The Father’s Eyes blanket by Pendleton Woolen Mills is a tribute to the men who watch over and guide us as we journey through this earth. A portion of the sale of each blanket will benefit the Men's Health Network, a nonprofit dedicated to improving men's lives through better health.

Wearing rubber gloves, apply the oil, starting from the corner of the room farthest from the door. Apply an even layer of oil all over the floor, using a wide floor brush or paintbrush. Use a small paintbrush for edges.

Here's how my Jabba's eyes look up close.

Using medium-grade sandpaper, sand down the front and edges of wooden, painted, or varnished doors or drawer fronts with power sander (2A) or sanding block (2B).

Olafur Eliasson's "Your Rainbow Panorama."

A bright kitchen is not only healthier for your eyes, it also makes preparing food safer and will probably put you in a cheerier mood.

Barbara Hill's courtyard, replete with native plantings and salvaged materials. Her entire residence will be featured in an upcoming issue, so keep your eyes peeled.

Most tiles come in boxes or sheets enough to cover one square foot. Simply measure the length and width of area in feet and multiply to calculate the number of tiles to buy.

Seen in the architectural context of its London neighborhood, the house is all the more extraordinary: compact, materially innovative, and easy on the eyes.

"Your Rainbow Panorama," Olafur Eliasson, 2006-2011. Eliasson's team created a 360-degree walkway above the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Denmark, which provides panoramic views of the surrounding city, filtered through colored glass that forms a rainbow loop.

Anna: Medium Format Digi-back for your iPhone! Don't go garagesaling your old film cameras just yet! Badass Cameras has just created a medium format digital back for your Hasselblad, specifically for the use/fit of your iPhone. They just put their project on Kickstarter, and they're way past their goal to get this product going.

If you spring for the full kit ($85), you get a wool carrying case, and a rope-inspired Lightning cable for new iPads and iPhones. If using less energy in your daily life appeals to you, the Powerslayer is the most design-minded and functional option you can find.

Tanya Wexler and Amy Zimmerman linger in the breezeway designed to draw eyes, and footsteps, from the driveway through the house to the gently sloping backyard and swimming pool beyond.

Whether it's your Mackintosh or your hardhat, the metallic pegs on the Vai-te-undo offer a healthy hook.

Just like the interior, the outdoor shower is an exercise in reduction and contrast: It’s merely a boulder placed under a showerhead on the side of the building. “If you really strain your eyes, you can see perhaps one other house,” Cheshire says of the vista.

Bobs Your Uncle Russel Wright Creamer and Sugar -aqua Crafted from durable, shatterproof melamine, this cream and sugar set is perfect on it's own to add a pop of color to your table or coordinated with any other pieces from the award-winning Russel Wright collection. BPA Free. Dishwasher safe. Find this item at the Dwell Store.

Dubbeldam opened up the layout completely—long linear elements draw your eyes through the house to the backyard, and subtle details guide your eye there. One type of porcelain tiles, intended for outdoor use, stretches from the kitchen to the yard. "The backyard is small," she says, "but when you connect the house and the yard visually, they both seem so much larger."

Amid the motley of architectural styles, from nautically inspired to shingled country cabin, Herbie Schlaepfer and Barbara Haeusermann's newly built, 2,894-square-foot home is like a palate cleanser for the eyes. One zinc cube cantilevers off the other, with great walls of glass that slide open and disappear.

The roof also protects the "eyes" of the cabin in the front.

Bobs Your Uncle Russel Wright Full Place Setting Mid-century industrial designer Russel Wright believed that the table was the center of the home. First designed over 60 years ago, the Russel Wright Residential Collection is available once again, crafted from durable, shatterproof melamine. Winner of the Good Design Award from the Museum of Modern Art (1953, 1954), the Residential Collection remains an icon of the 20th century––and now 21st century––home. BPA Free. Dishwasher safe. Find this item at the Dwell Store.

Other sensors on toilets project a beam of light that, when a hand interferes, senses movement. Kohler’s system projects an electromagnetic field that they say is more accurate and reliable.

The enclosed run allows your pet to roam safely and securely.

Should your cabinet of curiosities lack an illuminated crystal formation, this 2008 Table Chandelier for Swarovski will surely brighten your Fortress of Solitude.

From the street, the house is shielded from inquisitive eyes.

Column Five Media's infographic foretells what music you listen to based on your your father's favorite musical stylings. Click here for the full image.

Flip your gluey boards over onto the paper side of your cover and press the material firmly to get rid of any bubbles.Brush glue on the inside edges of your cover and fold them over.

Close to the street, the entrance is protected from prying eyes by angular walls and plenty of foliage.

Feast your eyes out in the dining room.

These flexible furnishings will lift, shift, glide, and transform before your very eyes.

Feast your eyes upon Dimorestudio's credenza and gird your loins for the return of wall to wall carpeting!

Protected from prying eyes by a planted slope, the back of the property soaks up the sun with a hammock hung from the ceiling.

The new pink-and-yellow banister features red circular “eyes,” and the colors match the round yellow ROO light switches from Swtch.

Inviting entry that directs your eyes outside and lengthens the entire home

And now, back to the book block: Take your loosely woven cloth and cut a swatch that is just shy of the length of your spine, and wide enough that it will wrap your block with approximately .5" on either side of the spine. After the initial gluing has dried, take this strip and place it along the spine. Apply glue (not as liberally as before!) again so that it seeps through the cloth, but only along the spine. Take care that the glue doesn't get on the front or back of the book block. Again, set it aside to dry.