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Clear the Clutter II: Container Storage Giveaway & Home Depot Gift Card

Last year we teamed up with United Mayflower to help them spread the word about their container storage service. We're doing another Giveaway this year offering a free month of container storage as well as a $50 Gift Card to Home Depot. You no longer h...

Justin Timberlake - The Next Interior Design Star?

We were invited to preview a collection called HomeMint curated by Estee Stanely and Justin Timberlake. Ms. Stanley is a well-known interior designer but this is new territory for Mr. Timberlake who is better known as an entertainer/musician. It turns...

10 Tool Blogs You Need to Know

There are plenty of design and DIY blogs but the world of tool blogs is fairly small and among them a few stand out. These sites cover the latest tools and hardware from all the main manufacturers and they often highlight tool companies that are lesser...

Fixing a Spotty Lawn with 1 Step Complete

A couple months ago I checked out the NexGen grass seed lab and the Pennington Seed factory in Oregon and received some valuable information on lawn care as well as a hands-on look at their 1 Step Complete combo mulch seed fertilizer product. I couldn't...

Car Camping with an ARB Rooftop Tent

Car camping has been taken to the next level for those wishing to get a bit more adventurous. Enter expedition camping which requires you to haul everything you need and setup sometimes hundreds of miles from any form of civilization. But this isn't abo...

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Tools

DeWALT Brushless Motors For Greater RunTime

Today DeWALT tools has introduced an expanded lineup of tools including a revolutionary new technology for power tools, brushless motors. The brushless motor will be introduced with DeWALT's new cordless impact driver and will ship in April. There are a...

Stihl Battery Powered Chainsaws Have Arrived

Earlier this year we visited Husqvarna and they were working on some top secret battery powered chainsaws. Well it looks like Stihl has beat them to the punch and launched the first real entry into the battery powered chainsaw market. There are other b...

WORX Black Friday Sales

WORX is offering Black Friday sales exclusively online. Here are some super-deals on some of your favorite WORX yard tools, including: WORX TriVac Blower & free Leaf Collection System, $89.00, plus freeshipping WORX GT Trimmer & free Blower Sweeper, $...

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Kitchens

Design Blog Panel at KBIS 2011

Last year I spoke on the design blog panel at the Kitchen and Bath Show in Las Vegas. I joined a couple of my good friends including Chris Phillips of Apartment Therapy, Susan Serra and Megan Arquette. KBIS is back in Chicago next year and I look forwa...

Thanksgiving Kitchen Safety Tips

Turkey Day is almost upon us (hurray!) And with so much activity in the kitchen, now is a great time to review some safety tips to make sure you have an injury- and crisis-free holiday. After all, you have more pressing things to worry about, such as cook...

Cool Kitchen Find: A Cheese Grater Chandelier

Restaurants are great places in which to get bursts of inspiration for your own kitchen. You may not necessarily replicate the inventive idea, but maybe it sparks another project that adds a similar functionality or aesthetic to your own kitchen space....

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Home Security

Home Security Cameras That You Can View From Anywhere

Smart home security systems are awesome but they usually cost a ton of money for the equipment as well as the labor to install them. VueZone has created a system that you can monitor from your smart phone and setup your cameras anywhere in the house sta...

The CDC Creates A Zombie Pandemic Graphic Novel

Anyone who's caught the first season of The Walking Dead on AMC knows that the CDC played a vital role in handling the zombie pandemic of which the heroes of the story are trying to survive. The show is also based on a series of graphic novels, and the ac...

Use Space Heaters Safely

October is Fire Prevention Month, and organizations like the American Red Cross are distributing information to help people lessen the fire risks within their homes. As the temperatures start to drop, many turn to space heaters to provide additional wa...

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