My husband insists that our plunger be handy, so as to avoid embarrassment if there's an incident. Our plunger is nasty and ugly and, worst of all, won't fit in the cabinet. He grew up in really ol...

Love this tour - it's one of the most welcoming-looking apartments I've seen. Thanks for sharing!

Maybe I should do what nikkicole did and take it again...mine wasn't really accurate ("country casual"...mentioned vintage teacups. I would NEVER arrange vintage teacups). But then, I...

I'm running for my copy of "The Age of Innocence." God I wish I could eat oysters at that table.

I really appreciate seeing a fresh, different kind of style. Thanks for sharing! It's not my taste, but I think that's the point....she's made an inspiring, expressive home. Personall...

I don't have a cell phone, microwave, AC, or TV currently, and we're about to move to a house without a dryer or dishwasher, either. If I didn't have access to a beach house three hours away, I'd p...

I always unplug and let it get pretty much down to zero again. Doesn't that help the battery last longer?

When I was growing up, we only had wood heat, and nobody liked having to go out to the woodshed on cold mornings. If there was any way we could have beautifully arranged the logs without fear of al...

Curry is a great idea. I like to do baked lentils - it's also nice because it's do-ahead. I recently made soft pretzels for the first time, and they came out great! A cheap way to ent...

I find the style rather oppressive, myself. In the first place, I feel like I'm way too young to have accumulated that much stuff. But I have to laugh at the Hemingway. I actually do...

For me, summer = baseball, so I second "Bull Durham" and I also love "Field of Dreams". And I went to a summer camp that would show "The Princess Bride," so I enjoy that one this time...

I used to watch a lot of the Food Network. But after a while, I started to get frustrated by the lack of actual chefs on TV. Every once in a while at my mom's I'll turn it on, and it's just someone...

I would have hated to be surprised, but I think it just depends on the kid. My mom and I cleaned out/redid my sister's room when she was nineteen (!) and she was totally psyched.

I'm really serious about line-drying, but I have some doubts about this rack - I'd need to see it in person to check out how sturdy it was. Also, I like freestanding racks because you can easily mo...

My nightmare would be a total technology den - multiple computers on all the time, big TV, stereos on standby all the time. And wires, wires, everywhere. (hugging myself)

That's my bike! I mean, I have that bike, only mine is dusty and locked in an apt. complex. Yours looks happier. Thanks for the inspiring photos!

I'm all about packing light (though my husband really takes the cake - in college he took one carry-on-sized suitcase for six months in Italy!). I notice that lately, though, I'm havi...

There's a church down our street that's been converted to a home, and it creeps me out, even though I don't practice any religion. If I were my neighbors, I'd at least take the steeple down. ...

Yes! I used to get the "door to another room" dream pretty regularly. With all due respect to Jung, I'm pretty sure it had to do with my apartment, because after we'd figured out a way to move our ...

PEIgirl, love the plants idea! Most of the gifts people gave us were not on the registry...and I'm glad for that! We have beautiful art (some collected during guests' travels) and han...