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Hot Posts 10.07.08:This Week's Hot Posts

What a week. The stocks plunged, the senate and the house couldn't agree on a bailout until Friday, and Biden and Palin went head to head in one of the most watched veep debates in history. Well goll...

Flickr Finds: Modern and Minimal Living Room

Stumbled upon Amanda's great Brooklyn living room the other day. We love how big the space is and how it's kept looking big with a minimal amount of furniture and décor. The other reason we love thi...

Look! Panasonic's 150" HDTV

There's big, and then there's bigger. If you thought that 65" or even 85" would be the biggest, you would be wrong. Panasonic has just come out with their 150" plasma screen. Yes, that's one hundred a...

Pottery Barn's Apothecary Media Cabinet

Remember that apothecary cabinet we saw in Elle Decor? Well we just found something similar in Pottery Barn, no this isn't a Friends joke, and it'll not only hold smaller items, it doubles as a media...

Look! TV Mounted Above Fireplace

There are lots of places to place a flat screen when you're willing to look to your walls for support. Jonathan Craddock and his wife decided the empty spot above their fireplace was the best place f...

Sacramento Cinder Block Home

Not all of us mount our flat screens (if we have them). Rearranged Design features a house tour with Sacramento dweller, Juju. She's been living in a cinder block house for five years and one of the ...

Slingbox PRO-HD: High-def to Your Computer Anywhere in the World

We have covered the Slingbox before, but for our readers who aren't familiar with this little box, it allows you to watch your TV on a laptop or mobile phone anywhere in the world....as long as you h...

Roundup: Ten White Televisions

Yesterday we posted about Holly's white on white gadgets, furniture, and décor. Reader Michael Dumas wanted to know what other white flat screens there are out there so we thought, hello roundup! Aft...

MEdiaCOre: The Living Room PC as Furniture

Slowly but surely, computers are invading our living rooms. As we take the time to get rid of our CD clutter by ripping all of our music and our digital movie collections continue to grow, you need a...

All in One Home Theater Wire Management Kit

You've finally spent your hard earned dollars for that sweet deep black reproducing plasma display, partnered with a set of high end speakers, amp/processor, Blu-ray player, but now you find yourself ...

Look! White Is the New Black

Oooh how we love white electronics. We're not sure if it started with the iBook or with Woody Allen's Sleeper, but there's something about a room filled with shiny white things that just makes us fee...

Close-Up: Basement Lounge Makeover

Name: Garrison Hullinger & J Jones II Location: Portland, OR Years Lived In: 3.5 years What's your philosophy on integrating technology into your living space? Hide all wiring! Over three years ago ...

Custom Made Media Center Inspired by Vintage Postcard

ATLA has a great House Tour of Steve Prestemon's Venice, CA home. Within the 1340 sq/ft house is this custom made media center, inspired by a postcard Steve found at Urban Outfitters......

X-Series Dellegno: The Sinking Projection Screen

I wish I had seen this when I was renovating the basement. After flip flopping between a flat panel and a projector, the flat panel won out because I wouldn't have been able to hide the projector scre...

DIY: 12" Home Subwoofer Parte Uno (Help!)

Hi! This week we are starting a project that will last a few weeks... and it's sort of a Choose Your Own Adventure TM type thing which involves you, the reader. We really enjoy doing these projects b...

Look! Tutus as Decoration

Before we were gabbing away on our Swatch Twin phones, we were investing in tulle tutus trying to mimic the almighty Madonna circa "Like a Virgin" days, which brings us to why, oh why, we are so in lo...

Scavenger: Vintage Radio Cabinet Turned Media Center

Just peeped this on Craigslist. We love how the current owner took advantage of the shelving on this vintage radio cabinet to house their modern A/V equipment. If we had the room for this we'd scoop ...

Final Frame: Entertainment Center

True Home Theater...

Blogging... Elle Decor

We usually don't condone televisions in the bathroom (a bit much, no?), but this execution is pretty marvelous. Found in the New York home of fashion designer Adam Lippes, this Sharp Aquos flat scree...

Pimp My Living Room: Go Black, Get Glossy

A fan of black? Like shiny things? Don't have that much money, but looking for the very best? We've got you covered. For this roundup, we have our budget-savvy glossy black edition for college student...

Eizo Mouse/Remote Control Combo: Ideal For Home Theater PCs

When you are setting up your home theater system, you will usually look for a way to integrate a PC into the console mix. It's not always easy and doesn't always look nice. However, there a loads of s...

Hot Posts 09.14.08: This Week's Top Ten Unplggd Posts

Our hearts go out to those affected by hurricane Ike. When will this gusty season end? Ok, Debbie Downer moment over. On a lighter note, we had a great week of posts (both old and new) making the t...

Look! The Vertical Mount Home Theater

Who says you have to organize your home theater components in a horizontal layout? Dave Owens' home theater setup is an example of how to pack in a lot of tech into a small space, thanks to a vertical...

Meredith Kleinman: Hiding That Ridiculously Oversized TV...In Your Dream Home

Some just prefer the comfortable solitude of having 20th century influences hidden; a fine example found on Design Sponge Online's coverage of Meredith's home. Here, she attempts the impossible - keep...

Best Ways to Reduce Home Theater Clutter

Creating a beautiful home theater isn't just the act of purchasing the best performing individual components...it's also the careful consideration of how each component integrates with one another, an...