Your know those cheesy cards you always get around the holiday season from your third cousin twice removed. You know the boring stock card with a picture of their kid and a some totally generic text to fit the occasion. Admit it, as much as you hate the cards you are a little [...]

Bored with the classic wooden plant box that hangs on your railing, and looking for something that meets the modern esthetic of your house a little more. Lucky for us the Germans are there to meet our needs. Steckling is a modern rail hung flower pot designed by Michael Hilgers of rephorm. [...]

This one is perfect for the print/design geek in your life. The Helvetica Clock from wrapables features jumbled numbers in Helvetica. Printed on a white coated metal base, and topped with an acrylic dial this clock is built to withstand the ages. Rest assured that Helvetica will not go out of style. [...]

My wife and I have been planning to get a new duvet for our down comforter for a long time now as our old beige one from Ikea is starting to look pretty blah. I am always on the look out for good affordable modern duvets. Today I was over at shelterrific and [...]

One of the reasons I started this website was to connect aspiring young modern artists/designers with potential buyers. The truth is nothing does this better than Etsy, if you have time to wade through all the non modern stuff. Today I bring you an up and coming designer from the Philadelphia area. [...]

We got our bent wood tables from The Company Store today. Over all, I am pretty happy with our purchase. I opted to get the walnut, which unfortunately isn’t a real walnut, but just a darker stain on the birch. We were a little excited when we got them, and ordered 4 [...]

Last week I posted on how I moved the breaker panel so that I could tear down the last wall. Well this Monday, I finally had a chance to get to it. This was probably some of the scariest demo I have done on this house. The wall was a load [...]

In case you didn’t know, Sept 19th is International Talk like a pirate day. I wouldn’t want anyone to come across an embarrassing situation where they didn’t know how to speak properly, so I thought I would put a quick primer up.

Design e2 is a new(ish) show on PBS that focuses on “The economies of being Environmentally Conscious”. The show has a nice focus on Green Building and how architects can have a huge influence on our environment. I don’t actually own a TV, so I haven’t been able to see an episode yet, [...]

While I have no actual idea how much this rug costs, I am pretty sure that I can’t afford it. Although the idea is simple enough I am sure it could be carried out fairly affordably. The rug which is called “Memento” is designed by a design studio in Norway by the name [...]