I learned the hard way that Mr. Cat will attack anything upholstered that smells like another animal - even a long-dead one.
The mint-condition 1970s wing chairs given to me by a relat...
My house doesn't make noise.
My cats make noise sometimes (I can always tell it's them because they wear bells), but nearly all of the strange noises I hear in the middle of the night ...
While this is a good idea (there is a similar business here in SoCal), I have to wonder...what if you need more than a week to pack all your stuff? It always takes me at least a month to pack every...
My old apartment had two ghosts, and it didn't take much detective work to figure out who they were and why they were there. (We ruled out all the explainable stuff first, of course.)
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When I was in England this summer, several castles and palaces I visited had something similar - except the covers were to disguise the chains suspending paintings from the ceiling (presumably, thi...
Heck no. In my childhood home, every room was decorated in a different, contrasting color. My current home tends to revolve around red and gold...it's not for the faint of heart!
I saw "Telling Tales" at the V&A two months ago. It's awesome! Tord Boontje's "Princess" chair inspired me to strip down and make over an old vanity chair instead of trying to sell it.
Hello?! Am I the only person who has been given many, *many* unwearable items of clothing by well-intentioned relatives who *always* lose the damn receipt?
Every single holiday, my mom...
I draw the line at more than three items in the same pattern...and it had better be a damn good-looking pattern.
In my bedroom, I have a chair and footstool (different styles and eras)...
My two kitties are allowed on upholstered furniture only - three chairs, one footstool, the bed, and the sofa. If they try to get onto any table, they get shooed off promptly.
That sai...
I've had great results with ground flax seeds, but the trick is to whip the seeds and water in a blender for a good 60 seconds so it gets nice and thick. It works much better than just mixing them ...
Animal-print seating really pops, as long as it's not competing with too much else. Leopard chairs look good on their own, but add in a brightly patterned rug and you've got instant overkill.
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None of my friends smoke. Good thing, too, since I have asthma.
^I'm pretty sure it's a department-store-window diorama of the scene in A Christmas Story.
I learned the hard way that Mr. Cat will attack anything upholstered that smells like another animal - even a long-dead one. The mint-condition 1970s wing chairs given to me by a relat...
What cute prints! I have a Breakfast at Tiffany's-themed bathroom, though I opted for a black-and-white photo of Audrey in The Dress.
My house doesn't make noise. My cats make noise sometimes (I can always tell it's them because they wear bells), but nearly all of the strange noises I hear in the middle of the night ...
While this is a good idea (there is a similar business here in SoCal), I have to wonder...what if you need more than a week to pack all your stuff? It always takes me at least a month to pack every...
Yellow, tan, and most shades of green. Bleah!
My old apartment had two ghosts, and it didn't take much detective work to figure out who they were and why they were there. (We ruled out all the explainable stuff first, of course.) ...
When I was in England this summer, several castles and palaces I visited had something similar - except the covers were to disguise the chains suspending paintings from the ceiling (presumably, thi...
I have a map with pins and a variety of souvenirs on display, including some framed posters I brought back from Paris and London.
Heck no. In my childhood home, every room was decorated in a different, contrasting color. My current home tends to revolve around red and gold...it's not for the faint of heart!
I saw "Telling Tales" at the V&A two months ago. It's awesome! Tord Boontje's "Princess" chair inspired me to strip down and make over an old vanity chair instead of trying to sell it.
I have both "Queen of Fashion" and "Dangerous Liaisons". Both books are fantastic.
Hello?! Am I the only person who has been given many, *many* unwearable items of clothing by well-intentioned relatives who *always* lose the damn receipt? Every single holiday, my mom...
Macrame anything - but especially macrame plant holders. Eeew!
I draw the line at more than three items in the same pattern...and it had better be a damn good-looking pattern. In my bedroom, I have a chair and footstool (different styles and eras)...
My two kitties are allowed on upholstered furniture only - three chairs, one footstool, the bed, and the sofa. If they try to get onto any table, they get shooed off promptly. That sai...
I've had great results with ground flax seeds, but the trick is to whip the seeds and water in a blender for a good 60 seconds so it gets nice and thick. It works much better than just mixing them ...
Meh. The red-and-leopard office Diana Vreeland had when she was editor-in-chief of Vogue was way more interesting.
Animal-print seating really pops, as long as it's not competing with too much else. Leopard chairs look good on their own, but add in a brightly patterned rug and you've got instant overkill.