Awesome Living

Just because you have a gas, charcoal, or electric outdoor grill doesn’t mean you can’t have that smoky wood flavor. Just load up Arctic Monsoon’s stainless steel smoker box with wood chips and place it on the grill while you cook to infuse your foods with delicious flavor.

A portable record storage rack that provides easy access, and lets you display an album cover. It’s made from bent stainless wire with a semi-gloss powdercoat finish, and comes in two sizes: the small one holds up to 70 7″ records, while the big one stores up to 45 12″ records.

Roomba co-creator Joe Jones is working on a Roomba for gardens. Tertill uses a nylon string to cut down anything that’s under an inch. It comes with collars that protect growing plants from the robot’s wrath. It can be charged via its built-in solar panel or its micro USB port.

Small DIY and craft kits in a gift-ready tin case that looks like a 1950’s book. Each case measures about 4″x 4″x 1″. There’s a multi-tool, a first aid kit, bike repair kit, a grooming kit, a sewing kit and a writing kit.

Artist Boris Bally collects used discarded street signs from the United States and turns them into chairs, tables, dinnerware and decorative pieces. His material of choice ensures that each product is durable and unique.

May might have come and gone, but there were some great products which surfaced during the month over at Everyday Carry that we thought were well worth sharing. Whether you’re looking for a watch, a wallet, a knife, or a fidget spinner, they’ll help you get kitted out.

Upgrade your workshop with NewAge’s newest line of modular cabinets and lockers. They can be wall-mounted, stacked and even bolted together as one mobile unit. They also have cable management systems and spaces for LED lights.

Life-size models of shoes, cameras, hats and a bag, all cast in concrete. You can use them as planters, organizers or as decorative pieces. The camera comes in SLR and DSLR, while the hat comes in a bowler hat and a top hat.

HomeMadeModern made a simple but stylish stone bench. In particular, he used four slabs of bluestone, which is readily available as it’s often used in patios and walkways. He used a circular saw with a diamond blade for cutting and synthetic rubber to hold the slabs together.

Keep all of your tools, pencils, art supplies, and other small items organized with these handmade waxed cotton oilcloth tool rolls from Wood & Spool. They come in a variety of sizes and colors, and can be personalized with your name or initials for an extra $5.

HillsideComposites‘ carbon fiber coasters are the perfect gift for gearheads and petrolheads. Each one features an engraved, ink-filled tachometer graphic, and is made from a 1/4″ thick hunk of real carbon fiber, backed with soft cork to protect tabletops.

The perfect accessory for camping and tailgating, this compact (11″ diameter) steel charcoal grill assembles fast, and comes with a storage bag that doubles as an insulated cooler. Save 60% in The Awesomer Shop.

Just like its little brothers, the Solo Stove Bonfire is a portable stove designed to be extremely efficient and produce very little smoke. But at 14″ tall and 19.5″ wide, it’s big enough to be used as its namesake. So you get all the warmth and romance without the tears and odor.

This handsome pack comes with everything you need to serve a party of four, including stainless cutlery, plastic glasses and plates, napkins, a chopping board, a corkscrew/bottle opener, and a picnic blanket. Has an insulated cooler compartment, and a wine bottle pocket too.

Looking for an awesome gift for Dad that he’ll really use this time? Our pals at Everyday Carry have got you covered with a selection of 25 useful and timeless items from wristwatches, to knives, to wallets, to pens.

The San Perdido Trading Company’s Adventure Flags can be used as signal flags, scarves or bandanas. But they’re also handy guides for the budding outdoorsman, with trivia such as map symbols, distress signals, flag semaphore, and of course cocktail recipes.

Originally known as the L’il Trucker, this awesome tool is now past the crowdfunding stage and available on Amazon. The USA-made tool rocks a hatchet, hammer, claw, hex sockets, a replaceable 6″ saw blade, steel glass breaker, seatbelt cutter, bottle opener, and more.

A welcome alternative to cinnamon-flavored whiskeys, naturally-flavored Blazing HEEET has a much more neutral base flavor, offering up a hot and slightly sweet taste just like a red hot candy. Try it solo, or with a little Applejack for a cinnamon apple treat.

Apple’s wireless speaker uses an A8 CPU to adapt its acoustics to match your room. It’s got seven beam-forming tweeters, a high-excursion woofer, eight amps, and runs Siri to control your music collection, HomeKit devices, and more. Drops 12/17 for $349.

A stylish and practical handmade accessory. The Ruler Bracelet comes in 14″ or 16″ sizes and has both imperial and metric measurements. Choose from brown or black with a stud or a magnetic clasp. You can also pay extra to engrave up to 55 characters on it.

Barebones Living has everything from a lunch box-sized cooler that carries up to six 12oz. cans hot or cold for up to 12h, to a trolley-equipped party cooler that can keep up to 96 cans chill or toasty for up to 72h. The large coolers each have a bottle opener zipper pull.

Ever needed to build something or estimate materials off of a set of blueprints? This useful measuring tool lets you quickly get accurate linear, area, and volume calculations by rolling it across prints, even if their scale has been thrown off via copying or faxing.

Fans of donuts and candy will be thrilled to hear that Krispy Kreme has teamed up with Jelly Belly to create a new range of jelly beans that taste like their donuts. However, we don’t recommend warming these ones up in the microwave or dunking them in your coffee.