How can I make my leopard-print sheets feel less love motel-y?
I over-indulged on leopard print in the bedroom, but I know I can make this work! How can I make leopard print sheets less love motel-y?
Check out this glow in the dark dino display
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 setting up photo booths, mealworm ice cream, and pizza-shaped sleeping bags.
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This blog will teach you how to break down a door
Art of Manliness is dedicated to sharing simple knowledge, and the belief that being “manly” isn’t about having a penis. Last week, bloggers Brett and Kate taught us all how to break down a door with this illustration by Ted Slampyak.
Read it over, drink it in, and save the information away for the next time you need to bust a door.
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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Use stumpy slivers of soap to make MORE soap
I recently ran out of hand soap and decided that rather than buy more, I’d just rinse out the soap bottle and pump and make my own. It’s super easy to make your own soap using the stumpy remnants of bar soap (you know, the little sliver that’s a little too big to throw away but too small to really use) or little hotel bars.
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.
7 ways to ensure your craft room isn’t a DIY vomitorium
I have a lot of craft stuff. No, seriously, I have a LOT of craft stuff. I’m also a person who needs her ton of craft supplies to be organized and displayed attractively! Hey, I’m a complicated girl.
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.