Hate Open Floorplans? Here’s How to Deal
Design trends aren’t always win-win situations. Walk into any house that hasn’t been renovated in thirty or forty years and you will undoubtedly see a dozen design elements that were on-trend and quite popular back in that day that are mystifying and alarming today. Wood panelling, anyone? It was once quite popular, but today walking […]
Art Harder: Encouraging a Creative Child
It’s a cliché, of course, but our children really are our future, in the most literal sense. It’s perfectly natural that parents excitedly wait to see what kind of tiny humans, precisely, they have brought into this world, and then seek to shape those humans into the adults they will eventually become. When your children […]
Using Photography the Throwback Way
In the modern age the bar set for exploring photography as a hobby or a passion is lower than ever before. You don’t need to buy a camera, if all you want to do is develop your eye and learn the ropes of composition and framing. While more advanced photographic techniques require a basic understanding […]
Make Money with Interior Design Ideas
Whether you realise it or not, we’re living in the Golden Age of the freelancer. The Internet, home computers, and online education have combined to create an incredible moment in time when just about anyone can launch a freelance career in almost any field, either as a primary way of earning a living or as […]
Improve Your Photography for Free
The ‘photography bug’ bites everyone at some point, it seems. Whether it’s a new camera, a new phone, or a vintage camera found in a tea-chest or inherited along the way, everyone has that moment when they think it might be fun to try their hand at the deceptively simple art of photographing things, people, […]
The Art of Freecycling
One thing that is eternally true of the modern world: We all have ever-increasing amounts of stuff. Where once people owned things for very long periods of time and the economics of repair vs. replace often favoured repairing, in today’s economy most stuff is so cheap it’s easier and wiser to simply replace things when […]
Viva the Micro Dwelling Revolution
There will soon be – or perhaps already are, depending on where you get your numbers – seven billion people living in the world. And all of these people need someplace to live, which isn’t too big of a deal when you’re in the middle of a huge expanse, but if you’re trying to cram […]
A Guide to Quirky Christmas Presents
Christmas is one of the most celebrated holidays in the world – even some people who aren’t particularly religious or who worship in other religions celebrate Christmas. That makes it one of the most positive and powerful days on the calendar, a day when people all over the world exchange presents and gather together. It’s […]
Decorating Your Home for Christmas Like an Adult
Christmas brings out the kid in all of us. No matter your age, you’re undoubtedly filled with memories of waiting for Santa and tearing open presents, of the great family meals and fun beach days you had as a child. But while Christmas is always a lot of fun for the kids (and a lot […]
Keeping Christmas Decor Small
Christmas can be overwhelming. There’s two kinds of pressure that hit people as the time approaches: The internal pressure we put on ourselves to match the romantic memories of our childhoods and the perfect moments shown on TV and in movies, and external pressure from visitors, house and dinner guests, and the neighbours to rise […]
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