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created at: 08/29/2010

Upgrade Your Paperback Collection with Paper Silhouettes

Author: Curbly on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

Whether you are tired of looking at the present contents of your book shelves or just want to shield your chosen reading material from prying eyes… 
ordinary paperbacks can be easily transformed by glueing practically any type of paper  directly to the exisiting cover.
These paperbacks were first covered with kid’s construction paper and then a [...]

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Kitchen Makeovers on a Budget

Author: Curbly on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

HGTV’s Front Door helps people sell their homes with smart staging and decorating tips. They also provide some invaluable advice and inspiration to people who are looking to re-do their diggs on a budget. Today we take a peek at a few of their kitchen makeovers. (It’s another one of those hold on to your butts [...]

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Altoids Sours BBQ Grill

How to Turn an Altoid Tin into a Mini BBQ Grill

Author: Curbly on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

How cute is this teeny tiny Altoid Tin BBQ grill? The maker was inspired by the eBQ, but instead of using the standard rectangular tin, vmspionage used a Altoid Sours container.     
Here are the materials used for its construction:
1 Altoids sours tin4x 1.5″ sheet metal screws with wide heads (or 4x washers to match)8x nuts to [...]

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Recipe Roundup: Food on a Stick!

Author: Curbly on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

It’s State Fair time here in Frostbite Falls Land, which means it’s also time to shove stuff on a stick, cook it and eat it. So, loosen your belts, un-do that top button, sit back and get ready to indulge!     
From The Food Network:

Salad on a Stick
Walleye on a Stick
Chocolate Strawberry Waffle Ball on a [...]

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created at: 09/03/2010

Are There Other Appetizers Besides Doritos?

Author: Curbly on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

No kidding, my mouth is watering here at 8:11 am as I’m looking that these photos of Smitten Kitchen’s eggplant salad toasts. I know recipes aren’t really the Curbly thing, but I am seriously cooking challenged. It’s not that I can’t cook, it’s that I don’t want to cook. We’re having out-of-town guests this weekend [...]

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created at: 09/03/2010

Lazy Man’s Faux Fur Message Board

Author: Curbly on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 2:13 am and is filed under Home.

I just saw this on Design Sponge and it could be the answer to all my problems. It this doesn’t satisfy the lazy message leaver in your house, I don’t know what will. It’s  absolutely brilliant. No pencil, pen or chalk needed. Here’s all you do.
Just use your finger to write your message in the [...]

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created at: 08/29/2010

How to Make a Sturdy Notebook With Postcards and Junk Mail

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:15 am and is filed under Home.

If you are like me, you have a few postcards around. What do you do with them? Nothing much except move them from shoe box to shoe box or…
drawer to drawer. Why not make something useful with them, instead?
This little notebook has two postcards as the cover and is filled with pages cut from various [...]

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Martha’s Clip Art Roundup

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

Spice labels, pie charts, luggage tags, cookie sleeves, cooks’ helpers, luminaries, bookplates, gift cards and bags and dozens and DOZENS of others are included in Martha’s clip art round up. There really are too many to count!

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The Oval Office Gets a Makeover

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

In some respects this is the granddaddy of all makeovers. Not in a ‘I can’t believe it’s the same room’ kind of way, but in a ‘it’s the freakin’ Oval Office!’ kind of way. At first glance it might not look all that different in the ‘after’. It was and still is pretty beige. (Perhaps [...]

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Wallpaper Alternative: Painted Stripes

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

Easy, cheap, easily customizable and easy to change, you can’t go wrong with striping your walls. Take a look.

…too much.
If you need a little instruction to get started, the DIY Network provides a striping How-to.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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DIY Simple Cat (or Dog) Bed

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

Who doesn’t want their fur-children’s furniture to match their design aesthetic? Daniel and Valeria, for one…or two, rather. They decided to make their kitty, Lambi, a bed/cubby that would blend seamlessly with their flooring. The outcome is simple yet eminently stylish. 

To hear how the couple made Lambi’s new hideaway, follow this link to Hindsvik.
Via 2modern. 

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7 Casino Style Carpets to Keep You Gambling

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

Garish casino carpets are deliberately chaotic. And you thought they got a closeout deal at Carpet World, no sirree. These are custom casino style carpets you’ll only seen in Vegas and other casino joints. Now how bad can they really be?The ridiculous patterns and color combinations cover miles and miles of casino floors so guests [...]

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Antiques Roadshow ’s 5 Most Valuable Finds

Author: Curbly on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

My favorite episodes of the Antiques Roadshow are the ones where somebody brings in something they bought at a rummage sale or found in the attic of a house they just moved into and discovers it’s worth a million damn dollars. My other favorite episodes include people who bring in something they THINK is worth [...]

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created at: 09/01/2010

Transform Ugly Paperback Books

Author: Curbly on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

A motley stack of dogeared paperback books was transformed into a much more interesting collection by glueing a small strip from the same image to the spine of each book. How to do it:

 

You will need: Paper for covers Image for spines Stick glue Scissors Razor knife
Coat backside of the cover paper with stick glue [...]

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Two Silver Leaf Lamp Makeovers

Author: Curbly on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

As far as I know nobody but nobody decorates with shiny brass anymore. That means there’s a boatload of cast-off brass lamps available for transformation. Abby saw beyond the brass, got to work with some silver leaf, and spruced up this reject to a more understated elegance. Now it coordinates with another one of her [...]

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Mindblowing Houseboat Living in the Middle of Hamburg, Germany

One AMAZING Houseboat

Author: Curbly on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 2:14 am and is filed under Home.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Love water; hate boats. Except houseboats. I ADORE houseboats, and as houseboats go, this one from Rost Niderehe Architects is one of the most spectacular I’ve ever seen. Located in the middle of Hamburg and surrounded by the Eilbek canal, the floating home’s interior echoes the clean [...]

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