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A Curated List of Memorial Day Sales
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Review: One Year With the Tiami Mattress

Upgrading to Tiami turned sleep into something I look forward to every night. Don’t miss their Memorial Day Weekend Sale.

By Adam Szafranski
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My Girlfriend Loves Design, So I Got Her an Arc Alarm Clock from NanuElectrics

Useful can be beautiful. The best gifts are.

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The Coolest Home Gifts for 2025

For the home, for the win.

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Shipping Container Pools

We've seen everything from houses and hotels to workshops and offices built out those gigantic shipping containers that we all know and love, but never anything like what Modpools is doing. Modpools makes pools out of shipping containers. The idea doesn't even seem all that crazy when you actually think…

By Cooper Fleishman
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This Croatian Lodge Lights up Like a Lantern

Situated in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in Croatia you'll find a lodge with sweeping views of the surroundings that lights up like a lantern at night. Designed by Croatian architect Tomislav Soldo, the Gorski Kotar lodge was built with only three functional elements of design required: pitched roof,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Marlboro Music School and Festival Cedar Cottages

For seven weeks a year, on a campus in the scenic Green Mountains, the Marlboro Music School and Festival plays host to world-renowned and budding classical musicians. In order to have proper accommodations for artists like Yo Yo Ma, Jonathan Biss and Murray Perahia, the festival contacted HGA Architects and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Artikul Shipping Container Hotel

Affectionately referred to as Hotel Trainspotting, the Artikul Container Hotel is situated between the Elbe river and a busy railway line in the Czech Republic. The small, boutique hotel uses a combination of recycled shipping containers and modern building materials to create a space that is equal parts modern design…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Curvilux Nightstand Helps You Sleep, Charges Your Phone, and Is Password Protected

Nighstands don't generally do anything more than serve as a place to charge a phone, set a glass of water and store all the stuff you don't want friends to see when they come over. The Curvilux Smart Nightstand does all those things, but it also does so much more.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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