Book club tomorrow so I'll be making aloo mutter and rice and maybe naan if I can figure out how in time. Possibly cardamom ice cream for dessert, or maybe shortbread. It's so grey, it definitely...

@slobound, try ferns and peace lilies. I have a couple in my north facing office with tinted windows and they're doing pretty well. There's also a ficus in here that pre-dates me. It's about 6 f...

Ooo, these are amazing. I bet they'd look really exotic with an orchid in.

Does anyone know where that metal dining chair, the white one, in the first picture is from?

Ooo, just try this. We're going chestnut picking in a couple of weekends and now I'll have something I can do with them!

@adamwa, if only this were true! My kitchen is barely big enough for 2 and definitely not big enough for more but I got one friend (at my request) making tea, another starting on dishes and a thir...

As a childless person, I have to say that I like the idea. I'd feel horrible if I rang the bell and woke the kid up on accident. I think I'd prefer a "Please knock softly" instead, though, otherw...

Chest freezers are more efficient primarily because you don't lose all the cold air when you open them, I think. So if you're not opening it very often, the energy savings would be minimal so mayb...

@shockthebourgeois I live in Alameda, we should do a Bay Area AT meetup when you move out here. Craziest thing I've ever done... I hide my personal items in the sticky drawer of my dre...

@lona, you can try an old mechanic's trick: get a length of pipe that will fit over your wrench handle and use it to make the wrench longer. You'll be able to apply more force that way but be car...

This is adorable. And makes me really, really wish I'd bought that pretty cake plate at the antiques fair yesterday.

I check the mail on the way into the building, drop my bag on the chair by the door once I'm home, take off my shoes and chat a bit with my cats. Change into home-clothes (cats are hard on work cl...

I think the editor nailed it. Searing is NOT a technique for cooking all the way through, it's just supposed to add flavor and texture to the outside and then the meat should be finished at a lowe...

For the landing strip haters: I haven't got a coat closet, so I use a coat tree near the door. I believe in taking my shoes off as I come in, so I have a bookcase/shoe rack near the ...

I can, therefore I need a ladle. I use it a lot for pasta sauce and such, too. I can't think of anything I have that I never use, except maybe the blender, though that's more because of a lack of...

Any suggestions to cover up a floor made of orangy-brown and black tiles? I'll have to try getting a pretty shower curtain and maybe either painting or wallpapering. White is getting ...

I'd love to have a framed copy of Wayne Manor up on my wall. It would go so well with my Proposed Freeway System for LA from the late 40s and early 50s.

Right now? Dirty dishes, a knife block, clean dishes, a container of baking soda for scrubbing, dish soap and the crock full of spatulas and such. I have very little counterspace so I don't keep ...

@Emily G., us too. The religious pamphlet people were the worst, though. If you're that worried about handing out junk, don't hand anything out at all. Kids won't appreciate your eff...

I don't see what the problem is. They crosspost all the time from other sites, why not Unpluggd?