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NOTICE: Large moosehead wall lights have finally been invented.

360 Modern is a real estate firm in the Pacific Northwest U.S. that specializes in modern homes. Beautiful stuff.

Handy way to skip all the intro crap on DVDs that is usually forced on you when you throw a disc in your player. Apparently the chapters on DVDs that you can't skip (FBI warnings, copyright stuff, etc.) are flagged, on the disc, as UOP, or User Operation Prohibited. This site lists some of the techniques you can try to skip the ennui.

This colour coordinated bookshelf looks cool, but you might have a hard time finding a particular title.

For chewie edge lovers or corner brownie fans - it's the Edge Brownie Pan. All edges, all the time. Via BoingBoing

Puzzle carpet.

This to That is a handy site that will tell you what adhesive to use when attempting to glue various objects together.

Super creative bathroom tiles.

Skinny house in Brazil.

Apparently there are many LED lightbulbs available already. Via TreeHugger

WiiRoomba. YouTube of a guy controlling his Roomba with a Wii remote.

Hardcore Lost fans have a party and repackage the snacks and beer as Dharma Initiative rations. Make your own with the PDFs that they've so generously shared.

Here's a nice set of home improvement videos with the energetic and snappy Eric Stromer.

Faucet Fountain turns your regular faucet into a drinking fountain.

Kids and the Home Office. Here's a list of tips for the parent that works from home.

Save the Internet.

Great Pac-Man bathroom tile work.

Crazy toaster from the future TODAY!

Here is a nice napkin folding howto site with clean pictures and straightforward instructions. I think the shirt's my favourite.

DIY T-Shirt Rack via Instructables.







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Nice Handmade Wooden Baths by Driftwood

Driftwood produces these beautiful wooden baths that are handcrafted by experienced boat builders. From the site:

Skills and materials honed and tested in the demanding boatbuilding industry mean you don't have to worry about your bath ever springing a leak. Indeed, keep the stopper firmly in and you could probably paddle your bath quite safely. And because our baths rely on marine technology they are designed for a far more ravaging environment then your bathroom.

Furthermore:

Each wall is built using a strip building technique where narrow wooden strips are locked one to the next using a boat building technique called cove and beading. This technique means the walls behave as single sheets of wood. Each strip is individually cut, placed and bent to perfectly shape and seal your bath. The floors of each bath are built from over 25mm (1 inch) of wood. This might sound excessive but it prevents any possibility of creep and sagging with age, ensuring your bath floor will always remain sound and true.

The baths must be quite a hit with people as the site is closed to new orders, according to a notice on the homepage. That or it just takes them years to build one.

Via Trendir

Cool Puzzle Shaped Hardwood Floor

Puzzle Floor is a unique flooring option suitable for game rooms, children's bedrooms, play areas or whereever else you'd like a fun, unique floor. Puzzle Floor is comprised of interlocking 5/8" solid northern hardwood puzzle pieces. The flooring does not, however, install like a traditional jigsaw puzzle but instead makes use of a simple two piece (male/female) design that requires no guesswork or head scratching (well, no more than any hardwood flooring install, likely). The system is similar to laminate flooring in that it's a floating floor (i.e. it's not fastened in any way to the subfloor) and if properly installed and maintained, will not "buckle, crack or squeak", according to the manufacturer.

The flooring goes for $15 a square foot, including North American shipping.
       



Install Hardwood Flooring Video HowTo

If you've never installed hardwood floors before but were thinking of doing so, this video will give you an idea of what's involved in the process, from preparation to finishing touches. If you're interested in more environmentally sustainable flooring material options, check out this previous post.

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