home decor

This month I received several ominous warnings from my ISP, popping up to interrupt my web pages as I was browsing - We are replacing your wireless router! Order now or your service will be interrupted! You have T minus 14 days...13 days…

I know I'm not the only one who has wasted way too much time playing my hand at the uber popular Plants vs. Zombies app, so I shouldn't be surprised that they are now super cool wall decals, available on sale now at Fab.com. I can't thin…

If you're stumped for a great, unique, LOL gift for that celeb-loving, social-media loving person in your life, we've found a gift that we can pretty much guarantee they don't already have: A black-and-white poster created from the words…

Okay Nintendo fanbois and grrls, if you grew up on Donkey Kong, we've found that coffee table you've always dreamed about. It's made to look like an actual Nintendo controller. And guess what? The controller actually works. The Nintendo …

Now that you Android users can enjoy an Instagram obsession like me, the next thing you'll find yourself wanting to do is to display your photos on something other than your smart phone screen. So aside from all the cool ways you can pri…

Now that photo apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic have made square photos more common, it was only a matter of time before someone got into the frame game with options made just for our collective iPhoneography obsession. Hatchcraft is …

Smart phones. Bracelets that track your heart rate and the number of steps you walk each day. A self-adjusting thermostat . Gadgets are getting scary smart, right? And we just found out about the smartest toothbrush in the world, powered…

I'm already thinking ahead to spring cleaning and redecorating, with plans to paint a few rooms. And luckily, I just discovered an awesome site by Sherwin Williams that I've anointed as my own Next Big Thing for you home decor fans--afte…

Remember when Marty McFly had to go back to the past to save the future? These blocks don't have the powers of a time traveling Delorean, but they can give you a sweet reminder of a simpler time when phones only had one ring and alarm cl…

You might have noticed that last Tuesday's Google Doodle was a beautiful illustration in honor of Charles Dickens' 200th birthday. But did you know that Valentine's Day marks the great author's celebrated trip to America, where he was fe…

Given the amazing power of technology, it was only a matter of time before we'd be able to control our lights, our thermostat, even our garage door from smart gadgets. Well, thanks to Belkin, that time is right now. Or, very very soon. T…

For those of us who have organization and home decorating heavily on the brain this month (now I know I'm not the only one), I'm totally digging this fabulous media console from CB2. The media console by Mash Design Studio was clearly in…

While a lot of us are now using our smartphones as our alarm clocks, I still like the idea of a dedicated alarm clock on a night table, especially when it's one as pretty as these are. The bird alarm clocks wakes you up with the sound of…

Alarms? Waking up early? A Jedi craves not these things. But your little Padawan might crave an alarm clock melding their favorite Star Wars character minifigures and Lego. It's always Darth o' clock with this detailed Lego Star Wars Dar…

For those of you with computer geeks, programmers, or binary groupies on your holiday list (What? There have to be a few out there.) have we got the calendar for you. This Hexadecimal 2012 calendar was designed using HEX decimals from th…

As a fan of both modern art and video games, I had to laugh when I saw this geeky cool print that mashes up Magritte with, of all things, Mario. This geeky cool Ceci n'est pas une pipe print, from an original painting by Arizona artist L…

Unite, children of the 80s! Who now have our own children! For you will know exactly why I happen to be loving these new Pac-Man wall decals. Our buddies at Blik are now offering the officially licensed Pac-Man wall decals , so you know …

I've always known the simplehuman line of trash cans to be well designed, but it wasn't until I saw a demo of their brilliant new Sensor Can that I actually started coveting it. Coveting . A garbage can. I know. The simplehuman Sensor Ca…

My kids are squarely in the nightlight stage -- old enough to sleep alone, old enough to hit the bathroom themselves at 3 AM, but not beyond waking me up when they need to go anyway. So I definitely get excited when I find creative night…

What happens when you merge social media channels, early 20th century propaganda artwork, and the twisted humor of designer Aaron Wood? A series of truly fabulous posters that are going viral as quickly as those LOL cats. I first spotted…

Between my laptop, iPhone, iPad, husband's iPod, USB cables and external hard drive, my desk is covered by a maze of cords. Trying to bundle them together with twist ties and hair elastics isn't fooling anyone anymore--it's time to addre…

I've been on the lookout for some fun pillows for adorning my couches for when I have actual real life adult guests over. So as a self-proclaimed geek and newly converted Mac girl, these pillows immediately caught my eye. The I'm a Mac t…

It's not often that you're floored by Fluorine--unless you're into corrosive gas. (Which does sound a little like my dad... heh.) But if your dad loves the periodic table, this gift might just be element-ary. Geek dads will firmly approv…

I definitely get a little too happy over handmade geek-chic accessories that blend technology with craftsmanship. What can I say, I think every home should have a bit of a smile to it, whether it's a Twitter pillow or this awesome new fi…