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There are some t-shirts you just can't bare bear to throw away, no matter how many holes there may be in them. No worries. Hello Rewind will take the shirt off your back and turn it into a cozy holder for your notebook.

It's rare to find two-prong outlets in homes these days. Landlords and home owners have slowly switched over to three-prong outlets as more and more devices and appliances need them to power up. Occasionally though, you move into a place that doesn't have a three-prong outlet where you need one, so how do you remedy the situation?

When it comes to screen size, going big can sometimes cause more pain than pleasure. Case in point, when we were living in our 300-square-foot studio, there was no way to engineer our media space without practically sitting on top of our 42-inch LCD. Jason Sewell had a similar dilemma with the layout of his living room in Richmond, Va. but rather than endure eye strain, he used the space under his stairs to build his media center.

Hiding cables and wires doesn't need to have to include hiring an electrician or boring holes through your wall. In a pinch, you can use decorative boxes to hide the unsightly by-product of living in the digital age.

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When it comes to kitchen appliances, people have long built cabinetry that surrounds refrigerators, stoves, and dishwashers. Then why is it, when it comes to washer and dryers, saving space isn't the first thing that comes to mind?

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When Tara and Ari found out they were pregnant they needed to turn their home office into a nursery. So where did the couple put their workspace? They had a custom cabinet built to accommodate not only their workspace, but their media accoutrements as well.

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It's that time of the year again. The annual Greener Gadgets conference has announced its nominees for their Greener Gadgets competition. There are 18 entries you can vote for, with the winners announced at the event on February 25th.

We've selected our four favorite entries, which you can read about after the jump.

It's easy to think that you have to have an extra room to properly create a home theater, but in reality you just need a fresh coat of paint and some wall sconces (and of course the right equipment) to get the cineplex feel.

Dr. Peter Tsou of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory once said, "you could take a two- or three-bedroom house, insulate it with aerogel, and you could heat the house with a candle. But eventually the house would become too hot." So why haven't we all been spraying our buildings with the stuff? Unfortunately, for the past 75 years aerogel has been way too expensive, but that's all about to change.

How could you not love a couple who admits to their bad habits -- watching from bed. Admitting that the most likely time they'll want to relax in front of the boob tube is when they're in bed, one couple remodeled their master bedroom to accomodate their weakness. While it doesn't boast a gagillion inch projection screen and rumble seats, it does provide the best of both TV viewing worlds.

Jacqueline and George Schmidt are DIY extraordinaires. Their amazing home is featured in the February/March issue of ReadyMade magazine, which is chock full of amazing ideas you'll want to steal. Having the pleasure of touring the Schmidt's home, we give you one of their amazing ideas you can easily do at home.

While we all wish to become a completely paper-free society, there are times when you just have hit "print". What if, rather than putting all your no longer wanted paper in the recycling bin, you gave it another spin -- on a toilet paper roll?

Moving your home cross country can be a huge feat, but staying online to work during the whole ordeal doesn't have to be. With the right gadgets you can log in just long enough that your boss won't even know you're emailing from Interstate 40. Plus, all that extra surfing power will help you land in the right city for the night with the right grub in your belly.