I am a teacher in an urban setting, and if anything, specific positive praise works powerfully with a group of students. All I need to say is "Kayla, you are sitting so quietly," and about 10 other...

What a great space! What an awesome incorporation of your row of appliances. Just to add on, I just got the same LG washer/ dryer combo and love it. The luxury of in-unit laundry compensates for th...

Keep your other windows closed; dust can blow in. Take any hanging items off of the front wall, just in case! I like all of the frosted vinyl ideas, etc., but I taped waxed pape...

My laundromat here in Chicago offers nachos and popcorn, but the best part is a super duper sound system that they play all the time. It is like a dance club! Also free wifi and free dry.......

For the person that loved using tangrams in elementary school........

This is a beautiful kitchen..... but I have to be the one skeptic about so many open shelves. Won't everything get dusty? I have six open shelves in my Chicago kitchen, and I hope it's the air qual...

What spices and seasonings should ALWAYS be fresh? Which can be used from a jar? What should I keep as essentials, and which can be substituted when necessary? I second how to g...

do you really think all of the people living at the border in the middle of the desert live there by choice? they live there to work in factories to produce AMERICAN goods that people here in the s...

the part I liked most is that it offers them safety and security. a key and a lock. living in a box, or a lean-to built of scraps of aluminum or whatever, must lead to a bad night's sleep. these ar...

I got a foam topper and hated it! My mattress was a pillow top already, and with the foam topper, when I slept on my stomach, my back arched the whole time and I woke up with terrible back aches ev...

I have an 85 pound black lab that sleeps UNDER my bed (he just squeezes under- I'm not sure how, really) and during the winter he will come up and nudge under my feather duvet. Also, when my alarm ...

I wasn't in my basement because all that live down there are spiders, but I did have an absolutely petrified black lab on my lap. I'm new to the Midwest, and last night was my introduction to torna...

I am just glad to see that the skateboard ramp is in the garage. I first watched the slideshow and thought it was actually IN the house. I'm from Orange County, and I know people with just as shock...

In case you live in Chicago, here is a tip that I just learned: They do not sell any spray paint in city limits. Don't look silly like I did and ask at Home Depot where the spray paint...

100% cotton towels instead of paper towels......... and in second place, my microplane grater. i even gave them as Christmas presents last year.

I vote to remove the arms that connect to the base and let the whole thing rock on the four arms! Who wants to try it with me???

So my Dad just moved and was about to throw out his baby shoes that were cast in silver, until I convinced him that I would keep the "keepsake." This from a guy that ACTUALLY uses old undies for po...

I wish I had thought to stick my iMac mini remote to the side of my computer like the sparse desk pic. I just moved and don't know where mine is. Tiny stuff has a way of disappearing......

I'm not even sure if this was healthy, but our friends got a still and made their own moonshine. We took shots, and to wash it down, I had my favorite- Malibu and pineapple. I just go...