NEWS – The FLÎKR Fire is a personal decorative and functional tabletop fireplace for inside your home that is less than $100 to install. Actually, there’s no special install needed. Just place the FLÎKR Fire on a stable surface, fill with 5 ounces of 70% or 91% isopropyl rubbing alcohol, light it and you will […]
The FLÎKR Fire is a tiny fire pit for indoors because what could possibly go wrong? Read More
REVIEW – Do you need a new way to relax after the stresses of the day? You can binge-watch the popular new show on Netflix, you can listen to music, or you can use the HoMedics Drift which creates a beautiful and almost magical sculpture that you can watch as a metal sphere rolls silently
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NEWS – Love to travel? Then brag about your past destinations by recording them on the Globe from Plotter USA. Available in black, white, or cream, the Globe is made of high-quality paper that allows you to write on the world map that is printed on its surface. It also has a built-in weight so
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REVIEW – When a gadget geek wants to decorate the walls of their office, they probably don’t think about paintings from famous artists like Monet or Picasso. Geeks tend to go for Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Another alternative is a bit more techie. It’s a deconstructed iPhone from Geekmem. Let’s take a closer look.
Geekmem review – Put a deconstructed iPhone on your wall Read More
REVIEW – Color is big business. It’s something most of us take for granted, but getting the color right can be quite complicated. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about paint colors, or the space gray of a MacBook Pro; in either case, there’s someone (or many someones) behind getting that exact shade right. It’s
Datacolor ColorReader EZ review – Match and find paint colors in a click Read More
REVIEW – I’m into interesting indoor and outdoor lighting and have written too many reviews of different products to link here. One of my favorites is the Twinkly series of app-controlled lights, like the Twinkly Strings. Twinkly is back at it, bringing new products to market. This time, it is indoor lighting with Twinkly Flex.
NEWS – When was the last time you thought about socks for your furniture legs? If your answer was never, you’re probably in the majority. Believe it or not, furniture socks are really a thing, and these furniture socks are designed to protect your floors from scuffs and scratches. Not only that, but they look
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NEWS – If you’re a stationary, bullet journal, or planner nerd, you will know what washi tape is. If you don’t, washi tapes are rolls of decorative low tack tapes that easily stick and restick to paper and now walls. The GrafiTape from Animi Causa is a small wooden projector that will project you or
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REVIEW – One of the bedrooms in our house needs to serve two purposes: For most of the year it’s my office, but when the kids come back for the holidays it’s a bedroom. Half of the room has my desk with my computers, and the other half needs a bed. I haven’t bought that
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REVIEW – We are starting to get into the holiday season and for me, that is when I am most likely to have candles lit around the house. I am not a big person for scented candles. I find most of the scents overwhelming and intrusive. I do love the soft glow from a real
Ludela Gen 2 Candle Review – A candle that is remote controlled Read More
REVIEW – Last holiday season, I had the opportunity to review Twinkly Strings – controllable holiday lights. I really liked them and they became a prominent feature in our holiday display. This year, Twinkly is back with Twinkly Music – a wireless controller for Twinkly lights that adds audio reactivity to your Twinkly lights. Let’s
Twinkly Music review – Animates your holiday lights to music Read More
NEWS – LEGO isn’t just for building models, you can use it to decorate too. Brickles is an Esty shop that offers wall plaques, and chunky blocks shaped like letters of the alphabet. The plaques have studs that are LEGO compatible so that you can customize them with your existing LEGO bricks. Brickles are available
NEWS – If you own a Ring Video Doorbell 2, you can now dress it up for the holidays. In the spirit of the Christmas season, Ring is selling holiday-themed interchangeable Faceplates for their Ring Video Doorbell 2. The Ring Video Doorbell 2 lets you watch over your home in crystal-clear 1080HD video and see,
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REVIEW – It’s that time of year where we risk life and limb to decorate for the holidays. For many of us, that involves lights and the requisite swearing that comes from burned-out strings. LED lights have definitely reduced that, but they’re still just lights, right? Twinkly says “NO”! Lights can be more! What is
Twinkly Strings 400 LED multi-color lights review Read More
REVIEW – Presents are fun. What makes them more fun? Bows! Our family has a long-standing Christmas tradition where if the present you’re opening has a bow, you have to take it off the present and stick it to your head before you can open the present. You can’t take any bows off until you’re
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NEWS – I like uniquely designed home furnishings as well as sciencey stuff. The Eclipse Fixed Sconce is both – a unique sconce that looks like an eclipse! This beautiful sconce by Philippe Malouin is made of brass, aluminum, and glass and comes in black chrome, chrome, and polished brass colors. It has a non-dimmable
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NEWS – Gadgeteers always have a critical eye for detail. Do you have some time off this summer and are you looking to travel the US and Canada for free, and pocket a cool $10,000? Behr Paint Company, one of the largest manufacturers of paints, primers, decorative finishes, stains, and surface preparation products in the
Color the world and earn $10K! Read More
NEWS – I see photos of expertly decorated walls using a collage of photos and would love to recreate such designs on my wall but I’m not sure how to go about it. Who’s with me? Well, the Modular Magnetic Frame System by Magnaframe is here to help us out albeit with tiny special sized frames.
NEWS – The Star Wars Christmas tree topper not enough for you? How about a string of Lightsaber lights for the tree? These lights are from the folks at ThinkGeek, so you know they’re officially-licensed Star Wars merchandise. The Star Wars Lightsaber String Lights have 20 alternating 3.5″ red and green sabers illuminated by seed
Star Wars Christmas – the saga continues… Read More
NEWS – I’m not sure how the Death Star equates to the joyous Christmas season, but who am I to question it? If Star Wars makes all your occasions happier, then you need a Death Star Tree Topper from Hallmark. This topper measures 6.3″ x 6.3″ x 6.3″ and weighs 14.25 ounces. It comes with
That’s not a moon! That’s a Christmas tree topper! Read More