Sunbeam's automatic waffle maker makes four waffles at the same time. ...Wait, don't a lot of them do that? During the 1950's, not so much. WomansDay.com rounds up 15 great vintage household ads including kitchen appliances like a gas range that makes "cooking a real joy" and a "keen" KitchenAid Food Preparer. [via The Presurfer] Related Vintage Advertising from Mom's Basement Vintage Cereal Box Gallery...
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Danish designer Ornamented Life takes chipped and cracked dinnerware and turns the imperfections into art. Pieces can be bought at HORNE for $38 to $75. [via Oh Joy!] Related Map Plates Subliminal Dinnerware Topography Soup Plate...
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The Spilt Milk bowl from Fred is designed to look like a splash of milk. Perfect for containing cereal and milk, although anything else might look weird. Available from Perpetual Kid in mid-April for $13.99. [via Gizmodo]...
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Turn any letter or number you want into a blocky cake with the Alphabet/Number Cake Pan. The pan features 2-inch square blocks that can be rearranged in a 4 x 7 grid. [via How Blog] Related Cakesicle Pan Literally a Cup-cake Serious Eats Gift Guide: For the Baker...
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Design*Sponge has a cute idea for what to do with blank nesting dolls: turn them into salt shakers! Or rather, "anything powdered" shakers. Suggestions include pepper, cinnamon sugar, and Parmesan cheese. Related Salt-n-Pepa Salt and Pepper Shakers Cute Salt and Pepper Shakers Film Canister Salt and Pepper Shakers...
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You probably can't put nuclear waste in these Atomic Food Containers, but if you could then their claim, "They'll never steal your lunch again!" would come true. Because anyone who did would become horribly sick. Related Ctrl Alt Del Cups Subliminal Dinnerware Paper Plates You Can Display On Your Wall...
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If you're all too familiar with having to frustratingly press Ctrl + Alt + Del during a frozen computer session, you'll appreciate these Ctrl Alt Delete cups by MOD Design of Taiwan. The cups are shaped like giant keys and the tray is modeled to look like a computer's circuit board. The cup set made an appearance at this year's Maison et Object trade show but isn't available for purchase yet. [via Neatorama]...
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File this under Why Didn't I Think of That. Etsy.com seller Drinkanddream created a salt and pepper shaker set that plays off the name of '80s hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa. I feel bad for Spinderella, though. Maybe Drinkanddream can craft a lazy Susan in her honor. Salt-n-Pepa shakers, $30 on Etsy. Related: Cute Salt and Pepper Shakers...
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If you're a perpetual doodler, even when taking a coffee break, Spanish artist Julie Mariscal has the thing for you: the Writing Spoon, which features an incision at its tip that turns it into a makeshift fountain pen. You can buy it online at Vinçon (€20.86) as part of Ferran Adrià's Faces Collection of designer kitchenware and tableware. Watch the spoon in action after the jump....
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Water filtration pitchers can certainly be useful for improving the quality of tap water, but they have their drawbacks. Filter pitchers require regular replacement of disposable plastic filters to maintain performance, and they are generally big, bulky, and nothing to look at. For all but the most casual gatherings and dinner parties, I decant filtered water into a glass or ceramic vessel that looks better and takes up less table space than my filtration pitcher. Though it may not be ideal, this method works well enough that I’d never much considered another possibility. Filtering with Charcoal and Stones Design Within Reach Then, while flipping through the pages of the latest Design Within Reach (DWR) catalogue, I found a tempting alternative:...
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