DIY: Recycled Catalog Christmas Tree


Updated 12/07/09 6:10 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 3 comments

DIY: Recycled Catalog Christmas Tree

I was inspired by either random creativity or divine procrastination to turn a stack of DWR catalogs and expired gossip glossies into festive Christmas trees. The project took me under 10 minutes to complete. My catalog collection has been piling up since Nov. 1, so this is a great way to reuse and upcycle! You can use any catalog or gossip mag so long as it has a saddle-stitch binding. It's also Read more

Best of 2009: What's Your Favorite Shelter Magazine This Year?


Updated 12/07/09 4:41 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 5 comments

Best of 2009: What's Your Favorite Shelter Magazine This Year?

This year we said goodbye to Metropolitan Home, Craft, and Domino, three of my favorite shelter magazines, and many that aren't closing shop are still teetering. With shelter magazines folding left and right, this is a tough category, but there's still plenty of great content out there. We did welcome Dwell's new DIY magazine, Make It Yours, and a new, very Domino-esque online shelter mag, Lonny. Read more

Website of the Day: Maggwire


Updated 12/01/09 12:47 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Find Popular Magazine Articles on Maggwire

Sometimes I'll pick up a magazine in the waiting room of my doctor's or dentist's office and read an article that I wish I could tear out and take with me (confession: OK, so maybe I did rip the odd one out). And then, there are the magazines that I like but don't love them enough to get an annual subscription, so I'll buy the odd one at a bookstore. If this sounds familiar, I'd like to Read more

Philippe Starck and Karl Lagerfeld Guest Edit Wallpaper*


Updated 09/10/09 10:00 AM · Posted by CasaSugar · 0 comments

Philippe Starck and Karl Lagerfeld Guest Edit Wallpaper

Wallpaper* has called on two titans of the design world, Philippe Starck and Karl Lagerfeld, to guest edit its October issue. Beginning by pushing the boundaries of magazine production, Starck designed the first triple-layered, transparent front cover, while Lagerfeld introduced the first peelable front cover. As for the editorial, Starck approached scientists, physicists, cosmologists, Read more

Favorite Health Magazine


Updated 12/21/08 9:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

Favorite Health Magazine

If you're active and into a healthy lifestyle, perusing through health magazines can give you great recipe ideas, interesting facts about ingredients and supplements, and inspirational how-tos to tone your upper body. When I asked about your Favorite Health Magazine, I'd have to agree with the results. Women's Health is top on your list (and mine), because it's mature and easy to read. Shape and Read more

What's Your Favorite Shelter Magazine in 2008?


Updated 12/02/08 10:32 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 17 comments

What's Your Favorite Shelter Magazine in 2008?

This year we said goodbye to Home, O at Home, and Cottage Living, and many of those shelter mags that aren't closing shop are still teetering. With shelter magazines folding left and right, this is a tough category, but there's still plenty of great content out there. So tell me, which is your fave? Source What's Your Favorite Shelter Magazine in 2008? Domino Elle Decor Read more

Are You Heading to the Domino Bazaar?


Updated 10/16/08 2:00 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 1 comment

Are You Heading to the Domino Bazaar?

If you're in the Los Angeles area this weekend, I suggest you head over to H.D. Buttercup for the Domino Bazaar. Open to the public from Oct. 17-19 from noon to 6 p.m. daily, the bazaar will feature a mix of green products, art, budget-friendly furnishings, super high-end designer goods, and antiques for the home and garden. Everything has been hand-selected by Domino staff, and styled into room Read more