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.

Trapeze LED Task Lamp - Large - White Designed by Peter Stathis | Light & Contrast

PIK Vases - White Designed by Anders Nørgaard | Y'a Pas Le Feu Au Lac

Masters Chair - White Designed by Philippe Starck, Eugeni Quitllet | Kartell

500,000 Lego bricks, a crane and the efforts of thousands of children created this giant tower.

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."

When you’ve got your stamp the way you want it, you’re ready to ink it up.

Have your children help you go through their book collections and pick out what books they haven't read yet. If you are able to safely leave your home, you can coordinate curbside dropoff book exchanges with friends.

Sheridan Coakley, owner of the London-based furnishings purveyor SCP, uses his circa-1970s home as a testing ground for the furnishings he carries in his company’s inventory. In the foreground, a Balzac lounge chair by Matthew Hilton is draped with a Donna Wilson blanket.

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.

This Cocktail Set is the answer to easy and elegant holiday entertaining. Each piece is a beautiful object on its own; together, they make for a sophisticated display. Included is a Jose Reguiero square walnut tray, 4 Holmegaard water glasses, 4 glass Dharma straws and a cleaning brush, 4 Native Organics gauze napkins, 4 Sara Barner brown leather coasters, an Iacoli & McAllister hex bottle opener, Morris Kitchen Spiced Apple Syrup, and Morris Kitchen Ginger Syrup.

Aalto Vase - Light Blue Designed by Alvar Aalto | Iittala

Kastehelmi Bowl - Light Blue Designed by Oiva Toikka | Iittala

Frosty winter days call for staying warm from the inside out. Now in Winter Seasonal colors, the Rim Stack Mugs are the perfect vessels for your favorite cold weather beverages (or soups!).

Kartio Carafe - Light Blue Designed by Kaj Franck | Iittala

Christmas Tree Blanket It's been triangle mania this year in design trends. Carry the trend through the holidays with this awesome Christmas tree blanket. Cool, urban, and modern.

KIKI SOFA - 2 SEATER Elegant and timeless, the Kiki collection of furniture was created by legendary Finnish designer Ilmari Tapiovaara in 1960. For the Kiki Sofa, Tapiovaara envisioned a clean, minimal sofa that could be integrated into any existing environment. Plush yet refined, the Kiki Sofa is crafted with lacquered steel tubing and features a fabric upholstered soft foam cushion.

ARROW SPOONS - SALAD SET $175.00 This pair of large walnut serving spoons with arrow detail are hand carved from locally sourced walnut wood by Amelie Mancini in Brooklyn, New York. Each pair is one of a kind and oiled with beeswax and mineral oil for a super smooth finish.

KONKKARONKKA FLATWARE PLACE SETTING $82.00 Created by Mari Isopahkala for legendary Finnish design house Marimekko, the Konkkaronkka Place Setting’s innovative design includes non-matching utensils. Made from stainless steel, each utensil is marked with its own unique pattern detailing, adding individuality to each piece and intrigue to the table-setting.

Warm wintry grey is a nod to the season in this Appetizer Set, which includes a mini condiment plate, and Edward Wohl cutting board and pate knife.

Three different serving plates in an array of winter blue, grey, and white make for easy holiday entertaining.

Kastehelmi Bowl - Apple Green Kaj Franck's Kartio glassware sheds all things unnecessary and superfluous. The result is a timeless aesthetic that stuns with pure geometric shapes embellished only by gentle colors— as Franck put it, "the only decoration needed." Each perfectly balanced piece is simple, yet durable enough for everyday use, infused with the feeling that it could not have been designed any other way.

"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.

3. "Can I afford the payment on the home?" "Although lenders are not handing out money as easily as they did in 2006, it's very important to know that you can afford your house payment and live your life in other areas,” states Hoffman.

When you enter the VitraHaus, you receive a "Vitra Key." At the reception desk, you program the credit card-like key with your country of origin and your preferred language, then, as you walk around the VitraHaus, you can use it at kiosks to learn the names and designers of the pieces on display. You can even use it to wish-list products and start shopping (since every product on display is also for sale).

In the open-plan living and dining room, a dramatically sloped roofline allows for generous clerestory windows.

Last but not least, you'll want to keep a record of your best brews. The Beer Record lets you take notes so you can replicate your favorite combination later. Bostwick and Rymill say it only costs about $50 to outfit your kitchen with the necessary equipment to start brewing (and then another $5-10 in ingredients per subsequent batch). The list of materials needed is in the book and supplies are available from your favorite local or online homebrew shop. Even if you don't plan on making your own beer, the design, interesting facts, and plain readability of the book makes its worth adding to your library. So grab a copy and grab a glass, and bottoms up! Join us in Los Angeles for Dwell on Design 2011, and catch Bostwick and Rymill on stage chatting beer and book design on Sunday, June 26. Don't miss a word of Dwell! Download our FREE app from iTunes, friend us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter!

The more planning you do and the fewer changes you make, the higher chance you have of staying within your budget. Take the time to figure out what the scope of the project is and get a sense of how much work is needed so that you can make educated decisions when presented with options.

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

Oil your wooden kitchen tools and cutting boards. Most mineral oils will do the trick—and they’ll give your wooden widgets a much longer life. Make sourdough bread. If you’ve got some yeast in your pantry, and it’s not too old, get down to perfecting that sourdough bread recipe. You could also start a kombucha culture, or pickle any hearty vegetables you’ve got lying around. Make a pantry meal. If you can’t get to the supermarket, think about making some Spanish rice and beans from canned or dry goods. Perfectly simple. Label absolutely everything. KonMari your entire kitchen, while you’re at it. Know where and what everything is, and get rid of anything you don’t use for a perfectly uncluttered and organized kitchen.

If you don’t have to have cabinetry installed or shelves drilled onto your bathroom walls, one good idea is to create recessed wall shelves for storage. This will help conserve floor space. You can even create recessed wall in corners.