Hold up - a ladder just for blankets? You might be wondering why you'd need such a thing, especially if you don't have a lot of room in your house already. But despite the name, this Aldi blanket ladder unlocks a world of storage possibilities for blankets, yes, but also towels or any other linen you might grab repeatedly. You get five rungs of vertical storage to use however you please.
In April 2024, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced the AlMusalla Prize, an international architecture competition focused on designing a a flexible space for prayer and reflection accessible to people of all faiths. The winning project, designed by EAST Architecture Studio in collaboration with artist Rayyane Tabet and engineering firm AKT II, is a modular structure built with materials derived from local date palm waste, including fronds and fibers, and inspired by regional weaving traditions.
For more than a year now, I've been diligently using the same method to clean my glass shower doors. After every shower, I use a squeegee to remove excess water, and twice a week I spray diluted Pine-Sol onto the doors and wipe it until it's dry using a soft microfiber cloth. While this method was working for me in terms of preventing new hard water spots,
First, Crin highlights "the sleek, modern aesthetic because of the customizable design." The glass usually comes clear (though colored versions do exist), making the kitchen look bigger and brighter. Whatever is behind the panels dictates the design of the kitchen, allowing you to get creative. Crin suggests "installing wallpaper or any 3D decorative wall panel underneath," adding that "if wallpaper is not an option, paint will be a more affordable alternative."
The UK government has launched its long-awaited £5 billion "Pride in Place" programme, a decade-long initiative designed to revitalise towns and communities by putting local people in charge of how regeneration funding is spent. The scheme, which was officially announced this week, will see 169 areas across the UK each receive £2 million per year for ten years, while a further 95 areas will be given immediate funding to improve public spaces such as parks, high streets and community centres. The aim, according to ministers, is to give neighbourhoods the means to breathe new life into their towns and stimulate local economies through community-led development.
A piece of art was the design starting point for the bathroom. Marlene is a designer, and she and her boyfriend lived in their place for a few months before deciding how to make the apartment feel personal to them. "I found an old New Yorker illustration a friend gifted me years ago and hadn't had the chance to use, so I took it as the main inspo for the look and feel of the space," she says.
The best shower curtains on Amazon offer a variety of textures, materials, and colorways to revitalize your bathroom, whether your aesthetic skews modern-minimalist, traditional, or something in between. You can go one of two ways with your bath curtain: Selecting a quiet, inoffensive style that will blend into an otherwise sad space or infuse it with a more relaxing, spa-like ambience.
But as evidence mounts on plastics and microplastics and their effect on human health, it's impossible to ignore. Studies now link hormone-disrupting chemicals like BPA and phthalates to fertility issues, developmental disorders, and chronic disease. And even if the science is still evolving, the finding that the average person consumes the equivalent of a credit card's worth of plastic each week is unforgettable.
If you're having trouble fitting all of your friends around the table, Crin said to consider installing banquette seating. "Manufacturing a banquette will not only save space, but done right, will add at least one extra seat at the table, making this dining nook more inviting towards social gatherings," Crin told Tasting Table. Banquettes require less space than traditional dining chairs, because they don't require room for the chair to be pulled out.
Tiny camouflaged secrets hidden around my home? Little whimsical surprises where you'd least expect them? Sign me up. I didn't buy any right away, but I couldn't stop thinking about them. Now that it's fall, I started, as I usually do, to think of ways to make my family's home just a little bit cozier, which goes hand in hand with ways to make our days more whimsical in my mind.
A Belfast sink is a sink with an apron-front basin and a built-in weir overflow. A weir overflow, is a small, sloped slot near the top that diverts excess water into the drain so the bowl doesn't spill. If you're not laser-focused on conservation, that overflow is a clutch safety feature because you can keep water running while you work without flooding the floor.
From Restroom to Waystation - In recent years, our studio has designed a series of small-scale public restrooms through various competitions and commissions. These designs have incorporated varying degrees of public functions-such as rest areas for sanitation workers, auxiliary spaces, and vending areas-continually transforming the conventional concept of restroom spaces across different contexts. For this project, the client initially requested event storage space for Luke Island.
If your home is short on dining space, you may think the joy of hosting a dinner party is off the table pun intended. But with a little creativity, you can absolutely entertain with a compact kitchen or diminutive dining room. The best hosting experience is one that's as stress-free as possible, so you can actually enjoy that quality time with family and friends. This is easily attainable if you think outside the box when you're planning.
When my partner and I bought our 1928 Arts & Crafts bungalow home in Portland, Oregon, at the end of 2023, I knew the kitchen was going to be a project. The floors were painted black and chipping off in large flecks. The countertops were avocado green and streaked with rust stains. The walls were gloomy and gray, and made the whole room feel like a basement. And the appliances? Beyond saving.
The top loft of the 1903 cast-iron Soho building hadn't been touched in three decades. The renovation would need to be significant. But there was one feature designer Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli intended to preserve: a 30-foot-long south-facing ­window installed by the previous owner. "We were very lucky to have the lot-line windows," ­Mattioli says. "You don't typically see them from the sidewalk." A young couple, Josephine and Alex de Pfyffer, an art dealer and an ­entrepreneur, respectively, hired Mattioli, the founder of Studio MBM,
As someone who's always chasing that cozy-chic Nancy Meyers aesthetic, I'm forever on the hunt for little details that make a space feel more charming - especially in the kitchen. Last year I bookmarked a gold hanging vase I spotted on Instagram, but it felt hard to justify its $63 price tag. Then I came across an Apartment Therapy article featuring the same look for half the price - with one surprising twist. The "vase" was actually a toilet paper holder mounted on a cabinet.
An appliance as commonplace as a refrigerator might seem ubiquitous today, but free-standing refrigeration systems weren't always the norm. In fact, if you have an older California home - built in the late-19th or early-20th century - you might just have one of the modern refrigerator's predecessors, the California cooler, in your home. Also known as a cool cabinet or cool pantry, California coolers were strategically placed pantries with slits to the outside to allow airflow.
I just pray that it brings all the resolution and all the opportunity to move on that he was hoping, and I know that it will be a relief for him and for Hazel, and that it will refresh a degree of sadness as well, because it's occupied so much of their lives, and changed their lives in so many ways.
