner/child]’s favorite thing.

My all-time favorite gadget for drying wet, snowy accessories

We live in snow country and deal with the fluffy white wet stuff about half the year. This is my all-time favorite gadget for drying soggy gloves/mittens, boots, shoes, damp socks, or anything small…

Horrifically awesome mortician-themed bathroom

I stumbled upon mortician-themed apothicary jars, and it hit me. I’ve already made an apothecary-themed bathroom, what would a mortician-themed bathroom look like? I’m gonna say, it’ll look something like this…

13 unexpected and surprisingly colorful industrial light fixtures

I’m kind of all kinds of love with Manhattan Project Design Shop’s lighting collection. My buddy was looking for hanging lamps for his kitchen and dining area. He stumbled upon these, shared them with me, and I had to share them with you.

Purple paper, pens, and painkillers: inside a grad student’s bag

Have you ever played that game where you guess what’s in strangers’ bags while you’re commuting?

Stylish rolling bags to lug around your daily necessities

In my new job, my office is in an inconvenient location, and I don’t like to drive from building to building around campus. Consequently, I find myself lugging quite a lot of stuff around with me throughout the day: books, papers, laptop, regular daily stuff. That’s why I’m hoping for suggestions from Homies. Does anyone have suggestions for stylish rolling bags to lug around my daily necessities?

Wear your insider nerdisms on the outside with these subtley geeky designs from Jordandené

Pennsylvania-bred and Brooklyn-based, Jordan makes clothing (for adults and kids) with geek-chic graphic designs. I’m cray-cray for these screen printed shirts and undies that, as Jordan puts it, “feature beautiful, hand-lettered quotes and insider nerdisms for those with discerning taste.” Check out these tops and undies that feature quotes from Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, and Carl Sagan…

8 locking cabinets that are stylish enough to put in your bedroom

My husband is on a lot of medications and we have a two-year-old who has finally figured out the beauty of moving stools to reach what she wants. We need to lock up his meds, but not in the bathroom. I was hoping to find a locking cabinet stylish enough to put up in our bedroom. But I haven’t found anything yet. Especially something not too expensive. Would that be a challenge you would be willing to do?