The Oscars are on Sunday and one of the films up for a gazillion awards happens to be Lincoln. This coffee table (pictured above + below) is the perfect complement to any ‘Abe’-obsessed history fan or Spielberg Stalker’s den. The rustic coffee table is emblazoned with a nicely distressed image of Abe and constructed of reclaimed pallet wood by RusticCreek.

What does this chunk of handmade history cost? $160 … By the way, I’m rooting for Life of Pi for Best Picture.

New Zealand’s Mellon-Morse Architects designed their ‘Split Box’ residence to take full advantage of its Kennedy Bay location, spectacular cliffside views and full-on sunny exposures.

The home is made of renewable, low impact materials and uses its vast glass expanses to passively heat its big cement slab during the day to provide heat at night. Smaller windows at the top and bottom of the home’s window array allow for venting and passive airflow when things heat-up.

The house is a split design – both top and bottom and horizontally – with living and dining downstairs and sleeping and bathing upstairs. The design also allows for rainwater capture which is a necessity in the remote seaside location. The center split channels rainwater into an underground storage container.

The home’s wooden facade and structure feature locally harvested macrocarpa which, on the exterior, has been allowed to naturally weather. Interior finishes are natural oil.