In honor, I give you Homer Simpson buying illegal fireworks:

My pal Jeffrey from the Fun Times Guide To Living Green did a fab interview with the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta about how they are the greenest hotel in all Atlanta. It’s really quite fascinating, it totally makes me want to go visit now.

I have never been technically inclined, but I couldn’t help being complete intrigued by these prints of ordinary objects disassembled and artfully arranged by Etsy seller Brittny Badger.

Each 13×19″ print is $50.

I ran across a fantastic idea on SwissMiss this morning. This is a changing table made from an inexpensive Sunex tool cart. I don’t have kids, but I thought there must be a million other things you could do with one of these fantastic, colorful carts - like turn it into a rolling bar cart for a patio or even your dining room.

I love the yellow, but I only found the red. But this heavy-duty service cart is just $97. It has locking wheels, so you don’t have to worry about your martinis rolling away. You could store glassware and an ice bucket up top and liquor bottles below.

I also found this economy cart for just $68!

CB2 is having a summer sale. They’ve got up to 50% off a lot of cool items, including some nice patio chairs. But I particularly like this Arch Magazine Rack, now just $29.99. It’s got a nice Midcentury vibe.

I just recently rented an office. Now I have a space to go write where I don’t have a bunch of kids bugging me. Working at home is great, except during the summer when the kids are out of school. So now I have to decorate it, and that’s my sticking point. The only thing I know for sure that I want to have is this poster from despair, inc. I don’t really have “customers” in the traditional sense, but when I worked retail, I had this thought many times.

I ran across a few of the Dror for Target items in-store this weekend. They are housed in the dorm area, but are simple and chic enough to work in any home.

And the student-budget pricing doesn’t make them any less attractive.

Wood Accent Table, $59.99

Stick Table Lamp, $19.99

Plastic Wall Clock, $24.99

All the feel of the woods with out that pesky cutting down trees part. This Stoobe Storage Stool from Krooom is now available in-store at Target for just $15.

It’s eco-friendly and is meant for storage.

But no Kroom products have actually showed up on Target.com just yet.

Via ModFruGal.

How awesome would this be in your kitchen? I guess the pot rack would have to make room, but fresh herbs are a lot better than a bunch of clunking copper sauce pans any day.

These Sky Planters use a “ground breaking internal reservoir system” to deliver water - so no drips or leaks. My only question - how the heck are they keeping the plants from falling out?

Via SwissMiss.

I have been so focused on Etsy’s handmade items, I’d never really looked through any of their vintage stuff until yesterday. But I was happy to find extremely reasonable prices on lots of really cool items. If you’re looking for vintage housewares, they beat Ebay, hands down.

1956 Cocktail Party Wheel, $26

Deco Shakers, $14.95

Mod Hippo Box, $45