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Midday Muse: Everyday Art
French photographer JR is known for his political art installations, but that doesn't mean every picture he captures is rife with controversial content. Sometimes, the message is more subtle. While JR may simply be showing us the gorgeous colors and patterns of the clothing on this line in Monrovia, Liberia, I, of course, will use the image to urge you to create your own fabric art installation in your backyard — on your clothesline.
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How-To: Get Into Albert Hammond Jr.'s Bedroom
The bedroom of any member of The Strokes is something that millions of girls (including Yours Truly) have dreamt of seeing. So, it's my pleasure to announce that you're all one step closer to Albert Hammond Jr.'s sheets — but not if I beat you to it. Hammond has put his 1,200-square-foot, two-bedroom, 1.5-bath East Village apartment on the market for $899,000.
NOLA Musicians' Village Makes Progress
In December 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina, Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis, both musical forces in New Orleans, along with Habitat for Humanity, announced plans to build Musicians' Village, a neighborhood of the Upper Ninth Ward centered around the Ellis Marsalis Center For Music for displaced local musicians and other qualifying homeowner families.
Musicians' Village is intended to both preserve the city's musical culture, and foster the education of its residents. Now, two years later, 70 single-family homes are either under construction, or have been built on 8.1 vacant acres, which the New Orleans Area Habitat For Humanity purchased in early 2006.
Casa Verde: Ed Begley's Top 5 Ideas For Going Green at Home
Environmentalist extraordinaire and star of hit eco show Living With Ed, Ed Begley Jr. recently chatted with Green Muze about his ideas for green living. Ed also shared his ideas for the top five ways that people can go green. Many of them are surprisingly easy!
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In the News: Unwanted Heirlooms
In the New York Times story "The Tyranny of the Heirloom," writer Joyce Wadler explores the idea of the unwanted family inheritance. Melodie Bryant, a New York composer whom Wadler interviews, for example, inherited a portrait of her Great-Great-Great-Uncle Ivins, even though she had no desire to hang the painting in her tiny Chelsea apartment. Add to this a moving accident, which ripped the canvas and cost Bryant $3,000 in repair costs, and you can understand why this portrait became a wall hanging you'd avert your eyes from.
This Just In: Condé Nast in Talks to Acquire Dwell?
According to Women's Wear Daily, sources close to Condé Nast say that the company may acquire San Francisco-based shelter/architecture magazine, Dwell. Although Dwell's publisher and president, Michela O'Connor Abrams, told WWD, "I have not been involved in any discussions with Condé Nast," and a spokesperson for Condé Nast declined to comment, it is well known that Condé Nast chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. is a fan of the independent magazine.
How To: Replace a Thermostat
Back in the Midwest, where most of my family lives, it's been snowing like crazy, and the temperatures have been dipping down to below zero. Energy prices for heating your home are always crazy in the depths of Winter, so it makes sense to try to make your home as energy efficient as possible. One way to save a significant amount of money this Winter is by installing a programmable thermostat.Casa Capsule: The Week That Was
- We showed you how to make easy snowflakes chandeliers and ornaments.
- The Beckhams splurged on a $50,000 tree house for their boys.
- We told you how to maximize space and rearrange furniture for a party.
- I shared my rollercoaster-like adventures in Craigslisting with you.
- 70 homes have been erected in Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis' New Orleans Musician's Village.
- Saddam Hussein's gaudy mega-yacht is for sale.
- I clued you in on the best place to find antique hardware.
- And, I told you how to make a last minute outdoor fireplace.
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