Yes, the cap does stick up. The ones I have now are about 3" tall and round and not a big deal -- you can place furniture over it, etc. And bleeding sometimes doesn't work. Depends w...

I've lived in many apartments and have had at least one radiator removed in all of them. Very simple to cap off, usually a super can do it. Takes 15 minutes, altho the floorboards that have been ...

Lord, if we're talking about what most people in the WORLD can afford, then you better just scratch this whole site. Meanwhile, this sofa was never upholstered in the first place. Mus...

loved the whole house -- even the sofa. I recently saw his sofas for sale somewhere and while not cheap, they aren't really what most people make in a year (unless most people make und...

I don't know what cork costs, but refinishing floors is really cheap. I'm not a DIY person and I've done the floors in several apartments now. Rent a sander from Home Depot and you're about done,...

I agree. I like cork and all, but the original floor looks to be in really nice shape. Mine looked so much worse and came out looking great once refinished. Maybe the picture you posted are not...

BBB used to give you cash for your credit. I'm not sure they still do that, but they did. They were the only ones who did.

feel bad, not badly. (my pet peeve. sorry.)

cool, and producing it is greener too I suppose. (The other thing about green shopping that is frustrating is that something is marketed one way -- like hybrid cars -- and then when y...

I don't get it -- isn't a regular paper book recyclable? And isn't a book that can be read online really the thing? Meanwhile, while I'm sure these guys know what they're ...

What a fun project! I think the first thing it to evaluate if you are really going to be cooking in there. I know I wouldn't. I rip out the bottom part and start again. I wouldn't n...

There are services that come and take your a/c in the fall, clean it, store it, and reinstall it in the summer. I used to do that. Then I got married -- I always thought having a partner to deal ...

mod dot lamp!

I use the air purifier as a noise machine

how is that comment NOT criticizing their parenting skills?

eh, If New York Mag was coming over to my house I'd get the toys up off the floor, the kitchen counter cleared, and the newspaper and mail off my dining table too. (I could never live ...

You should credit Rex May, the artist. (and so should Annie Galvin)

I love all things Maxwell, but I don't like the puddle. It just looks dusty to me. Maybe it's okay with the embroidered velvet zillion dollar draperies hung in Park Ave mansions with a staff vacu...

I get that it's all faux, but still, faux 2006 trendy dead stuff.

my eye skipped all that clutter (coral? still? tortoise shells? so right now!?) and focused on those shelves too. very pretty, and nice doors too.