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Architecture for Humanity announces Rebuild Moore campaign

Tue, May 21, 2013 7:30 PM
by Matt Hickman
With particulars of a long-term reconstruction plan to soon be released, Architecture for Humanity launches a campaign to aid post-tornado rebuilding efforts in the devastated city of Moore, Okla.

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Household uses for rubbing alcohol
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 2:47 PM by Networx.com
Its disinfecting properties come in handy in the garden, for starters.
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Google Maps birdhouses provide shelter, navigational aid for winged travelers
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 11:34 AM by Matt Hickman
Urban birdhouses get the Google Maps treatment with Taiwanese designer Shu-Chun Hsiao's clever, eye-catching Project Google Birdhouse.
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20 unexpected things you can fix with Sugru
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 11:06 AM by Jaymi Heimbuch
You'll wonder how you ever got along without this magical, malleable adhesive stuff.
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Hitting the green sheets: '13 edition
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 6:09 PM by Matt Hickman
Want to avoid getting intimate with pesticides this Valentine's Day? If it's time for new bedding, try outfitting your love den with stylish sheet sets made from organic cotton.
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Online boutique offers handmade tableware -- and a soulful respite
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 11:28 AM by Melissa Breyer
A showcase for American artisans, the virtual shop Catherine's Table is a warm and cozy ode to beautiful things.
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Usonian Automatic: Rare Wright home for sale in Cincinnati
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 11:01 AM by Matt Hickman
A 1955 Usonian Automatic home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is for sale in the Cincinnati 'burbs for $1.788M. Here's hoping that whoever buys it grants the home's current owner visitation rights.
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Food lighting: Lumière au Chocolat is an LED-based delight
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 11:45 AM by Matt Hickman
Finally, a lamp that's good enough to eat ... or devour with your lover '9 1/2 Weeks'-style. For Stockholm Design Week, designer Alexander Lervik debuts an LED lamp with a slowly melting chocolate shade.
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Indoor gardening kits: Hiber-Nation '13
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 9:33 AM by Matt Hickman
Trapped at home this past weekend with nothing to do that didn't involve shoveling? The next time a massive winter storm rolls around, keep dormant green thumbs busy with an indoor veggie or herb garden.
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What icicles and spiders reveal about your home
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:56 PM by Starre Vartan
You might be surprised to know what nature can tell you about your home's energy efficiency.
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Playing catch up: Linking Nemo
Fri, Feb 08, 2013 5:22 PM by Matt Hickman
A whopper of a winter storm is descending on the Northeast (and Weather.com is reaching hysteric new heights). We suggest riding it out in the company of Michael Graves, Sir James Dyson and Moby.
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Unstoppable starchitect meets his match in form of octogenarian rain tree
Fri, Feb 08, 2013 12:58 PM by Matt Hickman
Renowned, remarkably coiffed Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has taken America by storm. But will a massive rain tree put a cramp on his design for a riverfront-revitalizing development in Fort Lauderdale?
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How to get rid of mice without poisons or traps
Fri, Feb 08, 2013 12:37 PM by Chanie Kirschner
Cute as they may be, you just don't want these critters inside your home.
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Have you fallen victim to the 'IKEA Effect'?
Thu, Feb 07, 2013 7:05 PM by Matt Hickman
Feel like you were on top of the world after putting together that flat-packed bed frame? Thank the 'IKEA Effect,' an exaggerated sense of self-worth felt after assembling products yourself.
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In your dreams: 'Nightmare on Elm Street' house selling for $2.1M
Wed, Feb 06, 2013 10:30 AM by Matt Hickman
After gutting a neglected home with a nightmarish cinematic legacy, an L.A. homeowner has decided to sell the place where Freddy Krueger met his match for the first — but certainly not the last — time.
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Cuomo: Don't rebuild, let Mother Nature take back Sandy-damaged areas
Tue, Feb 05, 2013 6:18 PM by Matt Hickman
Now that he's laid the climate change card on the table, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes a $400M Superstorm Sandy home buyout plan in which high-risk areas would be handed back over to Mother Nature.
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