sealife--if you've got the room, the Ikea Expedit is the perfect record storage furniture. If you don't have that many, the square baskets/containers that fit into the Expedit are decent.

And just to beat a dead horse--WeHo is largely single people, Pasadena is families. Halloween might not be all that outrageous (you know to go to Milan in South Pasadena for the best decorations, r...

But which suburb? Pasadena is a town, Long Beach is a town, Encino is a sprawl, Van Nuys is a sprawl, Toluca Lake is a neighborhood. Los Angeles is a kaleidoscope of neighborhoods, suburbs, exurbs,...

I know polyamory is all the rage, but our significant other? Or should that be others?

And after all the trouble, Ikea's are about the same price.

Vicente Fox the president of Mexico is an acclaimed designer? I think that you're got to angle the screen so that it's not pointing up at the ceiling, (which it is in the photo), as ...

Are those death cap mushrooms? Did the kid in the cap just take a mouthful of wood?

Everything at Pepe's is filthy. But I think the Weekly's Best of isn't exactly scientifically selected. It's more like "what's a thrift store?" and the first person in the office to answer wins.

If you really want to live in a convention center or the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport, be my guest.

"Clear containers are best for storing items when it's necessary to see what's inside." What will they think of next! Who knew? But why is foreign change something to be d...

I guess I would have put the desk under the window, and built shelving up to the ceiling on either side for storage and interest. Rolling file cabinet below the desk top, and some sort of pull out ...

I think eBay sort of destroyed good thrift stores and yard sales in LA. Suddenly, everyone's granny's old junk was a valuable collectible. I used to find amazing things and now, not very much at al...

I think the kitchen is the most successful room. Very good use of color, good judgment in the photos, too.

Books arranged by color are just silly. And if you're that panicked about empty shelves, why not just cover bricks or boxes with paper, and put them up? But library books as decoration? It's ...

It's cute, but no one does any work there. I think I'd rather have shelves to the floor, and work near the windows.

If you want to live in a MacKenzie Childs world, this is the place. It must look better in real life.

why not just call an exterminator and subtract the fee from the rent? take photos of droppings, etc., cut down ivy, patch screens, and so on. the landlord doesn"t want to be bothered, obviously, ...

It's a nice start. Maybe if there were more, or the grouping was on a smaller wall, or hung lower? I dunno, but it's not looking finished yet.

I'm not so sure that this is an area that cries out for more than a candle and/or matches (but not in plain view, thanks.)

I am at home all the time, because I work here, but you know--getting out and about makes me appreciate it even more.