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Roundup: Weird and Wonderful Gadget Holders

Our gadgets and gizmos tend to drift around the house, but we dream of a day when we can commit to one location for charging and storage. If that day ever comes, we might be tempted to create a col...

Roundup: 10 Home Offices We Could Call Home

Home offices are so personal, that when viewing spaces belonging to others, it's not uncommon to say, "Neat, but I'd have to change _____ & _____." We've searched high and low and found 10 great wo...

Roundup: Novelty Nerd Pillows

At first we had wanted to showcase the new social media icon pillows we found (that are seen above), but the more we thought about it, we decided it would be a great time to showcase, exactly how de...

Roundup: Top Ten Coolest Refrigerators

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 and ...

10 DIY Projects That Will Save You Money & Space

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 outlet...

Roundup: Unique Staplers

We might be a little obsessed with office supplies lately. It's because sometimes work in the office can get a little stagnant and if you're going to be using a stapler all day, it might as well be...

Roundup: Five Best DIY Cable Management Solutions

If there's one thing people tend to complain about post in and post out on Unplggd, it's messy wires. There isn't a post that goes by where someone doesn't comment, "Looks great! Now they just have to...

Roundup: Thin Profile, Wall-Mounted Desks

While the recent article about how truly green we're being by going completely paperless over at Re-Nest came across to us as a fair argument, we just couldn't help but fall in love with the sexy wall...

Roundup: 8 Wooden iPod Speaker Docks

Ok, so iPod speakers are showing up everywhere -- Swedish living rooms, nurseries, Legos, lamps. For those of you who like to bring nature back into your home, rather than crowding it with a bunch of...

Roundup: 5 Home Tech Items We're Itching To Play With

While we know that keeping our belongings to a minimum is a big step in the battle against clutter, there's still some home tech gadgets we're oh so curious about. Usually, they're things we've su...

Roundup: Coasters To Keep Your Drinks Sweat Free

It's officially hot here in the midwest and everywhere we go, we tend to be toting a beverage along for refreshing consumption. But when we sit back down at the computer with our tall glass of iced ...

Unplggd's Favourite Small Space Desks for Laptop Users

Our home office is smaller than any cubicle we've ever had to work within, measuring about 5'x6.5' in usable space. This means in our current configuration the area dictates we optimize every square ...

Roundup: 10 Coolest Garden Gadgets

click for more pics Spring and summer are two of our fave seasons here at Unplggd because it means taking your tech outside. For those of you with gardens to tend to, we've found ten great products to...

Roundup: Five Unique and Stylish USB Hubs

It’s a given that we need USB hubs. There aren’t enough USB ports on your computer to fit all of your gadgets and gizmos. USB hubs come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but ultimately people want ...

Roundup: 7 Tetris-Inspired Goods

click for more pics Do you think when Alexey Pajitnov designed Tetris back in '85 he realized it would become such a cult classic? Not only have millions upon millions of people wasted millions upon m...

Roundup of Home Offices In A Closet

Over at AT Los Angeles, our writer Beth has an interest with home offices inside closets (we've had a few good ones here too), something us small space dwellers can all appreciate: We're a big fan of ...

Roundup: Six Geeky Coffee Tables
Game On!

click for more pics It's hard to live without a coffee table. Where would you put your glass of wine? Or rest your legs? But we here at Unplggd like it when some of our furniture multitasks and so we...

Roundup: IKEA PS Hunting, Part Two

Back in October, we presented a roundup of the perfect IKEA media storage solution, the IKEA PS media cabinet. Even now, we can't seem to find a contender that offers such a good price, flexibility in...

Roundup: Five (Free!) iPhone Apps for Your Home Theater

click for more pics There are more than 25,000 apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. That's insane. You can ID colors you find in your everyday perusals, you can price match on the fly, and you can find...

5 Ways To Keep Rooms Cool While Computing

While there are a million and one laptop coolers out there, from cushy and effective to recycled cardboard, heating always tends to be the issue that comes back to haunt us, even with the most fancifu...

Roundup: Five Coolest Xbox Hacks
Game On!

We love hacks. It's one of the scariest things to do to your new gadget purchase -- ugh we can't imagine if we broke our Macbook trying to pimp it out -- so those who customize are some of the braves...

Roundup: TVs In The Kitchen

Cozy or not, tech in the kitchen is so ubiquitous in our friends and families' homes that we figured, "Hey, why not just embrace it?" We've gathered a few ideas in case you're looking to toss a TV int...

5 Tips For A Well Designed Office

We enjoyed the fine tips from AT:LA last week on 5 ways to make a well-designed home, but we here at Unplggd know that offices are a whole different animal when it comes to what takes priority and wha...

Hot Posts 03.01.09: This Week's Top Ten Posts

Happy March! Spring is almost here. We can feel it, and we can see it with the small bulbs of foliage starting to push it's way to life on the bare tree limbs in our yard. We can't wait for it to be ...

Roundup: Ten Best Looking Elfa Solutions

Man, remember when the Container Store's Elfa storage system was for just that -- storing. It was for maximizing closet space and for all intents and purposes, to stay hidden in a closet. These days ...