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One of the ways your body signals the end of your sleep cycle is to elevate your body temperature. In other words, warm wakes you up, cool helps you sleep deeper. Using a heated mattr...

It has been 10 years of full blast drag queen Hollywood Regency. How long did you think that trend would last? I actually much prefer this new look to her old style. It's more subdue...

The most surprising element is the price. Given that Apple generally keeps prices steady (or lowers them) while it improves the device over successive generations, I can see this developing into a...

I had no idea there were so many Matteo lovers out there. For pretty much all of 2008, the Strouds discount linen store near me had a Matteo pop up store (Beverly and Crescent Heights in LA). Eve...

James Perse sells basic sweatshirts and tshirts to the well heeled. No logos. No decoration. Just pricey and plain. Because who wants to wear a plain cotton heather gray sweatpant that costs $3...

Overall, I like it. I am particularly fond of the home office/conference table/dining area. It's a good use of space. I don't love the conference table chair upholstery color, but I do love the ...

My quick and cheap floor cushion solution was to buy really nice euro shams (26" X 26") on eBay. Calvin Klein, DKNY, Area, Matteo and other companies make some interesting designs that aren't just...

Maybe I am misunderstanding the facts here, but a central air conditioner doesn't cool down every space in your home -- it cools only those places which are vented. Furthermore, it only cools one ...

"The building had 9 places like this, 8 of them were turned into 4 apartments, and this one was left over. The 4 resulting apartments, each of which is two of these, sold for just under $500,000 ap...

I am a serious bargain shopper. I don't believe in paying retail unless it's a certified emergency. Black Friday is not about deals -- it's about impulse shopping. Avoid. Remember t...

I love me some minimalism but this doesn't work for me at all. I am not a fan of the peach-y concrete, the gap (a complicated and expensive gimmick which won't work if something falls in and obstr...

The knob and the prominent logo make this look very Radio Shack.

msjessiemeghan, I no longer have a landline either. My point was just that safety should be a consideration when making this choice. If a major power outage occurs during an emergency, chances ar...

Michael C, the benefit here is not that you can set your laptop down (at the proper keyboard height, no less) but that you can quickly transform your messy desktop into a dining table without havin...

Nothing replaces a landline unless you can use it when the power (including power to your wireless router, cable or dsl hub, or neighboring cell tower) goes out. When might this ever happen, you as...

It looks like the designer just shellacked on the latest trend, made it black because the client was a bachelor, and didn't take the actual occupant into account. But then this "high g...

I have this exact problem and I have been thrashing about for a solution for years. I think the cover-up mirror works, but, as previously mentioned, it does prevent the thermostat from working cor...

When this trend first appeared, it was meant to be humorous and over the top. But now people take it seriously, which means the bathroom chandelier has lost its context. And that can only mean tr...

I am really not clear on how this would work. Would it essentially work as an "all-you-can-eat" iTunes pass that deletes the programs once you view them (like the iTunes movie rentals) so as not t...

You could use window film that gives a frosted glass look. That would keep the clean architectural lines of the windows, provide privacy, and allow maximum light into the room. I would frost from...