Kitchen bathtub, home wine-maker, and the world’s most unsexy slippers
Start your week with our collection of interesting articles on the web and photos from our readers. In these Clicky Links you’ll find lots of sites to waste a little time on — all about apple pies, the legacy of Squanto, and secret passages.
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This steampunk master bath/time machine has a toilet AND a shower
Bruce Rosenbaum, creator of Offbeat Home’s favorite steampunk home, recently came up with this Steampunk Time Machine Antique Master Bathroom Computer Workstation, to be included in Steampunk: Form and Function: An Exhibition of Innovation, Invention and Gadgetry, an exhibit hosted by the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, Massachusetts.
9 glorious tubs: Draw yourself a fantasy bath and stay a while
BATHS ARE THE BEST! The years I spent living in dorms I was much more upset about my lack of bathtub than about my inability to have pets, or my inability to make out with my boyfriend in peace, or my inability to afford anything. All I wanted most of the time was a nice bath.
Happily, I’ve never NOT had a tub since leaving school — and the tub I have now is very, very deep. But that doesn’t mean I can’t fantasize about the best part of my home; I like the cut of these tubs’ jib.
9 ideas for house numbers that go BOOM
You wouldn’t believe the amount of questions I’ve gotten about house numbers! I guess I’m not surprised — they’re an easy way to change up your house, but when you head to the hardware store you get, like, four choices for house numbers and they’re all pretty blah. Here are non-blah makeable and buyable ideas for displaying your house — or maybe apartment? — number.
Your cube is your castle: TONS of non-standard desk decor without a cliche in sight
Wanted: ideas for cheap and easy cubicle decor. Already considered: potted plants, pretty pictures, subversive cross-stitchnarf.
Do not want: Anything that smells or makes noise or blinks.
Aging beers in casks and imagining pet bats — reader photos
Start your day with our collection of interesting articles on the web and photos from our readers. In these Clicky Links you’ll find lots of sites to waste a little time on — and you’ll find a host of uses for missile silos.
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Big design in little teeny houses: the I AM GIANT challenge
Blogger Emily Henderson is orchestrating the I AM A GIANT blog challenge, something I have to support because of its gross use of all-caps. The gist is that all participants are decorating doll houses, and there’s some pretty incredible stuff going on…
Needles, teeth, and photos of dead people: the macabre home of Emilia
Emilia has this organically creepy home, and it’s right up my alley: all bones, x-rays, and glass containers. Turns out deep down I just want to live in a natural history museum. This is a total fantasy home for me.