It's hard to find good TV trays. Many are made of cheap plastic, cheap metal, or a generic-finished wood, which can make it difficult to find one that actually enhances your decor in addition to being merely useful. Especially if you have a sophisticated modern decor, even an otherwise nice light oak folding table would look more than a little out of place >>>...
A few months ago, I had one of those rare, lucky occasions to significantly upgrade my TV for a very reasonable price. It was an opportunity I simply couldn't pass up, but blowing my budget on a big screen meant that for the last few months I've had a TV that's almost ridiculously too large for the TV stand it's sitting on. Now that I've had time to recover from the purchase (and get really sick of my teeny tiny TV stand), I'm in the market for an upgrade, but I've started to realize that picking a new stand is almost as complicated as picking the TV was in the first place >>>...
Two days ago, everyone's least favorite part of summer landed here in my town - and is probably starting to creep up in muggier climes all around the country. What do I mean? Why, mosquito season, of course! And if itchy red bumpy bites weren't bad enough, mosquitoes are dirty, disease carrying little bugs, and the "danger zone" for West Nile Virus is growing every year. So, while those hateful little bloodsuckers start to spawn in a pond or puddle near you, or your local campground, make sure you know the best way to protect yourself >>>...
A wine cooler is one of those little luxury items that you might not think to want, but once you have one, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. Especially if you drink a lot of wine or frequently have a lot of guests who do, a home wine cooler will really improve the way you entertain. Designed to hold anywhere from 4 to over a hundred bottles of wine, digital wine coolers keep all your favorite vintages close at hand >>>...
When furniture designers found themselves gloomy, questioning the purpose of their inane creations, they may have thought throwing lights into their projects would lull them out of their depression. Whether or not that worked, the glowing couches and tables are a treat for consumers. Like moths, we freak out over anything that lights up >>>...
Next time you think about throwing a luau, forget the grass skirt and grab some grass furniture instead.
This furniture merges the home with a grassy meadow. Even with potted plants, the home ensemble just isn’t green enough >>>...
If you follow our blog, you know that we're "green" at heart. I, personally, don't hug a lot of trees, but I do admire them and walk out of my way to pass houses with beautiful landscaping. Usually that means a flowering fruit tree or maybe a bush pruned to look like a giraffe >>>...
How many times have you been warned not to throw rocks at a glass house, and how many times has that advice come in handy? Well, brave architects are planning to build a glass house showroom this year. They won't have any trouble filling it, either, with the glass furniture, glass tile, glass accents, and glass everything else that's already available. They'll have to work around birds trying to fly in and people looking up ladies' skirts, but the design itself will be no problem >>>...
I'm going to let you in on a little secret - I love buying furniture second hand. It's like the pieces you find at a thrift shot, flea market, or just on the side of the road come pre-installed with a heaping helping of personality and potential. After all, if you only paid $5 for it, you'll probably feel a little more at liberty to get creative with it >>>...
Rustic decor is great on its own for a cabin feel or to remind you of Grandma's farmhouse. It also mixes surprisingly well into almost any other home decor. Unless, of course, your pad is space age or hardcore industrial, at which point I make no promises >>>...
