LendingTree’s new headquarters in South End melds a commercial workspace with at-home features, all designed with input from the financial technology company’s employees. The company provided the Observer with a private tour of the new digs on Monday, the week before about 75 employees begin moving in to the office. […]
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I’m 24 and renovating my first RV. Here are the 7 most unglamorous parts you won’t see on Instagram.
I bought my first trailer at 24 years old. Kelly Moedt for Insider With the influence of social media paired with my family’s love for DIY projects, it’s no surprise that I chose to purchase and renovate a 1980s travel trailer for $1,500 at just 24 years old. But I […]
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How to Use Instagram to Plan Your Wedding
Pantora Bridal Andrea Pitter Campbell, a wedding designer and the founder of Pantora Bridal, a Brooklyn-based bridal brand that specializes in selling wedding dresses that complement an inclusive range of body types and skin tones, said her company’s Instagram account “has allowed us to celebrate our brides before, after and […]
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Jolie Ngo’s Ceramics Are Made for Instagram
Jolie Ngo’s Girl With Fans is a blobby, rippled vessel with lollipop-like piercings and fins that appears to be oozing with glaze. The piece, which was inspired by traditional Vietnamese fans, is actually 3-D-printed in clay and was exhibited at Design Miami in December. But perhaps the place it lives […]
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This Boston-area home inspector has a popular Instagram account about the head-scratching things he encounters on the job
“We looked at this thing and then we both looked at each other,” said Brock, owner of Boston Home Inspectors. “I just shrugged my shoulders and said, ‘We’ll leave it at TRX.’” From the humorous and bizarre to the downright unbelievable, for years Brock has been capturing images of surprising […]
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Inside the zany Instagram world of Zillow Gone Wild
The pandemic is fueling our loves for all things real estate. (Ross May / Los Angeles Times; Getty Images) In Nashville there sits a $1-million, 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-bathroom house. A series of staggered geometric forms cover its stark, modern exterior. Step inside and the house is dripping in designer logos. […]
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B&Q aims to tempt Instagram generation after UK falls back in love with DIY
New fences, fresh floor coverings and plenty of paint: home improvement has become the national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic as the nation has spent more time at home – and rediscovered a passion for DIY renovations after a decade of decline. The closure of pubs, restaurants and sporting venues, […]
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Candice Bergen, from ‘Murphy Brown’ to Instagram
I ask Ms. Bergen what she thought of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” released last year. “The feeling of it,’’ she said, “was very close.” In the late 1960s, she and her boyfriend at the time, Terry Melcher, a record producer and the son of Doris […]
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Handmade Jibbitz for Crocs are popping up on Instagram
Lots of objects look good stuffed into a pair of Crocs. Strange things you wouldn’t expect, like mini plastic bowls of ramen, beaded butterflies, or, like in Jillian Maddocks’ case, a pile of pistachio green foam with a cherry on top. Maddocks started selling her take on Jibbitz, a Crocs-specific […]
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Kylie Jenner Promoted Her Makeup on Election Day, and Instagram Didn’t Want to Hear It
Kylie Jenner took some backlash from fans on social media for promoting her make-up brand on Tuesday — the day of the 2020 presidential election. While all eyes were on the polls, Jenner dropped in on Instagram to announced that the Kendall Collection from Kylie Cosmetics was back in stock. […]
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Kylie Jenner’s first EVER Instagram photo unearthed on TikTok
KYLIE Jenner’s first-ever Instagram post has been unearthed – and she looks virtually unrecognisable. The 23-year-old is known for her sultry poses online, showcasing her sensational figure in designer outfits, flawless make-up and an ever-changing hairstyle. 8 Kylie Jenner’s first ever Instagram post has been unearthed – and she looks […]
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COVID-19 has changed ‘get out the vote’ efforts on college campuses: Goodbye knocking on dorms, hello Instagram Live
Last fall, when Breanna Brown wanted to talk to her fellow students about voting, the then-freshman at Wayne State University would walk into a lecture hall (with the professor’s permission) and extol the virtues of civic participation before class started. In between classes, she and other organizers would “table” in […]
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Kim Kardashian admits she makes more from ONE Instagram post than ENTIRE season of KUWTK after shocking cancellation
KIM Kardashian revealed she makes more from ONE social media post than she does filming an ENTIRE season of her family’s long-running reality series. The 39-year-old KKW mogul made the claim just weeks after it was shockingly announced that the upcoming season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians will be […]
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Ask Amy: Racy Instagram postings alarm family friend
Dear Amy: Recently, I noticed that the 13-year-old daughter of some close friends has been posting sexually provocative photos of herself on Instagram. This is a public account, and strange men make sexual comments on her posts and she responds with lewd remarks that couldn’t be printed in a family […]
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Racy Instagram postings alarm family friend
Amy Dickinson Published 12:00 a.m. ET Oct. 4, 2020 Dear Amy: Recently, I noticed that the 13-year-old daughter of some close friends has been posting sexually provocative photos of herself on Instagram. This is a public account, and strange men make sexual comments on her posts and she responds with […]
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GoDaddy Customers Can Now Sell Their Products on Facebook, Instagram
(Image: Getty) Web hosting provider GoDaddy today announced that customers can now sell their products on Facebook and Instagram using Websites + Marketing Ecommerce, the company’s website builder and set of marketing tools. The move enables merchants to reach a new customer base and potentially increase sales. Websites + Marketing […]
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Knitting Artists You Should Be Following on Instagram
Knitting Artists You Should Be Following on Instagram From exclusive patterns to sources for yarn and supplies, and everything in between, these crafters provide endless inspiration. Knitting is experiencing something of a comeback in the DIY world right now, and it’s not difficult to see why. Equal parts crafty and […]
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Facebook begins the Instagram DM and Messenger merge
In January last year, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook plans to integrate messaging services between Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. It seems that the company is taking the first steps towards that by merging Instagram DMs and Messenger. According to a report from The Verge, a ton of users got popup […]