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Donkey Kong style gamer's shelving. ...
Anyone with a pool knows the drill. Right after a dip in the pool, you need to take a quick shower. While there are other systems out there, this is the first that we've seen that will heat the water ...
Certainly worthy of displaying in any techie's home, these inspiring and oh-so-hip pieces of art feature no paint or pen—just tape....
Ok, so this new fabric was designed with fashion in mind, but outdoor furniture requires water repellency just as much as your rain jacket.
Designed by Italian outerwear company Allegri, the new te...
It's been a while since I've written about this amp and I figured it was time for an update. I am actually looking for suggestions on the finishing color, so feel free to chime in in the comme...
Similar to the larger Sanctuary charging station, the newest compact Bluelounge Refresh is designed to keep your gear organized and fully charged while not in use (we think it's important to ha...
We know that a lot of homes have some strange smells. That's why air purifiers are so important. They also help if you are living in an area that's more polluted. With asthma sufferers on the rise, ha...
French country, look away. This is a project for those of us who love the unfinished. Who prefer exposed red brick. Who dig loft apartments where you can look up and see the air ducts. This is a lapto...
For those of you with valuables to hide, we've shown you how to hide a 'safe' inside of a vintage radio. Here's another DIY storage solution that will make you feel like James Bond......
Regardless of how you may feel when it comes to the laptop vs. netbook debate, there's no denying that the cloud is here, sucking up all our streamlined needs and then spitting it back out onto any co...
We conduct so much energy in all of the things we do each day; why aren't we embracing that? There's so much we could do and so much money we could save if we just harnessed our ability to produce ...
Most speakers tend to look similar. If you don't want a big black box, you usually have to spend more money on getting higher-end speakers. Thankfully, there are some newer speakers that are cheaper a...
Finding the perfect vintage piece to hold your new tech is skill. Furniture built pre- televisions, DVD players, video game systems tend not to hold the shelving, cabinets, drawers, and electri...
Though we don't have any kids in our house, we do love taking baths, so we were delighted to find this gadget to make bath-time more enjoyable. Since we rent, we were even more delighted that it at...
This thing is far more sophisticated than our wire-hanger-made DIY cord wrangler, but it follows the same general principle: Want to hide stuff on your desk? Do it behind the monitor!...
Phyto Purification Bathroom: natural water purification system using rushes, reeds, water hyacinths and lemnas to clean and reuse bathing/sink water....
Earlier this week, we told you about a Firefox extension that helped you get the best deals at Amazon. Since a lot of shopping nowadays is done online, and since there are quite a bit of online shops,...
Having a good desk when you work from home is as important as having a good bed. Like the latter, if you're not comfortable at your desk you're going to have a really tough time getting through ...
This week's slinks includes a throw back audiophile shop catering to the analog sound lover's generation, puzzle dinosaur lights with some Jurassic appeal for kids and adults alike, Consumer Report's ...
We love this lamp from the Museum of Modern Art for the cheeky little way it makes tech feel cozy and cute. Never before has a compact fluorescent light bulb seemed so much like an intentional part of...
In any home, there is a certain amount of dirty dishes that is generated when people eat. For decades, it has always been the same routine. Either wash them by hand and let them dry or put them in the...
It must be something in the air, but it seems like everyone wants to work with porcelain now. We're certainly not complaining, just think it's interesting that designers are using the material in c...
Parents are very adamant about their views about technology in the home. Some say there's no TV until a certain age (although sometimes online videos count) and likewise, there's those who ke...
We've always been big fans of Bodum. They tend to make kitchen gear that's both unique, yet basic. This year, they've brought in a bit of color into their line of goods. Above is their new Bistro toa...
The boys at Audioengine, makers of the acclaimed A2 speakers we're so bonkers about, claim to have a much more streamlined solution than using Apple's Airport Express for audio streaming.
Software-l...
In a world where it seems you can get just about anything customized to your space, we're still really limited in appliance variations. Range tops sit four in a square and rest on top of counte...
