If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s daydreaming. Depending on how dreaded the task at hand is, my daydreams can take on epic proportions complete with authentic period costumes, casts of hundreds, and the occasional time-traveling subplot. These roulottes decorated by French artist Jeanne Bayol (site is in French) are the perfect prop for my runaway-princess-joins-the-circus fantasies! The old gypsy wagons are restored into hugely romantic items of adoration fit for fantasy garden parties and hurried secret meetings. These nomad-friendly caravans would be gorgeous additions to overgrown backyards and overstuffed imaginations. Learn more here (site in English) including how to purchase a book of photos of Bayol’s roulottes and perhaps even a wagon of your own. –Katie D.

1) You’re fans of more than one store that lets you customize modern furnishings. Thomas says: “Jonathan Adler designs are impossible to compare to Inmod’s seclection of graphics. Pillows AND rugs can be custom colored and coordinated made of hand-loomed llama’s wool in rich colors with a design that is woven through and through… Lets agree to love them both and say they each have their place.” Thanks for the tip, Thomas. And see the new customizable Adler designs here.

2) Here’s a simple home scent solution. Sarah says: “This time of year, I also love to throw apple peels and expired baking spices in a pan and boil. Scents the whole house and much cheaper than candles! I do the same in winter with orange peels.” Click to weigh in with your home scents-ability.

3) You can “re-cap” a bottle with paper. Simone says: “I re-use glass mineral water bottles all the time. I make ginger beer or iced teas and coffees and use them to store them. If I am lucky the bottle’s original closure is a screw cap, if not I purchase corks and in the case of teas and coffees for home enjoyment cover the openings with a rubber banded square of parchment paper.” See more re-uses for glass bottles.

4) Toast is the new bacon. At least in decor, maybe? AJP says about the Wonder Thunder moody toast pillow: “Toast trend is the new bacon trend.” But what about antlers?

5) Bricks are the new planters. Katie says: “Oh. My. Goodness. I see a late summer project for the kids…we just happen to have bricks out front that we were going to take to the dump. Yeehaw!” We’re glad to help, Katie! See the post that inspired her here.

It’s not often that we pat ourselves on the back here, but a few of you have emailed to let us know about this delightful Shelterrific shout out in the September issue of Cooking Light magazine. We’re listed upfront in “The Editor’s Dozen” which tickles us to no end (and reminds us that we need to do more sales posts for you!). Looking through the issue, we’ve now got a list of inspirations for future Real Life Test Kitchens. Crispy Skin Salmon with Fiery Asian Slaw, anyone?

Bottled water lies at green & gorgeous…strangely appealing! (Via Green Your Decor)

Casa Sugar wants to see your casa — a great way to show off your style!

Can you DIY radiant heating? Design2Share has answers.

Uncle Beefy has some great totes by Yuruliku.

Would you eat plastic? According to InvestigateWest, maybe you already are.

Can a brand stay green once it “sells out to the Man”? At elephant.

A different kind of beekeeping at SimpleGreenLiving.com.

Is bar soap over? At Lemondrop.

Don’t ever change, IKEA — not even your font! At MSNBC.

Note: There’s a U.S. holiday on Monday, so we’ll be back on Tuesday!

Suddenly I’m getting a lot of email spam addressing me as “Michael.” “Michael, don’t miss out on this great opportunity!” “Michael, lose weight now!” I might tolerate it a whole lot better if the spam came to me already in the form of these prints by Linzie Hunter. She takes some decidedly amusing “spam one-liners” and turns them into even better (and slightly naughty) prints. (I saw them over at Badder Homes and Gardens, a site you should bookmark now.) Hunter’s spam one-liner prints are available at Thumbtack Press for about $30. It could be the first time you will welcome spam into your home. –Mary T.

Jonathan Adler seems to be a neverending source of new ideas — some we love, some we don’t — and now they’re throwing some of the creativity to you. The new “design your own” section lets you “unleash your inner Adler” by mixing and matching Adler designs on pillows, rugs, and totes, choosing all of the colors and fabrics. Yes, you can customize your own hand-loomed rug! Now, this custom work is fairly expensive to buy — one 16″x16″ cotton pillow I designed would cost me $98; a custom-loomed, 4′x6′ rug added up to $720 — but it sure is fun to play around with. –Mary T.

Update: Damen from Jonathan Adler weighed in — apparently my math was WAY off. He says: “I want to correct that last entry, a 4′ x 6′ rug custom designed using Design your own at Jonathan Adler is actually $720.00 dollars. There is no premium charge for designing rugs, pillows or totes using Design your own. The prices are identical for the same in stock item.” Sorry about that, Damen and JA — I’ve made the correction. (As you can see, I do need a day off.)

We’re all for unusual housing situations here at Shelterrific, but would you live in a LEGO abode? UK toy fanatic James May would. In fact, he’s building a house of LEGOs in the middle of a vineyard. The two-story structure will host a working bathroom and will be made from over 800 million LEGOs! May vows to live in the house “for two or three days, or until it falls down — whichever is sooner. ” See more at Like Cool. –Erica P.

I love a good scented candle, but I find that most scented home accents just overpower my nose. So I have both good and bad news about the new Febreze Home Collection Flameless Luminary. I tried the Green Tea Citrus scent, and the truth is, I really like it — it actually smells like crisp citrus and tea. The luminary is also nice-looking, with an unobtrusive design and barely a whisper of a logo. But while it smells nice, I still ended up moving it down to our basement, because in the living room it smelled too strong to me. The luminary’s shade is loaded with scent that lasts four weeks — the flickering “candle” light does warm it up a bit to diffuse it — so maybe that’s why it seemed too strong to me. Or it could be that with just 800 square feet of first-floor living space, it was simply too much for the space. On the plus side, our downstairs needed the scenting up, and it’s still strong enough to have a pleasant waft of aroma when I walk past the basement door. Thanks, Febreze, for letting me try it out. Now, what about you — have you tried this luminary or do you use other kinds of scents in your home? How do you keep it from getting overpowering? –Mary T.

Update: Got a note that the luminary light does in fact help activate the scent, so I’ve made a correction.

We go through a lot of San Pellegrino mineral water in my house. I love its soft effervescence so, I buy it by the case. I have a really hard time tossing away those pretty green glass bottles, though. So I’ve taken inspiration from some of my favorite local restaurants and started reusing them for filtered tap water, iced tea, etc. I just soak the labels off (they come off really easily), wash ‘em, and they’re ready to reuse indefinitely. I think they look lovely arranged for a party — I write on the bottles with a Sharpie and leave the marker out so guests can write their name on their glass, as well. But fear not — the marker comes off in the dishwasher or with a touch of rubbing alcohol. –Megan B.

Another reuse for a glass bottle: automatic waterer

Maybe it’s my penchant for industrial design, but I’m loving Ryan Sorrell’s clamp table. The clamp table is really a universal table leg that is easily attached to any flat surface with a simple clamp mechanism. How cool would those lime green legs look attached to an old wooden slat?! I didn’t see any price points on the site, but you can contact Ryan Sorrell with any inquiries. –Erica P.