Quick Fix: Replacing Your Toilet Seat

One of the secrets of home improvement is knowing that a project doesn't have to be huge (or expensive!) to have a big impact... as in the rest of life, sometimes "it's the little things". With this in mind, our series of "Quick Fix" posts deal with small projects that don't require a lot of time or expertise, but hopefully have the potential to make your daily life a little brighter. Today's topic: how to get rid of that old, disgusting toilet seat in your bathroom.

5 Board Book Shower Gifts for Friends with "Taste"

We all have them. We might secretly want to be them. The friends who have impeccable taste. From iPhone cases, Saturday casual clothes or the workout towel they soak in sweat - everything is on trend. For those delightfully urbane childless friends with their perfectly curated modern homes who now find themselves imminently with child (facing the abyss of laundry and lego land-mines scattered about their pristine sustainably harvested wood floors) Milk Crate Castle would like to suggest 5 board books.

Stand Strong with Boston: Our Favorite Charity Swag

our heart, like oneheartboston.org's, is downtown

Whether you are Boston local or flung far afield and have a special connection to Boston or Watertown you probably feel motivated to do something after the Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt that followed.  If you’d like to show your support for our victims and appreciation for our first responders and law enforcement I’d suggest two things you can do to honor them from anywhere: give blood to your local blood bank or take a CPR/First Aid course. If you’d prefer to donate cash instead two great places to start are One Fund Boston  and the Watertown Police Department.