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Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 6

Projectors can give you big screen options, but where to install the awkward gizmo can be a challenge. If you want a great picture you tend to have to install your new device in the middle of the room...

Look! Ikea Bedtable Turned TV stand

We love Ikea hacks and a hack that helps hold your gizmos is a mega plus. Looking for a small entertainment center, and Ikea Hacker reader discovered that if she put two Malm bedside tables together s...

Flickr Finds: Multitasking Wallunit

While perusing Flickr for décor ideas we came upon a New Yorker's solution for packing a media center, library, and home office in one wall within her small bedroom. Using Ikea's Ivar shelving unit...

Crate and Barrel's All-in-One Media Center Solution

We just got Crate and Barrel's catalog in and are psyched to see a well designed media center at a reasonable price. The cabinet has creative solutions for holding and hiding your flat screen, DVDs,...

Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 4

Next up in our tour of Small Cool 2008 tech is Mathew Melis' pad in Los Angeles, where a tea cart was repurposed as a peripheral pad......

LowKey Stand Keeps Your Mac Setup Tidy

Very slick, Macessity...very, very slick. The LowKey Stand is a powder-coated platform that perfectly compliments your aluminum sheathed iMac or Apple Display, providing a measured cubby slot to tuck ...

Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 3

And off we go again on our tech tour of this year's Small Cool spaces. Over the past week we've been looking at creative ways this year's Small Cool finalists have incorporated technology into their h...

Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 2

As we continue with our look at the best tech in this year's Small Cool contest we go to Ginger's San Francisco loft where she's built a hanging shelf for her media center......

Schulte Design's Workstation 1

The Kitchen Workstation 1 by Schulte Design acknowledges more and more people are now utilizing computer equipment in the kitchen, both for cooking and non-cooking resources or entertainment ("Wanna c...

DIY Project: Use Contact Paper to Fake Multiple Wood Texture

Not all media centers start off looking rad. Sometimes you need to get creative with that MDF unit and make it look a little less like college dorm furniture. Using contact paper can be a great way to...

Look! Reclaimed Wood Media Center

It's official. We're in love. Please welcome our soul mate, the Fractured Fairy Tale. Made by designer Thomas Wold, the piece is a wall unit made for his client in order to house their A/V equipment...

Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008

If you haven't checked out the pads in Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2008 contest we strongly urge you to. Hot damn there are some good ideas and some are on the tech front. We'll be posting some of ...

Council Design: System 24 Modular Storage

With Lego-like properties, this modular storage system can be configured into numerous combinations - you can turn it into a TV stand, a shelf for your home theatre PC, or make it into a media storage...

Flickr Finds: Zen Media Center

If you've ever gone to a spa you've probably noticed that pebbles and rocks play a large part in the décor. There's something relaxing about carefully arranged rock gardens, so it makes sense that yo...

Look! Minimalist Desk With Tons of Space

This great DIY project comes to us via Design*Sponge. While the desk as shown seems to be used for storage and crafts, this could easily be modified to be an office desk or TV stand......

Roundup: Etsy Finds

Etsy is a goldmine for gadget and geek accessories you didn't know you needed. Every month we'll be rounding up the best finds from craftsters from around the world. This month we found a rad needle...

Anthro eNook Compared to the Ikea PS

The eNook and the Ikea PS are two very nice wall mounted desks with once very big difference, price. ...

BlueLounge's The Sanctuary: A Home For Your Gadgets

"Sanctuary...Sanctuary..." The words evoke memories of one of our favourite childhood favourite movies, Logan's Run. But in this case, The Sanctuary is a tastefully designed charging station compatibl...

MoDu Media: Media Cabinet With Integrated Stand

The MoDu media cabinet from the Swiss company Team by Wellis is a minimal and understated way of displaying your TV, both against a wall or in the middle of the room. ...

Survey: Is Your Workspace Horizontal or Vertical?

We've seen our share of vertically arranged workspaces here at Unplggd, including Marc's vertical solution and Edward's use of a small space. We stick to a horizontal arrangement, ourselves, but wond...

Reader Poll: How Much Hard Drive Storage Do You Need/Want?

We all know that storage is an ever growing conundrum, but how do we all deal with our different needs? We have noticed that no matter how much storage we get, how much backing up we do, there always...

Reader Tip: Record Cabinet as TV Stand

Unplggd reader John wrote in to give the following advice: Watch for old record cabinets. They're often of a convenient size and can be reworked to house modern media components. ...

PB Teen Skateboard Speaker Shelf

We're not sure if this is cool or really lame, but it is arguably interesting, especially when considered as a DIY project. But don't try to really ride this deck...it's only made of MDF and not ride-...

How To: Turn a Lack Shelf into a Fan Cooled Media Cabinet

The Ikea Lack shelf has popped up many times and in many different forms as a media storage solution. Using Matt's Lack shelf hack as inspiration, I created my own wall mounted floating version. The...

Steel Stereo Rack

The typical stereo rack we are used to seeing is a cheap fiberboard number with adjustable shelves and smoked glass doors. These are then priced at a premium because it is considered a specialized cab...

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