Decluttering Your Kids’ Sentimental Items is Hard

Bar carts no longer stay parked beside a dining table waiting for guests. Designers and homeowners have started moving them into entryways, living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and covered patios where they serve as display shelves, coffee stations, plant stands, and compact storage. Wheels remain part of the design, but many of today’s carts spend little…

Prague-based designer Boris Klimek has designed new Arcade pendant lamps for BROKIS that merge two classic aesthetics. First is the simplicity of electrical cables with a light source, and second is the aesthetics of a classic chandelier. Showcased at this year’s 3daysofdesign festival, the pendants merge these two aesthetics to create a warm and elegant…

This is just a guess, but I’d be willing to bet that very few of us have actually sat down and read the user manuals for our major appliances. Personally, I might pull one out if I needed to look up an error code, but even then I’d probably only look at the relevant pages….

“The Sommerhus Collection is inspired by the Danish tradition of retreating to the sea and forest for a brief season and living simply and quietly,” says Julie Pointer Adams. First-hand experience came from the six summer weeks Julie and her husband and creative partner, Ryan Adams, and their two young sons spent in a seaside…

Children love to play with castles, and the Casul chairs become one in seconds. Otherwise a chair for kids, you can transform the seats into a children’s playset resembling a miniature throne rendered in plywood. Designed by Irish furniture designer James Murphy, the Casul chairs feature clever timber joints and kid-safe hinges that allow the…

Use the leaves of a common herb found in gardens to make a soothing anti-inflammatory salve. This DIY Comfrey Salve is easy to make with the dried leaves that naturally have medicinal properties. Homemade comfrey salve is a traditional remedy for skin irritations, wounds, and bruises.  The comfrey plant contains substances called allantoin, rosmarinic acid…