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Sticklets are flexible silicone connectors made in a variety of configurations
diy how-to kids materials for making space/home

stick–lets, flexible connectors from making with branches and rods

One of our secret passions is connectors — not just connectors of ideas – but connectors of physical things as well: materials you can build with. We can’t wait to try out Stick-lets, flexible, stretchy silicone connectors made in a variety of configuerations. (They’re meant for kids, but when did that ever stop us?) You…

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diy gifts how-to kids materials for making space/home

fort magic (pop-up rooms indoors and out)

Having no hidden rooms in our apartments, we have written a number of posts mulling ways to make an “instant”, impermanent guest room in our space. They are usually along the lines of something a kid would make, since secretly, we love the feeling of forts, teepees, treehouses. We are always on the lookout for…

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cool spaces diy materials for making space/home

‘pop-up’ rooms within rooms

For some time now, we’ve been mulling the idea of pop-up, temporary “rooms” that we could put in place easily in a smallish apartment. The idea started with wanting to provide out-of-town friends camping in our living room with privacy, and evolved when we were trying to figure out a way to separate our sleeping…

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