Slate did a nice piece on Muji, the Japanese retail store that’s coming to New York soon (and we first wrote about in January). Michael Hsu does a great job explaining what to expect from the chain:
Muji is often compared to Target or IKEA—perhaps the two most famous purveyors of “good design” at affordable prices—but [...]

Poggenpohl, an old furniture brand in Germany, is showing off this concept “Man Kitchen,” built in conjunction with the Porsche Design Group. It looks nice enough, sure, but can you figure out what part of this is “manly” and what is just “modern”?
Porsche/Poggenpohl’s Man Kitchen [Core77.com]

If, by some act of reverse metempsychosis, we took all that was worthy in George Lucas’ imagination and injected it into Jules Verne, this might have resulted a century earlier: the steampunk lightsaber, hand-crafted here by a friend of “CaptainChewbacca” at the Stardestroyer.net forums.
I’ve never really been a gigantic Star Wars fan, but I must [...]

There is something mysterious about the coffee table. This simple, shorty version of the traditional table can magically turn into the nexus of any living/entertainment room. This $7,600 coffee table also includes a functional and miniature foosball game. Miniature versions of bar games are so darn cute!
Product Page [Via Uncrate]

For a fleeting moment this weekend, I decided my ideal lifestyle could only be realized by living full-time on a boat. Utilizing research skills granted to me—and me only—by a technology I have discovered known as a “search engine,” I sought to discover the easiest techniques I could use to transition to a carefree life [...]

I’m getting very mixed reactions to these shelves. Some folks are applauding my ingenious reuse of beer bottles (although the genius isn’t mine), while others are saying it looks horribly tacky. Personally, the latter can get fucked; bottles of all types are attractive to me, especially when they once held the holiest of liquids. And [...]

A short jaunt to Lowe’s yesterday to get stuff to make shelves turned into an all day adventure, but I have to say I enjoyed myself. (And made it out of Lowe’s with only one new power tool, a cheapo Black & Decker finishing sander.) I am just using pine boards for the shelves, although [...]

I could have sworn we’d linked “Tumbleweed Tiny Houses” before—I’ve certainly spent plenty of time on their site—but I can’t find a link. SFGate.com has profiled the company, which specializes in building homes with floor plans less than 500 square feet. Its founder, Jay Shafer, lives in one of his own tiny houses.
He bought an [...]

What purposes do plants serve in your home? Other than filling space, generating a small amount of oxygen, and possibly a reserve litter box for a cat, (the reason we have no plants), what do they do for you? How do they affect your life, your identity, and your space?
These are questions that are being [...]