Here’s an alternative to the standard hose reel that I think I could actually operate.

Peter D’Alessandro - Hoserolll

I just saw this over at Design Milk and was very impressed by this line of glass tables called “Ghostly Feet” from Ultra Modern. The Ultra Modern website says that the steel feet are adjustable but I honestly can’t imagine how or why. Either way, if used in the right setting, this could [...]

So there were a few DIY things that we did to our bathroom. Not only did we paint the walls but we also installed two overhead lights from the original single ugly light, and we changed out all of the cabinet hardware. We finished off the room with a towel holder and a [...]

Take a look at this Industrial Idea Excellence Award (IDEA). The most mind boggling part is that something like this hasn’t already been on the market for years. Designed by Miju Kim of the Pratt Institute, E- rope is a modular power strip that enables users to add or subtract sockets as needed. [...]

Designer Leo Kempf needed to practice a new woodworking technique. The art of bending plywood. His design incorporates a piece of hard redwood and bent birch plywood. The plywood fits snugly into corresponding slots in the redwood, removing the necessity for hardware.

The simple angled form of this bookshelf removes the need for [...]

Our apartment has made it as a semi-finalist in the Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest on Apartment Therapy. Thank you so much to all of the Modern Self readers who went and voted for our apartment, we wouldn’t have made the finals without your support. However, we need your support again. The judges [...]

Which storage unit would you use?

Spinny Cabinet, Joe Columbo Studio 2005

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Now this is a killer lamp. Designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec believe that the lamp attracts people just as a hearth does when you walk into a home. The idea is that finding yourself below a roof, which is below a ceiling creates a feeling of intimacy.

Whatever the reason, I am definitely giving [...]

I came across this list of “Contemporary Rugs of Interest” which I thought was worth sharing. Although I must say that in this list is probably but one rug I could actually put in my own home, I still find them, well, interesting. There seems to be a theme of trying to make some [...]