There are families that have refrigerators with built-in water and ice spouts and there are those that don't. Mine was (is) the latter. Years ago, we did have an insta-hot faucet. It was brilliant and made making tea about as easy as blinking. It would break in time and subsequently be abandoned/uninstalled. But a refrigerator water spout was on another level, a level for which my family was certainly not fancy enough. We weren't hauling ...

Great design chops will get you far. Great design chops and great copy will get you farther. In this case, it will land you a spotlight on the Live Simply blog (which, I don't have to tell you, is a really big deall). Rebel House Design, helmed by Marli Jones and based in Chicago, delivers on both fronts. It might be that Marli's ability to so effectively express herself stylistically has something to do with ...

June came and went and July was in and out like a blaze. Just before we enter (savor) the final month of summer, let's recap the list of Live Simply field-tested favorites. Stand out products in their own right, all 7 will help keep you organized while at home and on the road (plus there's one to protect your pearly whites).   1. Maple racks This no frills rack proves once again, that Simple is best. ...

I was having a truly incredible conversation with one of my clients. He might have been a shaman in another life, or maybe he's yet to be one in this life; suffice it to say he's one of the most enlightened people I've ever met. When he talks, I pay extra special, close attention, which is why his pronouncement registered so deeply. "At this point," he said, "I don't do anything out of obligation." With ...

The average lifespan of a mattress is ten years, if you bought the top of the line offering, and 5-7 years if you didn't. Longer than that and you're basically immersing yourself in a sea of dust mites when you lie down at night, and if you think that's going to help you Live Simply, well, you couldn't possibly think such a thing. So, we all constantly need new mattresses. Fine. But the hurdles one ...