Inventor Brings International Attention to $5 Eco-...

What began as a father/daughter project ended up the $75,000 winner of the Financial Times Climate Change Challenge. Inventor John Bohmer assembled the Kyoto Box , a $5 eco-oven designed to help combat global warming and world hunger. This small solar-powered oven is made from two cardboard boxes, an acrylic cover that allows in and traps the sun’s rays, and black paint and tin foil that help concentrate the...

15 Heart-Melting Decorating DIYs For a Last-Minute...

Maybe it stems from early memories of classroom-wide Valentine’s Day card-exchanging sessions, but I’ve never pigeon-holed the holiday as a day for lovers. I like to think of it as a day to indulge the people that you care about, and what better way to indulge them than with a small soiree to celebrate the occasion? With the abundance of hearts, sweets, and the color pink associated with this time of...

How to Keep Your Remodel From Getting Completely D...

Whether your remodeling plans are big or small, you’ve probably heard that these plans often get interrupted or derailed altogether. There are lots of reasons people get off track during home renovations, causing delays that last for months or even years. Many people find the remodeling experience frustrating because there’s a high likelihood that something will go wrong. Items not fitting correctly,...

Link Time: Decorating With Antique Sinks, Easy Pai...

Add character with a salvaged sink – Houzz Learn more about a new tool for picking the perfect paint – Stylelist Home Find a perfect pink Valentine’s Day gift – House Beautiful Try these easy cleaning solutions for every room – Real Simple Tour gorgeous design hotels worldwide – Elle Decor Make these wall-mounted boxy shelves – Craft You won’t believe how this firehouse was...

Love. Write. Win. Introducing the OnSugar Blogging...

Everyone has their passions, and now’s the chance to share yours. To celebrate OnSugar’s new features , we’re challenging you to pick up your keyboard and start writing. We want to know what drives you and your passions. Are you up for the challenge? During February, we’ll post a new question each day to get you thinking. As incentive, we’re giving away four weekly HP Pavilion dv6t laptops to...

Get the Look: Brooke Shields’s Modern-Tradit...

The lovely Brooke Shields just granted Architectural Digest an exclusive look at her Manhattan town house , and I’m in love with each room that’s featured. While a portion of the article is on the site, be sure to pick up a copy of the March issue of Architectural Digest to read the entire fascinating exclusive. Shields worked with decorator David Flint Wood on her four-story Greenwich Village town house,...

5 Harmonious His-and-Hers Spaces...

Decorating for Valentine’s Day can extend beyond the pink and red cut-out hearts. If you live with your significant other, this can be a great time for you to reexamine your shared spaces and consider reorganizing and redecorating your “side of the room” to showcase your design preferences. Just because you share the same closet or bathroom doesn’t mean you can’t add a few personal twists....

COCOCOZY’s Gardenia-Scented Candle Arrives J...

We know her as Coco, the voice behind the delightful design blog and shop, COCOCOZY . Aside from offering an incredibly chic assortment of textiles, bedding, pillows, and vintage finds, the COCOCOZY shop offers fragrant, all-natural, biodegradable soy wax candles in three scents: beach, citrus, and flower. Hand poured in the US, the candles are placed in frosted recyclable glass vessels and contain a lead free cotton wick,...

Artist Cecilia Paredes and Her Wonderful Wallpaper...

Peruvian-born sculptor and artist Cecilia Paredes literally loses herself in her artwork, whether she’s camouflaged herself as an animal in a work like “The She Deer” or painted herself into her wonderfully busy wallpaper photographic works. Her wallpaper series, completed between 2007 and 2010, are personal favorites of mine, displaying a wit and cheeky sense of humor, as well as a sensuousness,...

Sugar Shout Out: Snack on Kale Chips For Super Bow...

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