We love the tongue-in-cheek sunflower design of this solar powered CD player/charging station combination, but haven't found any evidence it has yet made it into production. With the CD controls an...
If there's one thing that relaxes anyone after a long day at work or at school, it's a relaxing soak in the tub. Bathtubs are often underrated as a way of relieving stress. They're also great for reli...
Who doesn't like winning stuff? Panasonic is giving away HD gear from now until Labor Day via their site Living in HD. Every week there's a theme, this week it's weddings, and community member (yes, ...
Fire extinguishers are obviously an essential element in every home, but so often they are a necessary evil in terms of design- that little red canister has never done anything to enhance our d...
There's so much hype whenever modern computing giant Apple is set to make a move in the home tech game. We heard rumors of them patenting a tablet device, then saw that they confirmed a tablet compute...
No joke, the Sit-to-Walkstation is a real product! We'd love to test one of these out for a month and see how much weight we'd lose...or how many times we'd fall during a conference call....
After a hard day at work, it's nice to come to a relaxing mood in your home. In order for you to accomplish this, you can modify your lighting to be more soothing. It's been proven that the colors tha...
We try to hide our mess by figuratively sweeping it under the rug. Plus, we literally hide across-the-room cords under rugs and carpets sometimes. So many things in our homes go "under the rug,"...
The BiOrb Life Aquarium is for the pet owner with discriminating taste in decor. Sporting an LED lighting system designed to mimic the actual schedule of real sunlight, an advanced 5-stage filtration ...
Believe it or not, college co-eds, but dorms have rules. Lots of 'em. To avoid breaking every. single. one., why not stick to the guidelines about appliances and make a do-it-yourself air conditioner....
We know that people would like to live without having to use batteries, but they are still necessary to power your gadgets, tools and gizmos. Sure, most devices have rechargeable batteries, but there ...
We don't know if it's this hot and sticky weather or just the fact that we've seen so many beautiful chillers of late, but we thought we'd roundup some of the best looking fridges for all to ooh...
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Nothing rattles our chains like being interrupted from a music high. We invest in super high-quality sound systems so we can chill out in our apartments after a long day of work and lose ourselves in...
In late 2008, Kyle Cassidy began photographing the work spaces of fantasy and science fiction authors to illustrate where their creative works are born. Not surprisingly, few have the tech good...
If there's one thing that frustrates us it's cleaning windows. Don't get us wrong, the glass on the inside is easy to clean, but a lot of us live in condos or apartments, making it impossible to clean...
There's nothing like a good looking home office. The space above is from Nikol's second home in Wisconsin. Nikol blogs for Design Scout, so she obviously has killer style. After the jump a breakdown ...
We love the idea of harnessing the power of the sun to cool our homes- it just seems so fitting! This design concept is intended to reduce dependency on conventional air conditioning units by repla...
Birds of a feather really do flock together. I'm a big fan of tech that's nostalgic or vintage in a glamorous way, like a rickety typewriter, a leather-housed turntable or mid-century camera bodies. W...
The OVO Washing Machine concept with illuminated informational screen....
One of the easiest ways of sharing documents is Google Docs. Google Docs allows you to share any number of documents among groups of people. We've found that it's an easy way to manage apartment life....
Sure, it would be great if all our homes were juiced via solar panels, but since a lot of us rent and we can only demand so much from our landlords, we have to make do with what we've got. One way to...
With so many of our readers living in compact urban spaces, we are always on the lookout for unique small space solutions to everyday problems. Given that goal, we were thrilled to find this m...
"La Malle à Feu", or translated for us English speakers, the "Travel Trunk of Fire", is one conversation piece sure to set the room aflame with curious wonder when opened. The modern white trunk open...
Even as we're constantly amazed at how much our mobile phones can do to make our lives simpler and more rich all at once, here comes a new innovation that will make your daily to-do list a lot simpler...
