You know that collection that is filling up your cupboards or shelves and has you questioning if it's becoming a hoarding scenario? In this case we're talking about vintage or antique teacups. While ...

The sun plays a big biological role in our lives, regulating our circadian rhythms and doing a whole bunch more as well. Some people find the reduced sunlight of the winter months to have negative ...

A plywood lamp is easier to build than it looks! In this project, I show how to create a globe lamp with a sculpted base at minimal cost. Using simple tools and affordable materials, anyone can make ...

Some hacks are born of genius or necessity, and others from our sheer ham-fisted incompetence. This is not a story about the first kind. But it did give me an excuse to show how easy it is to design ...

When wiring a lamp socket, the brass screw is for the hot wire. The silver or black (anything but brass) is for the neutral ...

IKEA and Sonos collaborated three years ago to build a table lamp with an embedded speaker. Embedding a Wi-Fi speaker inside a lamp isn’t as nutty a proposition as it might sound—we were quite pleased ...

If you’ve ever bought a lamp on a whim and brought it home only to discover it’s all wrong — the height, the width, the footprint, the shade dimensions — you’re not alone. While they’re seemingly an ...

Real talk: Home decor can be expensive as hell. (Like, I damn near had to sell my left arm the last time I needed a new rug.) When it comes to interior design, there are a few big-ticket items that ...