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Home & Garden

Multitasking Furniture Is Fun but Really Dumb

Posted by Amy Keyishian
on Aug 29, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Couef Storage Ottoman No, I do not like this weird, new home trend one bit. I keep seeing fun little items of furniture that are supposed to do two things at once, and you know what I think? I think these multitasking meubles (that’s French for furniture -- I'm so fancy!) are le bullcrap. What’s the saying? Jack of all trades, master of none?

Maybe it’s because my mom instilled in me a bias against this sort of thing. I remember when TV-VCRs came out, she said, “No way are we getting one of those. Your VCR breaks, and you don’t have a TV. Your TV breaks, and you have to replace the VCR. I’m not falling for that! That's how they get you!

My mom: nobody’s fool. But where’s the line? After all, dining tables with extensions = good, right? Well, here. I’ve found my cut-off with these pieces. They may be cute, but I’m not falling for them and their multitasking promises.

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Home & Garden

'Home by Novogratz' Kids Room Makeover Has Amazing Style & Storage (PHOTOS)

Posted by Sheri Reed
on Jul 16, 2011 at 7:00 AM

triplets room makeover kids familyThese lucky triplets got a bedroom makeover!Celebrity designers and parents to seven kids Cortney and Robert Novogratz are back this weekend when Home by Novogratz premieres Saturday, July 16th at 10 p.m. ET/PT on HGTV. In the new season, Bob and Cortney will take on new design projects and create more totally unique spaces, using their smart, funky, downtown-chic aesthetic.

Here's a peek at one of the Novogratz's recent room makeover projects -- a stylish and well-organized bedroom for the four-year-old Sternick triplets, who live in Hell's Kitchen, New York with their parents. Keep reading for more shots of the bedroom makeover, storage tips from Cortney, and a sneak peek at the season premiere of Home by Novogratz.

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Home & Garden

Trash Cans (Almost) Too Cute for Garbage Day

Posted by Amy Keyishian
on Jun 11, 2011 at 2:20 PM

R2-D2 trash canI fell in love with this R2-D2 trash can when I saw it a month ago. I’ve since been obsessed with tracking down great-looking external trash cans – probably because, as a California resident, I’m stuck with the boring ones we’re required by law to use.
 
Unlike toilet seats, these are remarkably hard to find! Seems like very few people are into the idea of attention-getting trash bins – or, as a commenter pointed out on the site where I saw that can, they’re worried the darn thing will get stolen.
 
Still, I found a few kicky garbage bins to brighten any sanitation worker's day…

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Home & Garden

9 Storage Solutions That Really Work

Posted by Amy Keyishian
on May 27, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Lego ApartmentOh man! This single guy and his teeny apartment, which he designed to work like a Murphy bed (from the kitchen to the bedroom to the deck!), are a total inspiration. Would we want to live in a tiny space that required us to fold out every household item when we needed it? That would be a no. But can we steal some usable tips from his obsessive, adorable project -- ones that create room in our cramped abodes without breaking the bank?
 
Here’s a look at some around-the-web suggestions that fit this challenge:

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Home & Garden

The Ultimate Hoarder Keeps Mom Around

Posted by April Peveteaux
on Mar 17, 2011 at 8:10 PM

hoarder dead bodyIf you think you've seen it all on Hoarders, think again. A non-celebrity hoarder just proved that those people who go on television are simply amateurs. Disgusting amateurs, but they've got nothing on Gladys Bergmeier of St. Louis, Missouri, who died in February before she could enjoy the attention her crazy hoarding would bring. After her death, a relative with the unfortunate job of cleaning out Bergmeier's home stumbled upon a pretty horrific discovery in one of the overly crowded rooms.

Wrapped in multi-colored curtains and a plastic sheet, with an expired bottle of orange juice from 2003, the cleaner found a dead, mummified body. Although not yet proven, the belief is it's Gladys Bergmeier's mother, also named Gladys, who came to live with the younger Gladys in 1993.

Sounds very Grey Gardens meets Psycho, doesn't it?

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Home & Garden

5 Worst Clutter Culprits & How to Control Them

Posted by Sheri Reed
on Mar 14, 2011 at 11:01 PM

bedroom windwo interiorsAt first glance your home seems pretty clutter-free, but you're hiding a deep dark secret, aren't you? You don't want anyone to know, but it's out of control, and you fear, at any moment, it might tumble like a stack of skeletons from your closet. Or that one drawer. Or out from under the bed. And your most embarrassing clutter offense will be out in the open for the world to see!  

Sorry, you can't hide your secret away forever. It's just not good for you. However, the good news is most of us have a clutter secret like this. We call them our clutter culprits -- those problem "collections" in our life that, no matter how hard we try, we can't seem to contain or control them.

We're pointing out the top five worst clutter culprits today, but we're also giving you some solutions for keeping them in check.

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Love & Sex

Genius Sex Toy Hiding Places for All the Goodies Santa Brought You

Posted by Jennifer Cullen
on Dec 26, 2010 at 7:31 PM

shoe organizerAfter the 12 Days of Orgasm, I’m left trying to figure out what to do with the sizable number of additions to my sex toy collection.

Because I share my house with a couple of pre-teens, who go in and out of my bedroom, I need to be discrete. And I've run out of room in my usual hiding places. It's not possible to cram 15 plus toys underneath a stack of sweaters.

So I've come up with 4 unusual places to hide my new stash of sex toys:

Hanging 20 Pocket Shoe Organizer ($19): This organizer can either hang on the back of your door or, folded in half, can be hung in the deep recesses of your closet. Perfect for those who have many toys. I love it because it's made of canvas so your toys can breathe.

 

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Home & Garden

Giant Lego Storage Blocks, You Complete Me

Posted by Amy Keyishian
on Dec 22, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Lego Storage BlocksFull confession: I’ve bought Lego sets just for myself. Sometimes they have those little specialized themed ones -- I remember a teeny torture chamber, but I can’t find a record of it online, so maybe I dreamed it -- and I can’t resist. Putting them together satisfies my IKEA jones, but with lower stakes.

Legos are irresistible. Which is why I have the lust for these grownup-sized stacking storage in Lego-block shapes.

Aw yeah. Now I just have to figure out how to build a house out of them.

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Home & Garden

Sandrine Pigeon of Neest: Show & Tell Home Tour

Posted by Sheri Reed
on Nov 16, 2010 at 7:30 AM

Sandrine Neest
Sandrine of Neëst
Today, shop owner and mom of two, Sandrine Pigeon of the lovely online shop Neëst, takes us on a Show & Tell Home Tour.

Let's head to Paris, France where Sandrine shows us around her family's home.

Come on inside ...

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Home & Garden

The Ultimate Way to Add Storage Space

Posted by Megan Van Schaick
on Nov 9, 2010 at 1:10 PM

storage space
Vertical storage at its best.
I’ve lived in some tiny places, where there were no closets or shelves of any kind. And I’ve lived in some relatively large places, like my current house. We have closets, but our storage is sadly deficient. Nowhere for CDs, books, dog stuff ...

Even mansions can somehow find themselves lacking appropriate places to put things -- who wants to store their cotton balls and Q-tips in a 400-square-foot walk-in closet?

There is a solution though, and it’s so simple that when you hear what it is, you’ll slap your forehead and utter an authentic Homer Simpson “D’oh!”

All you have to do is ... go vertical.

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