Astur, same here. But I've found it hard to find something I'd like to receive if I lower the price too much, hard, that is, to find within limited time and with limited effort. I've ...

Folks, I used to brush my cats with a coat brush every day, every chance I got. And ALMOST NO SHEDDING! They loved it, rolled over and purred and presented whichever furry part needed it next, and ...

crash: would front-loading machines help, if raised on a sturdy wood or concrete/brick platform? I feel your pain, the other way, since I'm petite and find standard kitchen cabinets an...

Not washing or clearing up after cooking (whenever my husband cooks, which is wonderful of him, but he seems to be allergic to tidying up). Things not back in or around their proper places i...

I'm going to look forward to these columns. The individual talent (or case) always springs from some tradition; it will be great to know the rhythms of repression and recovery. Certainly for a 'la...

Very tight and controlled, relieved nicely by the buttery yellows. But (and this is probably more my own design naivete than anything else) this didn't feel 'French cottage' or beach'...

I like! This could work, with a careful hand. I hope those cushions aren't too soft? I see this working well in a space that merges inside and outside (such a room with french windows ...

If I have traveled anywhere before the housewarming, I try to bring back suitable tokens that can also be useful or put on display. But I agree, consumables and household linen are al...

p.s. I should've added: NOT in the bathroom. I was thinking of the wall behind a desk or open shelving.

How about using an old dictionary to paper a wall or a section of a wall? I have so many that I think I'll try that.

Great job! This makes my bookworm soul hap, hap, happy! I have tons of books and dream of free open spaces like this one day, lots of light, floor space to play and do art on, bits of ...

SUCH a great post. Haven't enjoyed myself so much in a while. Yes! to all of the above. Did anyone say the following yet? 1.Dark rooms 2.Black floral carpets, especially wi...

Having had to buy everything by 'remote-control' for an apartment on an almost-shoestring budget when my husband moved across the country but I didn't, I'd say I was helped most by his reluctance t...

Cool!

At the risk of adding to a verrry long post above, I just want to say I wasn't extolling the virtues of East, West or anything versus anything else. Just deploring the way we can do great harm to t...

The way this post has been presented is obsessive. It's important to practice good hygiene, be tidy, be careful and sensible, but it really isn't necessary to fear the invisible like the Devil ever...

This has so much 'mind'! I really don't know how else to put it but the entire house (structure, interior and exterior, vertical and interstitial space not just the floor plan) shows that thought a...

Lovely home, almost casual, lived-in, stylish and not frivolous. Not hung up on accents. That said, I have to say that the editing of AT is is making me cringe: "arriving from Australi...

Yes, having to live light teaches you what's essential. My husband and I travel a lot between homes. We live in two cities (in SoCal and the Midwest), and our closest family is scatte...

I get around the method dish soap bottle problem by pouring some of it in an older Palmolive bottle with a screw top and also diluting it with water. I get lots of bubbles, though. Lasts longer, cl...