Cardboard Boxes

Have you ever had to pay extra fees to carry oversize luggage? Flown somewhere, ended up buying so many things that they did not fit your suitcase anymore? Here s a nifty trick we used in our last trip to Europe which allowed us to carry much more than we believed we could at no extra charge. First:…

How to pack books is a question we don’t ask often. But truth is, improperly packed books often are the reason for an accidental mess in the back of the moving van. A Book Lover’s Painful Moments For a true bibliophile, there’s nothing more flustering than: ripped pages; bent spines; dog-eared corners…

Despite being a lifelong patron and admirer of libraries, my own academic and professional background was not in the library field. Originally focused on working in the Arts, I earned an bachelors in art history and continued working as an artist myself, recently turning my attention to creating digital…

While everyday cardboard may not seem to be the most high-tech material, that’s what Zimoun turned to in order to create a room-size installation that addresses multiple contrasting themes. As part of the exhibition at Borusan Contemporary in Istanbul, Zimoun, along with two other artists, produced a…

You just finished moving and you have a huge stack of cardboard boxes cluttering up the garage. What do you do with all those boxes? You don’t want to throw them away and fill up the landfill. You don’t want to store them in the garage since they take up so much room. Finally, San Antonio has a better…

ME: “What is this you wrote here: `dress form’?” LI’L DIVA: “It’s on this website.” (Clickty-clickty click.) ME: “It’s a mannequin. … That costs $199!” LI’L DIVA: “Yes! I’ll put my clothes on it so I can figure out what to wear to school.” ME: “You already have that in the deluxe two-piece model. It’s…

By Camille Styles, photography by Melanie Grizzel Entertaining a group of kids can be tricky, to say the least. Between the menu, the decor and the activities, things can get out of hand (and expensive) in the blink of an eye. This party concept simplifies the process by limiting all decor to projects…

TreeHugger spares no expense or our livers in our search to find the greenest packaging for wine. After reading Ruben Anderson s article in Tyee, where he said Do you really want to try to look your children in the eye and explain that they have to eat jellyfish gumbo because you couldn t resist that…