Archive Category: Home & Garden

Marilyn Monroe Lamp

Marilyn Monroe inspired lamp designed by the Italian Slide Design company.

Link - via pan-dan

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$1.3 Million Gold Stool

A stool made from 50kg of gold, currently on display in Kunming, China.

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Wine Jug Furniture

Wine company Carlo Rossi is challenging its customers to make something out of its wine jugs. The Jug Simple Furniture Collection was used as examples. See a wine jug chandelier, speaker system, lamp, bookshelves, and this sofa at The World’s Best Ever. Link -via Dump Trumpet

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R2-D2 Pepper Mill

Oooh, here’s the R2-D2 Pepper Mill. All you have to do is twist its head (dome?) and it’ll crap pepper!

Link - via technabob and Cynical-C

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More uses for rubber bands.

Slip a rubber band onto the toilet paper dispenser when adding a new roll. Between uses, slip the band around the roll -it will keep your toddler or your cat from unrolling the whole thing! Find more suggestions for using rubber bands at Wise Bread. Link -via Geek Like Me

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Smart Furniture

Cool or creepy? This collection of furniture innovations include a toilet that measures your health, a bench that plays with you, a footstool that follows you around, and a tablecloth that glows around objects set upon it! Some of these items you’ve seen here before. I think most of it is creepy. Link -via Reddit

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Tie-Dye Roses

Photo: Sew Darn Jenny [Flickr]

Dutch company Happy Colors created these "tie-dyed" roses above and other multi-colored flowers by injecting pigments into the stem using hypodermic needles.

Link [in Ducth, with video clip] - Thanks quinn!

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Alien Coffee Table

Here’s a coffee table guaranteed to be a conversation piece for you: Alien furniture, hand crafted made from used car parts, tools, and scrap metal!

Link - via Born Rich, thanks Naveen!

A perfect companion for your Yoda and Star Wars imperial stormtrooper scrap metal sculptures.

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Anatomical Coffee Set ca. 18th Century

Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy told us about this fantastic find: a set of 18th century coffee set featuring a rather macabre art: anatomical illustration! Way to wake yourself up in the morning!

Link (click on the pictures there for hi-res versions) - Thanks Joanna!

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Reconfigurable Desk Grows Along with Kid

Mahmoud Akram designed this kid’s desk with three built-in sizes so as your child grows, the desk grows as well! Link

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Corner Lamp

Got a small room? Here’s a lamp that doesn’t waste any space: the Corner Lamp from Design House.

Not cheap though, $225 plus shipping.

Link - via Funfurde

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Missing Tree Vase

You’re looking at a cool new design by Jean Marie Massaud of Serralunga, called the Missed Tree vase.

See more fun and artsy vase collections here: Link (don’t miss the Screw vase)- via TrendsNow

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Space Invaders Doormat

How awesome is this? A Space Invaders doormat, complete with glowing animated aliens! Link
- via Random Good Stuff

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Cat Fish Bowl

This fun and cute cat inspired fish bowl is available for $34 at UrbanPeel.com.

Link - via cribcandy

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Russian Lawnmower

A Russian home made lawnmower made from a tricycle.

This particular lawnmower still works and sometimes is used by this Russian man on his “dacha”, the summer wooden cottage where he spends some of his weekends, like many other Russians do.

Link - via Make

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25 Skills Every Man Should Know.

Popular Mechanics has published a list of 25 skills every man should know. They are:

1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
3. Rescue a boater who as capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass
10. Use a torque wrench
11. Sharpen a knife
12. Perform CPR
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data
17. Paint a room
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network

I know how to do most of these. What do you need to know to hook up an HDTV? Could it possibly be harder than hooking up my TV/VCR/DVD/RF/cable box combination? Link -via Fark

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21 Things You Don’t Know You Can Actually Recycle

Co-op America Quarterly wrote an article about 21 things you may not know you can actually recycle. Take, for example, foam peanuts:

Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept foam peanuts for reuse. Or, call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off site: 800/828-2214. For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, 410/451-8340, www.epspackaging.org/info.html

Here is the complete list: Link - Thanks Dave!