If you're like most students, you are probably trying get a few appliances for your dorm room or new apartment that you'll be sharing with roommates. Buying new appliances can be quite costly. The thi...
We can talk about clearing the clutter on our desks all day long, but it's a rare fleeting moment that it actually happens. So when we come across someone who has actually achieved the task, we have...
Everyone knows that RGB stands for red, green and blue. We all know that those colors play a very important role in how we view things on the computer screen and on paper. Now we have a whole ...
There have been rumors for months now that the Playstation 3's price tag is on the verge of dropping, but you can't be expected to check Amazon every day for that day to come. Instead you can use a ne...
Q - Hello all! I'm looking for a cheap alternative to this lightweight laptop desk available at Urban Outfitters right now. They're trying to charge an arm and a leg for it, but I'm sure it can be fou...
You know how there's one friend in a group that's always the one taking pictures? They're ready for anything —a road trip, a birthday dinner, a late night bar hop—with their point-and-shoo...
There may not be a need for a device that turns a flat surface into a giant bass machine; but we can't help but think it's pretty darn cool. And you can't beat the size and compatibility of it eith...
There are a lot of different remotes out there. The main reason why people enjoy them so much is that they enable you to control all of the components of your home theater system with a single remote....
One of our fave bloggers and Apartment Therapy book veterans, Victoria of sfgirlbybay, has redone her home office. We featured the previous incarnation, which we really enjoyed for its clean look, bu...
When it was time for home-cooked dinners in the family dining room, the TV went off and the phone—no matter how much it rang—went unanswered. But in these days, there's a thousand more dis...
Touch screens are what most users really want. With Apple releasing their neat new mulit-touch touchpads for their MacBooks, the race is on to provide touch and multi-touch capabilities to users. Unti...
200 hundred pancakes a minutes. That's how many flapjacks this $3,500 contraption will spit out to your heart's content. The ChefStack automatic pancake machine seems like something thought up for a S...
It's always fun to have some music while you are having some fun in your pool. Sure, there are some great solutions for this problem, but they tend to be on the expensive side. Which is why we thought...
So you're a big texter, huh? You've got the thumb motions down and you're hip to all the l8est txt slang and emoticons. If you're a big enough fan, you'll be rocking the Emoticon shower curtain—...
Fireplaces are usually seen as obstacles to those movie and tech buffs who are jonesing for a serious theater setup. The hearth of the home is usually just in the way when you're trying to mount a 62-...
Over the weekend we came face to face with hundreds, if not thousands, of raving mad parents and students gearing up for back to school at our local big box retailer. Little did we know, it was a sa...
When you are getting ready to furnish your dorm room, it might be a safe bet to check out some compact fridges. Some dorm rooms don't have them and offer larger fridges in the communal kitchen. While ...
We personally hate showcasing our DVD collection. It's not that we aren't proud of our movies -- who wouldn't be proud to own The Baby -- but we just don't think it's aesthetically pleasing to look a...
It seems not too long ago that TV upgrades only came every half decade or so. Nowadays, we're presented with revision after revision, boasting minuscule upgrades with hefty price tags. With the introd...
No, we're not talking about the kind of entertainment debt you can get into when you have a never-shrinking balance on your Best Buy credit card. This is a little less trouble and sometimes much more ...
Back to school season seems to fuel the diy and creative spirit around your spaces. You can't help but be thrifty and creative with new spaces that seem smaller and more akward (the closest o...
It's not uncommon for TVs to have a home in the bedroom. We don't recommend it as we've been told that watching TV right before bed can cause Mr. Sandman to take longer, but if you must, we like this...
Since we do the majority of our home computing sitting on the couch, we're always on the lookout for small and functional solutions to move the laptop off the lap. We were therefore delighted to se...
We have to say—nothing makes our day more than spotting an easy and cheap solution to our everyday home tech woes. Case in point: Unsightly peripherals and tangles of cord are given the "O...
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