Deal-breaker! When we bought our first home years ago, a good selection of grocery-purchasing options nearby was high on our "checklist". We'd already ditched my car, as it's so much better for my...

Um, and your question was? "Does your building have old glass? Do you love it or hate it?" Alot of our old wooden sash windows (house circa 1939) still contain the wavy original glass,...

Magical! Adds movement, life, ephemeral texture! Could you add a photo of the glass itself. Pretty please? We just enhanced our own interior front vestibule by replacing the half...

Another point: Young kids have no perspective... they accept the status quo when they're young. Don't forget that many of their school chums will live exactly the same way, if they're lucky! ...

I've lived in many small spaces (

Luxury: appealing view in the heart of the city, from all rear rooms into green, landscaped back garden terminating in a leggy but tall cedar hedge.

Wonder whether it would help to plant prickly but lovely plants around your other plants? Roses come to mind. Carpet (aka Pavement) roses are really low maintenance and hug the ground, so would fra...

Wow. What an undertaking! I will follow with interest (*if I can find this link again!*)

Secet for those in a rush: if nothing else, just make sure that ceramics and shiny or reflective surfaces (mainly in the kitchen and bathroom) shine and sparkle. Other than that... I ...

I particularly want to sit and watch shadows thrown by plants outside, dancing on the pale walls.

Very cool look and I bet it'd feel good too. "Feel" is something I really enjoy in things I have to touch every day. We actually do have a French door swing issue. Small house, two Fre...

Drool Your Industrialspace. "DYI" ... really stands for ....what? "Do Yourself In"? THat'd be so fitting...LOL. Hubby once glued his own eyes shut while trying some DIY WITHOUT proper...

Range fan that vents to the outdoors

Gotta problem site and don't know how to solve the issue? What's the Internet for? The important terms are as above: soil type, water requirements, sun or shade requirements and space (as in...

My prescription: Right plant, Right place. There's nothing more beautiful and satisfying than healthy plants, which means that they suit the place you put them, in terms of light, space avail...

Here's a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deborahmcp/3381666719/

It was the loft bedroom on the 3rd floor that sold us on our place. We climbed the steep stairs and looked at each other. That was the deal-maker. So romantic!

I second bigwavejen's motion: buy a little less house than the bank's willing to lend you money for. Then you have some flexiblity. Cash is king! Or so the saying goes.

The real estate listing said our kitchen was 13'x7' but failed to mention that 4 doors or doorways opened into it, and that the basement stairwell took a good 4 foot chunk (not to mention the doors...

I remember having so much fun with the laundry chute when we had babysitters over. The chute opened on the ground floor of the house at eye-level (the washer and dryer were in a mudroom at the back...