What happens when an architect and furniture maker collaborate?
Spot Cool Stuff has seen multitudes of small, prefabricated structures. Even among that stiff competition, The Bunkie stands out. First, there's the way the structure's design came about. It's the product of an unusual collaboration between an architectural firm (BLDG) and a furniture maker (608 Design). Indeed, it is hard to ...
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Transforming beds, chairs and desks
Mazel tov on your expected first born child. Now comes the first fun part of being a parent — coming up with the perfect baby name — and the first expensive and time consuming part — buying all the stuff you'll need for when little Terwilliger enters the world. Picking out ...
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Sound absorbing paint, pillows, tiles and art
Imagine the typical prospective home buyer or renter. They learn about a property of interest to them, either online or through an agent, and then go in person to check it out. And then they decide against it. What's the most likely reason why? According to a new survey from ...
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Palais Bulles: Pierre Cardin’s cool former home in the south of France
France is a land full of old-to-ancient buildings and a country zealous about guarding its national heritage. So how did a house designed by a Finnish architect and completed in 1989 land a coveted spot on the French Ministry of Culture's list of official historic monuments? The answer, in a word, ...
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The Dutchtub offers boundless bathing
Spot Cool Stuff adores glamping travel. Glamorous camping can get you out into a natural environment in the same way tent camping does. But it combines that with touches of luxury like you might find at a high-end hotel. After spending much of our youth backpacking on a rock-bottom budget, ...
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Bicycle tools, lock pick sets and cheese graters
Previously, Spot Cool Stuff reviewed the best websites for printing business cards. For that post, we assumed people were looking to print business cards that were cool-looking, distinctive but also relatively inexpensive. But what if cost were not so much a factor? Then there's another business card strategy you could ...
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