i love when the boundaries of art and life seem to blur, which is totally the case with the home of artist christopher bettig of the mountain label. one look at the LA home of this frenchman (who grew up in nyc and ct and studied at mica), and i was instantly reminded of his work - with its fresh, w...

How can I make my yurt time special? What should I do with my new yurt? I just moved into a tiny yurt, about 10 feet by 10 feet big and 6 feet tall. It's made of wood and sits in the West Virginia mountains. The ceiling is slanted, so there is crouching to get in and out of it. It's the smallest pla...

we’re rounding out our week of sneak peeks with writer and former editor-in-chief of craft magazine, tina barseghain. after ten years of san francisco living, she and her husband lloyd decided it was time to move their family to the sunny foothills of oakland where the crafts-style architectur...

we’re on a bit of a sneak peek roll this week so i wanted to keep things rolling with this beautiful home tour from frank viva of whigby. i’ve been a big fan of his work for some time now, and it was such a treat to get a glimpse into his beautiful home in toronto. frank has provided det...

. LUX INTERIOR & THE GANG LIVE ACTUALLY, LUX IS DEAD The King Of Cult-Rock Is Dead! Long Live The King! Lux, er, Erick Lee Purkhiser, worked with us at the Strand Bookstore back in 1977. He didn't stand out that much, considering. We don't think anybody knew him all that well. The place was full...

. LUX INTERIOR & THE GANG LIVE ACTUALLY, LUX IS DEAD The King Of Cult-Rock Is Dead! Long Live The King! Lux, er, Erick Lee Purkhiser, worked with us at the Strand Bookstore back in 1977. He didn't stand out that much, considering. We don't think anybody knew him all that well. The place was full...

Looks like not being Chinese means missing out on a lot of fun, I don’t even know what Jiong is! Apparently its a Chinese character that sports a half-smiling and half-fainting face, and is very popular on Internet. People use its caricature as an emoticon to display shock and dramatize a situatio...

portland, oregon has some of the best shops around. one of those is LIFE + LIMB, an indoor plant and modern home accessories shop run by graphic design trained molly quan. luckily for those of us not in portland, molly just opened an online shop, but today’s sneak peek is all about her home. i...

Editor's Note: This was contributed by Shaun Rogan, whose previous ZIO blog A Trip Thru Hell with the C.A. Quintet reignited interest in one of the great - but often overlooked - psychedelic albums.    Prologue read more...

We swear we've been staking out the magazine holders for ages and never saw them, in store or online. This blue scribble plate is one of the few things available on the latter, in any case: four-piece blue scribble plate......