For me this is a very retro trip down Memory Lane! This is what people did in the late '60s/early '70s, used milk crates, often combined with concrete cinder blocks stolen from construction sites,...

I agree with everyone that this IS a serious - but treatable - problem, but I thought inject a little humor here with George Carlin's views on STUFF:

home body: I got mine in Bed Bath & Beyond

I agree, idon'tdobeige: I got a black toilet seat for that reason -- I'm in a pre-war bldg. and it goes great with the 1920s subway tile etc.

Hi Megan, I just want to say one thing about measuring -- make sure to include the legs on whichever couch you choose (if you choose one with legs). And if there are legs, find out if they screw i...

I know the curtains aren't SHEETS -- I meant "sheer."

Kevin, can you please provide info on the lovely lacy/floral/sheet curtains around your bed? For months I've been looking for something similar -- and to use for the same purpose -- with no luck. ...

I'd love to know how the folks acquired the "Crime Scene - Do Not Cross tape"! Here in NYC it's "Police Line - Do Not Cross." I had a similar idea about 6 years ago -- I wanted to use it as a wal...

blueyes, I'd like to add a 6th movie to your list: A MIGHTY WIND, another Christopher Guest mockumentary (2003), this one about a bunch of '60s folk singers who reunite after a legendary fo...

shockthebourgeois: That's because it probably IS from the '90s, and I don't think it's someone's actual bedroom: it's one of the bedrooms you can "re-paint" on Benjamin Moore's Personal Color Vie...

I'm loving the room itself, with its high, beamed ceilings and a whole wall of arched windows. . . yum!