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As editors, we’re always on the lookout for products that will make our lives easier and more beautiful. So nothing makes us happier than seeing that you share in our excitement over rainbow-hued stove knobs or terrazzo contact paper, too.  In February alone, you showed us exactly what you loved the most: a celebrity-fave slow cooker, classic paint colors, and chic lighting fixtures, to name a few. Here’s the full list of the top-10 items Domino readers shopped for through our site this past month.  Fire Starters Retro Gas Knob in Green Brown, Big Chill ($25) When we wrote about...

For years designer Sarah Stacey’s clients dried their clothes in the Panama sun. So when their jobs brought them back to the U.S., to Austin (he’s a professor at the University of Texas; she works for the CDC), they weren’t totally willing to give up their tried-and-true system for machine-only laundering. “They air-dry almost everything,” says Stacey. The couple tasked the pro with designing a space for them off their garage that met their specific needs. Cue the most clever laundry room drawers we’ve ever seen. Stacey custom-designed an open cabinet that has a series of plastic-mesh panels inside for...

Photography by Canary Grey; Appliances: Electrolux; Cabinetry Paint: Sherwin-Williams SW 7740 Messenger Bag; Wall Paint: Sherwin-Williams SW7636 Origami White; Light fixture: Cedar and Moss; Hardware: Schwinn; Counter Material: Marine Black Slate; Sink: Elkay It’s not often you hear someone say their laundry room is one of their favorite spots in their house. But Alexandra Bennett isn’t just any average person stuffing their washing machine with load after load; as the co-founder and CEO of the contemporary textile brand Louise Gray, she’s particularly passionate about fabric care.  So Bennett recently enlisted designer Victoria Sass of Prospect Refuge Studio to renovate her historic...

In Spinning Plates, cook and self-professed vegetable enthusiast Julia Sherman (you might know her as Salad for President) shares how you, too, can make your way in and around the kitchen with confidence. There’s a troubling disconnect between my preference for crisp white shirts and my hopeless habit of dragging my sleeves through sauce. I am a tornado in the kitchen, an impulsive gardener with no time for gloves, and a passionate eater with little regard for wardrobe casualties (not to mention, the mother of a 10-month-old who has reassigned my shoulder as a napkin). So instead of trashing my collection of splattered and...

The harvest is in full swing, which means shorter days, chillier nights, and diminishing quantities of fresh green things at the farmers market. As winter starts to approach, your own garden will also start to ease into its seasonal slumber. But that doesn’t mean you have to bid farewell to the fruits (or, more accurately, herbs) of your labor: You just have to dry them. Sure, you can pick up jars of dried herbs at the grocery store, but a DIY approach guarantees optimal freshness and flavor. Plus, they’ll give your kitchen an instantly witchy vibe—what could be more perfect...