Displaying postcards and other paper ephemerata without any sticky stuff
I have a lot of postcards that I want to use to decorate my new apartment, but I can’t quite figure out how. How can I incorporate these postcards in my decor in an aesthetically-pleasing and durable way?
Dee and Nathan’s very orange mod collection in a warm industrial loft
Hardwood factory floors, hugely-high ceilings and 18-foot windows set the stage for Dee and Nathan’s home/pop-up vintage shop. Come in a take a tour of their loft, covet their art and scope Dee’s lunchbox collection/filing system.
Interesting ways to display a pencil collection, organize snacks, and show off cowboy boots
Our readers got crafty and came up with intriguing new ways to show off their stuff. Just WAIT until you see what one girl did to make her broke-down dishwasher useful.
Repair as rebellion
Check it: the DIY movement can help us learn to cut our consumption and make more conscientious buying decisions.
We want to move into an up-and-coming neighborhood, but our family’s putting us off!
I need to convince my family that living downtown doesn’t mean raising our kids in a crack den!
A rustic kid’s play house built with flea market finds and scratch
Claudia created this wooden play house for her daughter from corrugated plastic and items from a local flea market — AND it has a pool!
Adam Wallacavage’s high drama light fixtures with Hello Kitty, octopus, and deer
You’ve probably seen Adam Wallacavage’s octopus chandeliers floating around the ‘net before — photos of them have made the rounds for a while now. I was happy to stumble over his other sculptures this week — and I kind of love them even more.
The HippieShack2000™: the most amazing place I ever lived
Six months of living in an industrial loft in 1999 soured me so deeply on everything urban, I fled the city completely and moved an hour south of Seattle to Olympia, WA. This is in commemoration of the amazing house we rented.