This Month's Top Ten Tips From My Favorite Magazines - July 2010

From Real Simple

1.  Best Outdoor Blankets - From Anthropologie just $19.95. It was $72. One side is terrycloth the other is Egyptian cotton 60" x 37"

2.  40 - the average number of songs needed for a 3 hr party playlist. Go to songvote.com and friends can vote on and suggest songs to play at the party.

3.  I always love Real Simple's column New Uses For Old Things...so many clever ideas. To help keep your computer cool, prop it up on two doorstop wedges.

From Sunset Magazine

4.  I don't know what it is about Airstream campers that are so cool, but I have wanted one for years. I don't even like to camp that much. What I would really like is one in the backyard as a guest room and fix up the inside so it is very retro 1950s.

5.  Instapaper - lets you save any webpage to your iPhone or iPad to read later. I just downloaded this app. Think I will use it a lot.

From Livingetc

6.  The Navy 111 Chair - "a triumph of recycling" - each chair is made from at least 111 plastic Coke bottles. How cool is that?

7.  Lots of cool wall stickers and other items at Rockett St. George.

8.  While browsing the Rockett St. George website I found these Top Hat Pendant Lights. Love them!

From Country Living

9.  Beverage dispensers seem to be everywhere this summer. This hand-painted dispenser from Cupcakes and Cartwheels is one of my favorites.

10. Think you would need a glass top on this Tightrope Coffee Table from Anthropologie to keep coffee cups etc from tipping over, but I like it.