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After many bent nails and one broken drill bit, I've discovered that my walls are simply paint over concrete. What are the proper tools to hang fairly heavy pictures and shelves into this material?...

Yes, please.

Do any reasonably priced-painting services paint apartments? All the ones I'm finding seem to imply they only paint houses.

from Open Thread 66 on July 13, 2007 09:43PM

Boomer, thanks so much for the suggestion. I was worried that art hung at eye level (especially my eye level) might seem too low. And I do love crown molding, but I'm not sure if I want to make the...

from Open Thread 61 on June 7, 2007 07:07PM

The ceilings in my studio are fairly high (10') but the majority of my furniture (excepting a 6' tall bookcase) is low to the ground. The walls seem utterly barren. How high do I have to run the ar...

from Open Thread 61 on June 6, 2007 01:54PM

Swiffer dry or wet is no match for my kitchen floor. I get down on my hands and knees with a rag, the same way I did as a little girl.

from Hot or Not?: Swiffer on May 31, 2007 10:22PM