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It's as icky as taxidermy, in my opinion.

Hey boomer. I agree. I am in Portland. In addition to what you mentioned, the whole studded tire thing here is a joke. Not only are they dangerous when it isn't snowing or icy (90% of the winte...

from How to: Stop the Draft on July 11, 2007 01:28AM

Whoa! Bad childhood memory there.

I recall my mother trying to steam clean a velour chair and parts of it became discolored. She ended up recovering it many years later. The kind of velour used on track suits is not u...

Here in Portland OR, squirrels are as numerous as the trees they inhabit. My squirrel story this week. They kept hopping into my bird feeder that I loved. It was a bowl with a mina...

from PlantTherapy: The Showdown on July 1, 2007 12:05PM

I like Anna's suggestion. We are doing the antique camera collection in our Danish cabinet and it does look spectacular. My husband was a photographer before he became a graphic designer so he is...

Okay, here's another link: http://www.topdeq.com/topdeq/product.do?prodid=p_Louis-Ghost Other Patrick, ...

I once randomly taped up about a dozen examples of tea bag origami on a large blank hallway wall in an old apartment. At first I thought it was a silly idea, but after I did it, it was pretty spec...

from Inspiration: Cut paper wall art on June 10, 2007 02:24AM

What a fabulous question! angorian, PETA akin to the KKK? I don't agree with PETA's tactics always but I don't think their philosophy is based on hatred. They may not approve of wear...

I read all the AT sites. Lake Oswego, Oregon (exactly 8 minutes by car from Portland)

from Survey: Are you in the Southwest? on June 3, 2007 12:20PM

The suggestions here are all great. Welcome to Portland, but I have to tell you we have many, many Craftsman style homes here. If you don't like a Craftsman home, maybe just rent th...

Does it have to be a flowerbox? Can it be any sort of planted vessel, such as an urn or even a pot? Does it have to be flowers? I would like to plant something with sedges and grasses.

from 2007 Flowerbox Awards: Wheels Up! on May 20, 2007 11:44AM

Gorgeous! And a real pick-me-up out here in the Portland area where it is raining today (but luckily we have gorgeous flowers right now too). We bought that Panasomic camera yesterday...

from Planttherapy: Nice Bunch on May 20, 2007 11:38AM

People like Boomer have found some sort of license to continue to live as we have been doing by hating one man - Al Gore. Meanwhile Fox News has been allowed to continue its tendentious lies on a ...

from Apartment Therapy on: Bees & Bankers on April 28, 2007 12:00PM

You guys are reading alot into it. It's still art, regardless of the manipulation or the topical nature of the "subject". If anything, I think Jordan's work is about consumption, more than the en...

from The Gallery: Chris Jordan on April 27, 2007 12:16PM

I checked "other" because my problem is how long it is taking. The longer it takes to amass the different pieces I want to complete the room, the more tired I am starting to become with the whole ...

from The Spring Cure: Week 7 - The Bedroom on April 19, 2007 01:11AM

We bought this one on Craigslist (in the exact same color as the link), but even new they are very reasonably priced and I think it's lovely. Sorry for the long link:

from Good Questions: Great Sleeper Sofa? on April 16, 2007 12:01PM

I am admitting it to the world this evening: I LOVE Peeps. -ChickieLou

from Peeps Poll: Easter Explosion Edition on April 5, 2007 02:55AM

My female kitty is the digger. Male just plops and goes (making the humans scream in disgust from the smell) But even with the holes in the liner, the routine cleaning of the box itse...

Two weeks ago, I took all the tea bags that were in the cabinet out of their random boxes and put them, neatly organized, in a drawer near my hot water dispenser. Note: this only works with teabag...