After a day of festivities in the mid-summer heat, you’ll need a comfortable, cool bed to recover in. Check out our 5 favorite brands running Fourth of July mattress sales, so you can save big while you celebrate. Casper Original Mattress Casper is notorious for producing some of the best memory foam mattresses on the market today. The Casper Original’s cozy feel and zoned support makes it a great choice for relieving back pain and cushioning pressure points. Grilling, swimming and hosting can take a toll which is why we recommend the Casper for your Fourth of July slumbers. Score…

Ceramic artist Paula Greif opened her studio and shop on Warren Street in Hudson, New York, a couple of years back. The narrow storefront is topped with a 400-square-foot studio apartment, where Greif now makes her home. Renovating the building with the help of her friend Stephen Shadley (Diane Keaton’s interior designer), Greif “did everything at the lowest cost possible.” The impossibly small bathroom, too, is done on a budget, with rustic and handmade accents. Here’s a breakdown of her sources. Above: The bathroom and full upstairs studio are paneled with horizontal poplar Trim Boards from WindsorOne for a shiplap…

Here’s a DIY tablecloth for Fourth of July that’s so easy that truly anyone—from kindergarteners to the arts-and-crafts-averse—can make it. Perhaps best of all? It’s blessedly understated, which means it can have a life well after the fireworks are over. You don’t need any tools (just a couple new pencils, a box, fabric, and some paint) to make this blueberries-inspired DIY tablecloth. Why blueberries? Aside from the apple, is there a more American fruit? Besides, “July is prime time for this seasonal fruit. Why not give it the 15 minutes of fame it deserves?” says David Stark, our go-to expert…