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Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:23:22 -0400

coralcoloredsky: the whale.

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:39:12 -0400

coralcoloredsky:

the whale.

Now, where can I get some dentures?

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:31:02 -0400

Now, where can I get some dentures?

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Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:27:43 -0400

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Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:24:09 -0400

henry keen

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:30:41 -0400

henry keen

i bet the hippiest hippies that ever hipped live here.

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:29:00 -0400

i bet the hippiest hippies that ever hipped live here.

friedasophiejewelry: DIY Stringgardens Check out the Tutorial...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:25:35 -0400

friedasophiejewelry:

DIY Stringgardens

Check out the Tutorial HERE: http://www.designsponge.com/2011/04/diy-project-kokedama-string-garden.html

or just buy this one at www.stringgardens.com

photocredit - stringgardens

A Better Definition of Clutter:

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:55:00 -0400

When I think of clutter I imagine knick-knacks. But the truth is that knick-knacks are the most benign form of clutter. They sit on a shelf and collect dust, but they do little to complicate our daily lives.

We need to dig deeper for a truer definition of clutter.

Clutter is the stuff that is keeping our homes from being what we need them to be. Clutter is too much and too many. Too many toys. Too many clothes. Too many things to do on a Saturday morning.

Clutter complicates life without adding anything to it.

Clutter is the meaningless getting in the way of the meaningful.

I’m trying to motivate myself to get packing for my new apartment through reading organization...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:50:00 -0400

I’m trying to motivate myself to get packing for my new apartment through reading organization and design blogs. The spoils of said blogs are soon to come.

I only have a week and a half left to be packed. My current place looks like the depression train wreck monster had a kick ass party with all his super awesome bro friends, threw up, passed out, and then stumbled out in a drunken stupor. So yeah, I might have a teeny bit of cleaning up to do as well.

prettyclever: Maricor/Maricar

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:28:01 -0400

prettyclever:

Maricor/Maricar

megalomaniology: tension rod in the drawer for pot lids!...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:17:12 -0400

megalomaniology:

tension rod in the drawer for pot lids! brilliant!

storagegeek: I want to hug these recycled tennis balls they are...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:32:56 -0400

storagegeek:

I want to hug these recycled tennis balls they are so cute! Designed byDominik Langhammer of Loony Design they are just cute as buttons holding things like towels and keys.

I have a date with a tennis ball, knife and googly eyes tonight.

brightnest: Pallets, Pallets, Pallets! Recycled &...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:28:00 -0400

outdoor patio tables!

Vertical gardens!

Coffee tables

Perfect

Shoe rack

brightnest:

Pallets, Pallets, Pallets!

Recycled & refurbished pallets have endless uses around the home. Here are 31 More Pallets to DIY For! from our blog.

via BrightNest

More pallet love.

mapuyan: Going with the Flow Cutout / Cut paper Mapuyan

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:22:46 -0400

mapuyan:

Going with the Flow
Cutout / Cut paper

Mapuyan

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Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:23:54 -0400

truebluemeandyou: DIY 8 Bit Zelda Fire Wall Art. I recently got...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:27:14 -0400

truebluemeandyou:

DIY 8 Bit Zelda Fire Wall Art. I recently got a message about posting cheap home decor ideas. This looks pretty easy to do and the galleries of 8 bit art on this site are inspiring. They are doing magnetic interchangeable eight bit installations, but you could just paint this out using a grid. From 8 Bit Living here. First seen at SWISS MISS here (you can see the Etsy Zelda Fireplace Screen at her site).

Really cool. I can change the design as often as I want with post-its as long as I have a grid to layout the design beforehand.

ssdmmfr: Artist: Bovey Lee “Atomic Jellyfish” Chinese Rice...

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:26:33 -0400

ssdmmfr:

Artist:

Bovey Lee

“Atomic Jellyfish”

Chinese Rice Paper, Hand Cut , 27” x 49”

2007

daftcherub: Grip by Simon Cowell

Wed, 30 May 2012 17:30:00 -0400

daftcherub:

Grip by Simon Cowell

quantumaniac: The Candle Problem Given a book of matches, a box...

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:43:35 -0400

quantumaniac:

The Candle Problem

Given a book of matches, a box of thumbtacks, and a candle, how can you fix the candle to the wall so that its wax won’t drip onto the table below?

See Answer Below

Pin the box to the wall, put the candle in the box, and light it.

In experiments, Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker found that most subjects instead tried to pin the candle directly to the wall or to use melted wax to affix it there (neither worked). Duncker called this “functional fixedness” — a “mental block against using an object in a new way that is required to solve a problem.” In this case, subjects had “fixated” on the box’s function as a container, which prevented them from considering it as a platform. If the box was empty at the start of the experiment, they were more likely to find the correct solution.

In a 2000 study, psychologists Tim German and Margaret Defeyter found the 6- and 7-year-olds show signs of functional fixedness, but 5-year-olds appear immune to it: “Rather than taking into account only the properfunction of an object, they adopt and agents-goals view of function in which any intentional use of an object can be its function.”

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This answers all my questions about using things for what they aren’t meant for. [My practical example] Break the mold people!!!