If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Last week we covered cutting boards that do more than just lie there. Today I present unto you the one version which perhaps trumps: The fold down kitchen prep station. Am I the only one inordinately impressed by the genius of this idea? Tell me I'm not! Image credit: House to Home 

Half of being organized is getting rid of the clutter, we know this. The other half, though, is implementing organizational systems to keep your space and mind in tip top shape. Those systems, more often than not, involve organizing products, and take it from me: the wrong ones, or really crap versions can destroy even the best laid plans at maintaining your organization. Meaning? It's important to shell out where it counts. With that in ...

A recent real-life request for my recommendations on drawer organizers gave me the sudden realization that I haven't shared such information here as of yet. Sure, I've gushed on and on about the absolute necessity of them, and maybe one or two has ended up in a product roundup along the way, but lo, for shame! No post dedicated solely to them, no name dropping of my favorites? That changes now. These are 7 of ...

The other day I was chatting with a recent college grad. He was despondent because his first job out of school was proving to be less than stellar--soul sucking was the term he used to described it, I believe. My response--the one I usually give in such conversations--was that at least the job was informing him of what he absolutely doesn't want to do with the rest of his life. He reacted the way people usually ...

Happiest Fridays to you, kindly. Today I present unto you the work of Threshold Goods & Design. At the helm are Nicole Maier and Crys Olig, who maintain offices in both San Francisco and Boston. Catering to both coasts might present somewhat of a challenge to many design firms, but Threshold evidently struggles naught, serving up as they do spaces that are equal parts clean and organic (I'll leave you to discern which adjective belongs to which ...