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Napkin Folding Instructions

How to fold different napkin designs. Step-by-step instructions with photos.

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DIY Stylish Lamp From Burnt Bulbs

What do you do with old, burnt light bulbs? Throw ‘em away? Recycle ‘em? How about "creacycle" yourself a new light fixture with a kit from Bulbs Unlimited.

The kit includes a device called the "Inkubator" which allows you to precisely glue snap buttons so you can connect lightbulbs together just like LEGO bricks!

Link - via Gizmodo

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Graffiti Lamps

Cool looking graffiti lamps from the California based furniture store Weego Home.

Link - via BB-Blog

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B-52 Ejection Office Chair

Boring office meeting? Well, with this B-52 Ejection Office Chair, you can just pull the lever and abort!

The chair is made by Donovan Fell III of MotoArt, who specializes in taking old airplane parts from the junk yard and turning them into some amazing looking furnitures.

Link (Don’t miss the DC-6 Cowling Desk!)

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Chair and Table, Sofa, and Bed All in One!

Do you live in a teeny tiny apartment? Then this chair, sofa, and bed combo is for you! Link - via The Bed Blog

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Read and Roam with the Bookinist Chair

The "Bookinist" is a mobile reading chair, created by Nils Holger Moormann. Ouzox blog wrote:

The design reminded me of the Bibliochaise, but I love the little details like the built-in reading lamp, and an secret compartment in the armrest, that holds bookmarks, pencils, notepad, and a magnifying glass. And of course the wheel, to carry the chair to your favorite reading spot, or follow the sun around the house on a reading marathon.

Link | Original website [in German]

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Pillow Spoon Rest

After a long and hard day’s work in the kitchen, your spoon wants to rest, so lay down its weary head and keep your kitchen counter clean with this pillow spoon rest…

Link - via Crib Candy

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Green Roofs: Pretty and Functional

EcoGeek blog has some gorgeous pictures of green roofs, which supposedly can also minimize heating and cooling bills of buildings while maximizing the the beauty of the urban landscape.

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Carpet Pad Shaped like Rolling Hills of Golf Courses

Ah, the manicured green rolling hills of golf courses - It’s always been my dream to have a backyard as beautiful as a PGA tournament-worthy golf course, but alas, a quick peek at my bank account is enough to quash that dream.

But not all hope is lost: here’s a fantastic carpet from moderntots which brings the greenery into your living room. Link

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Periodic Coasters

Here’s something new from Dimitra and Bill of Up To You in Toronto, the Periodic Coasters:

Based on the standard periodic table this set of 8 elemental drinkmats allow you to send coded messages to your guests - arsenic for your love rival, gold for the object of your desire.

Hey! How come I get Boron? Link - Thanks Dimitra!

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Nick Foley’s Pear Light

Artist Nick Foley created this beautiful steel tree lamp that doubles as a charging base for three glowing "pears":

Each pear contains ten ultrabright white LEDs, an autonomous charging circuit, and rare-earth magnets that allow it to be "picked" from the tree and remain fully illuminated for over an hour

Simply gorgeous - you must see the larger pic at Nick’s Coroflot portfolio: Link - via Make

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Topiary Designs

Topiary Art Designs Ltd. is a company in Suffolk, England that mades topiaries and frames in amazing shapes. Browse their gallery for more like this elephant family. See the FAQs to find out how they do it, and how you can try it, too! Link -via Arbroath

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Stephen King’s Gargoyle Fence

I suppose if you’re a famous bestselling author, like Stephen King, you too can have this awesome wrought iron gargoyle fence for your home!

Taken by Neatorama reader Rich B. during his 100-day cross country "Great America Roadtrip": Link - Thanks Rich!

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