ReadyMade: Instructions for everyday life

Umbrellas come in so many fun colors and shapes that it's a shame to save them for a rainy day...

A cube is just a cube, isn’t it? Dream on. Your cocktail has specific cold requirements, and if you want to mix with the best, learn to chill...

A kitchen staple, kosher salt can do more than just spice up potatoes. What Is It? Coarse-grained kosher salt is additive-free and gives food a softer salty flavor than the familiar iodized stuff...

These supereasy appliqué pot holders steal the show in the kitchen. Start with three layers of quilt batting, then appliqué away using flower motifs, quirky fabric scraps, decorative stitchings, ribbons, and tags...

A water-resistant sofa lets the good times roll. When you live in a college town like I do in Berkeley, California, you see a lot of couches on the porches of partied-out frats and rental houses...