Cooking can be a crazy endeavor. Even if you’re not working in a crowded space, there is so much to deal with: the mess of pots and pans and cutlery, needing to chop, boil, mix and bake. The risk of cuts and burns is a real problem. When you’re flustered to take Sunday dinner’s roast out of the oven, with family all around and limited space, the last thing you want to happen is to burn yourself in the process. It’s not easy to avoid regular ovens, but you can prevent this catastrophe altogether with a Neff oven. Curious as…
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Welcome to Design Detours, a series where creative people whose tastes we trust share their well-curated, design-minded travel itineraries. While shooting the third season of Ted Lasso in London for three months last year, South African actress Jodi Balfour sometimes found herself with extra time on her hands. She did “pop back to New York” to visit her wife, comedian-writer Abbi Jacobson (cocreator/costar of Broad City and the 2022 A League of Their Own adaptation), where the two split their time between Los Angeles. “But I was mostly grounded in London,” says Balfour. Having previously spent a couple of months in the…
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Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the best ideas in the industry. Do you know a prefab brand that should be on our radar? Get in touch! After more than 15 years spent in construction, high school friends Simon Fyall and Richard Egli began to think that there must be a better way to build. When the two visited the indigenous island of Haida Gwaii in Canada in 2019, suspicion grew…
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It isn’t enjoyable to have to constantly fill up a pitcher of water, put it in your fridge, and wait several hours for it to cool. Sometimes you can make do with the lukewarm water that your faucet has to offer, but for those of us living in areas where tap water is questionable, not even this is an option. Unless you have money to spare, buying a new fridge simply for a water feature is too pricey. Even the cheapest of fridges with water dispensers are still nearly $1,000 if not more! If you are like me, then you…
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November is practically in the rearview, which means there’s one more month left in this wondrous year. If you haven’t started shopping for the holidays, well, now’s the time. Ahead, an eclectic roundup of what you’ve loved and bought over the past month, from a fetching set of dominoes to a couch that’ll last you a lifetime. A new shower curtain fixes almost everything. Quiet Town Sun Shower Curtain Our EVA is Chlorine, PVC and BPA-free. You’ll know it’s a Quiet Town curtain by its luxuriously heavy weight and our( embossed QT logo. All your cats must be so happy! Necoichi…
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People often come to us with a very serious but completely justified question that sounds something like this: “I have a home improvement project in mind but I am worried it will be too stressful! How do I make sure my project is as stress-free as possible?” Sound familiar? If those thoughts have crossed your mind, you are not alone. It is true that undertaking a home improvement project can be overwhelming; from fleshing out your idea to finding the right contractor and executing your vision, home improvement work is no walk in the park, but it does not have…