Merry Christmas!
You can get a jumpstart on next year’s decorations with this lovely colorful DIY wreath from blogger Emily Kate, who chronicles the story of renovating her 1880s log cabin at ThirtyEight20. It seems...
View ArticleTop Three Thursdays
I’m kicking off Top Three Thursdays on Etsy this week with something a little different. Yes, the object can be used in the home, but it’s the presentation that makes this item exceptional. The object...
View ArticleFrank Fontana Giveaway
Do you need some creative ideas for home design do-overs? We have one copy of Frank Fontana‘s new book, Frank Fontana’s Dirty Little Secrets of Design, to get you inspired and moving ahead. This is a...
View ArticleWorld of Good
Want to do a world of good and get something lovely for yourself at the same time? Check out eBay’s World of Good virtual store, where your shopping helps shape a better world by supporting indigenous...
View ArticleCool Displays: Hang Your Kids’ Artwork Like This!
Like everyone else on the Web, we at Life@Home are in love with Pinterest. If you haven’t joined yet, take a peek — there’s bright, colorful, interesting photos and videos of all kinds of things in...
View ArticleWhat concrete can do for your garden
Concrete seems like a tricky area of experimental yard art. I know it’s irrational (probably?), but whenever I come across wet pavement, I assume if I step in it I’ll get stuck like it’s quicksand and...
View ArticleDIY knockoffs
Someone recently asked a funny question on Facebook: When shopping online, does anybody really search prices from high to low? Probably not. Unless you’re looking for a good laugh. But it’s true that...
View ArticleMake your own chalkboard paint!
Over at BuzzFeed, there’s some chatter about Pinterest killing feminism. I say hogwash! Pinterest and its users’ interest in clever ways to stay healthy and fit and stylish and frugal is a component...
View ArticleThe dish soap. The hand soap.
This is really embarrassing. So I just haven’t really gotten around to getting soap dispensers for my bathroom or kitchen. So you know what I’ve been doing? Keeping the value-shopper-brand dishsoap and...
View ArticleI want Hannah Horvath’s headboard from “Girls”
I’ve just got a new mattress for the first time since college, and I’m still excited to go to bed in it every night. It’s such a relief, this newer, bigger!, firmer, cleaner, softer, healthier,...
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