Toy Chests are a godsend for eliminating reducing clutter in a home with one or more children. They’re also typically really boring for both the parents and the kids. When was the last time you saw a toy box that had any uniqueness and character to it? Exactly. . . never. That’s all about to change when you check out one of the newest vendors on Etsy: Thomas Engineering, run by the talented carpenter (and my personal friend) Joe Thomas. With the word “Engineering” in their name, you might suspect this toy chest offers more than just a piano hinge. And you’d be right, it definitely does! [click to continue…]
We have another sneak peek of a product not yet available to the market, but thanks to a visit to the National Hardware Show, we’re able to let you in on it. The show had a number of inventive things to make landscaping easier for owners and more green for the environment – and the dsolv Compostable Lawn Bag was one such item.
It’s not available until Fall 2010 (and not in stores until Spring 2011), but since we know HomeFixated readers want to keep ahead of those goofy “mainstream” homeowners, we’re giving you the scoop now. [click to continue…]
Americans have long had a dislike of the French. Sometimes it’s just gentle teasing, other times, it’s downright fury. I can understand it to a certain degree. After all, we have the French to blame for accordion music, mimes, and the possibility of finding things like frogs, snails and horse on the menu. Le yarg.
They have, however, also brought a lot of good into the world such as batteries, bicycles and bikinis – and that’s just the B’s! We have one more French-made ‘B’ to add to the list – and that’s the Bacsac – a smartly designed and relatively inexpensive set of portable gardening containers.
We talked about organic ways to kill snails in our article about using beer as snail bait. The problem with that technique is not that it’s ineffective, it’s that you have to sacrifice beer in the name of snail killing. That’s just not a sacrifice I’m willing to make. Several weeks ago, a massive snail assault began on our property. When I went outside in the evening or early morning, it was like Night of The Living Dead …. snails disconcertingly converging on us from every direction. I briefly entertained leaving them be, especially since our 3 year old daughter loved pointing them out to me every morning. She’d grab one and say “Look daddy, a snail!” Now that I’m writing this, it’s making me realize I’ve been a horrible father. . . . I have massacred my daughter’s favorite morning entertainment. Luckily she can’t read, so let’s just keep this review of Garden Safe Organic Slug and Snail Bait between you and me, shall we? [click to continue…]
