Want a stylish desk lamp that also offers lighting most like the sun? OttLite may have the lamp for you. The company’s 508 illumination technology is as close as you’re going to get to bringing the sun indoors. Why that kind of light? Because, the experts at OttLite say, natural sunlight provides the best balance [...]
The Chinese New Year – the most important of traditional Chinese holidays – begins tonight on January 22nd (New Year’s Eve) and lasts through February 2. This year is the legendary Year of the Dragon – synonymous with power and wealth (via Wikipedia). Traditional activities include the decorating of doorframes and windows with red paper-cuts (sometimes [...]
There’s a certain charm to southern plantation shutters. A remembrance of sunny days spent sipping ice tea while the ceiling fan cools you. Plantation shutters window treatments contemporary designs have a classic and simple look that has survived unchanged for hundreds of years, and are so attractive they can transform an ordinary window into a [...]
Looking for a cool way to hang the thousands of hats, gloves, mittens and scarves everyone has on this time of year? Well how about these cool functional and attractive sculptural hangers from Toma? Made in Montreal — hipster central for the Northeast I think — the hangers are wooden and come in a variety [...]
On this the first day of a bright and shiny new year, we have a wonderful opportunity before us to hatch some ambitious plans. With 2011 hours behind us, were waking up today with a clean slate. And, 2012 is a leap year, which means we get an extra day to accomplish our goals thats [...]