When those laughable kitchen tools have a purpose
The other half and I have long made a game of ridiculing silly kitchen tools we see at the shopping mall. My favorite is the thing you use to cut avocados — you still have to cut the avocado in half with a knife to use it.
So what am I supposed to do when she tells me she wants a mandoline?! I thought I knew you.
How do I cut paper towels out of my kitchen habits?
We took the dive into a CSA, and it is so fun. However, this influx of new produce has us racing through paper towels — lots of items call for wrapping in damp paper towels for storage.
We’ve started talking about cutting disposables out — but it seems daunting to lose such a convenient product! How do I get started?
Feast your eyes: vintage wallpaper inspiration in the kitchen
A collection of vintage wallpapers: some are loud and overpowering, others are just the right amount of zing. In pinks, reds, yellows, and one really powerful red, black, and white pattern.
Help me, Homies: My slovenly roommates attract bugs which I’m powerless to stop
Some of my roommates have been, let’s say, not so good with cleaning sometimes. So the bugs came. We rarely see them during the day, but they’re EVERYWHERE at night. Turning on the light, I usually have to stifle my instinctive scream. HELP. ME.
One big happy family works it out in a high-chroma house
Mica Sue and Stephen live with kids Phoenix, Ocean, Anna, and Garrett and pets Holly and Mr. Kitters in a three bedroom house in east Tennessee. And it’s all a bit… chromatic. And full.
A surprisingly colorful science geek bathroom and a buncha little collections
I gathered up photos featuring collections from the Flickr group — we’ve got lovely rocks, matching gardening containers, vinyl art and more.
Australian anti-minimalist 1970s house that will bring you to colorgasm
These folks have curated their vintage object collection, and their house is filled with so much cool stuff from the ’70s that you’ll give the decade of bell bottoms a second chance.
Video game housewares to nerd-up a geek den
Four gamer-teasing objects for a bar, den or living room you’ll want hard.