Cleaning with a little vinegar and coarse salt will make the pots "coppery" again, use Bon Ami or Bar keepers Friend abrasive only on stubborn spots on outside, and very, very carefully on inside. ...

Sally305 is right. You are a color person. Go for it. Just change the one you don't like. Why not re-choose a warm tone to paint the ceiling and then paint the walls a complementary color? Use the ...

Thank you for a timely post. With Thanksgiving coming up I feel like I am running faster and faster, but getting behind. Yet we have such comfortable and solid traditions that while I am key to the...

I am looking for a different kind of outdoor tile - large plain, caste cement tiles like the Mexicans have. Any leads?

I have lived, happily, with flatware in a designated plastic holder on top of a (short) refrigerator. I did cover it with a pretty dishcloth against dust and grease. No drawers in this kitchen at a...

Usually I am very good at making retail decisions. My sister-in-law sums up my style as "Ellen, you don't shop, you buy." Imagine my surprise today when I took some big cushions in to get new slip...

I vacuum it to get up loose stuff & dog hair, then sometimes mop but more often get onto hands and knees and wipe section by section. Ugh. I have hear that cork is hard to keep clean? ...

I want two area rugs, 2 comfortable but smallish upholstered arm chairs, with one ottoman. Going for broke, I'd also like a beautiful reading chair with ottoman for the bedroom.

My special project is getting a adobe-cabin kitchen in shape for use at Thanksgiving by culling the equipment, pans, knives etc from my full-time kitchen. I know that isn't quite "one" thing - but ...

I am lucky to have a long galley kitchen with lots of counter space. I don't like it cluttered but do want some "punctuation" to its expanse. I keep a very large chopping block next t...

I am glad to find the Southwest post v. West because part of my Cure is moving kitchen "stuff" from Denver to New Mexico where I've come into a small adobe (and believe me I know how lucky I am!) T...

I also use it in all my white and cheese sauces - just a hint. And always in my spinach and baked egg dish (a family fave for supper.) Last Sunday I grated two WHOLE nutmegs as the so...

I didn't get a before photo of my freezer, and I only threw out some greenish pancetta (yuck!), two melty ice pots (ick) and some tasteless tortilla. But I saw how much is in there to cook up - and...

I have only one silicone baking pan - for scones - which I took on when it was rejected by my son. (We'd given it to him with some King Arthur mix while he was in a "kitchenette" situation at colle...

Books and condiments. I have many un-read/used of each.

Artlady- My place is just south of the Abiquiu Dam in Regina. Question???? Where is a good, not expensive source of southwestern/country chest of drawers. I have been looking for a...

I looked through AT and Kitchen Tours for inspirations, and at some books for inspiration for my country kitchen. I want the open shelving to hold lovely pottery, colorful mugs & dishes. I am culli...

I made my grandmother's recipe for a golden raisin/bourbon/pecan & nutmeg spiced White Fruitcake. This recipe attributed to one Mrs. Moulton is so good (and so non-icky fruitcakey) th...

I guess I need to add that I need to create a vision of the "country" kitchen in New Mexico into which I am moving excess equipment from my modern one.

My focus is going to be my kitchen. I love it's style - very modern, but I have too much "stuff" and have clutter creep on my clean-lined stainless countertops. Enough! I am v. lucky a...