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now i want to go in the closet and pull out my old knitting.

i too am jealous. i really dont want to live on a farm, but that green paint job and the stackstone fence are tugging at my heart. your whole house is a dream.

i prefer the Elfa, always more expensive, but my place has plaster walls and with elfa you only put holes in the top track and everything else hangs from that. so only a few holes would have to be...

i don't do a lot of texting so about a year ago i switched to virgin mobile and my cell bill went from $52 a month to about 25.00. Cable bill, subscribed to $18 a month service, (just to get recep...

i was just thinking of lileks too. i haven't checked out that site in ages. i need a laugh. i wish i could tell you my mom's deviled egg recipe, as they are the best i think i've eve...

oh i wish i had a backyard like my grandmom's in tennessee and the white wooden clothesline posts. this yard makes me think of her.

i have loved the Oregon blueberries can for years, although i don't bake muffins as much as i used to. i get the cans from my sister and use them for pencil cans on my desk, on my bedside table to...

that's what i'm planning on putting on my tiny kitchen floor in the next month or so, black rubbber flooring with the coin dots. white appliances, pale jadite green cabinets, white subway tile and ...

i remeber in one of Edna Lewis's books she described listening to a cake to know when it was done. i thought this was weird, but then my mom told me she knew when cornbread was done by listening to...

i visited someone with one of those under-the-sink dishwashers, and it was a real waste of space to me. the sink was so shallow i dont think i could tolerate it. is there a home depot nearb...

i can't say that i've changed my spending habits because i've been tight with a dollar for years. i am going to buy a new refrigerator this weekend and i'm looking at getting a new gas range, not b...

i lived in an apartment with an electric range for about 5 years and got used to it. it was relatively new and i put a thermometer in it to regulate the temp. at first i was so used to the flame ...

i used to make a dish with white truffle oil flavoring mashed potatoes, served with seared scallops, pancetta and fried crispy things, i think it was parsley. i lost the recipe and haven't had it ...

i was looking at the Reztec rubber flooring last week for my kitchen floor. it is very similar to this and is made for interiors. the colors are great.

i live alone and out of habit i usually go barefoot in the house. i get surprised how dirty my icky tan carpet gets on the path from the front door to the bedroom where i take my shoes off when i g...

I've used the Franmar Bean-e-doo soy mastic remover to get up the tile mastic from my bathrooom floor after i chipped up a layer of tile over the original hex tile, and i just picked some up last w...

Mod Podge does make an outdoor use product but i don't know how well it works. i was looking into it to try to add some decoupage to existing wall tiles in a kitchen.

i scraped an 11 x 15 bedroom and hallway last fall. the popcorn was painted over with latex paint so i couldn't go with the spray with water and scrape method. had to use a a paint scraper and b...

that is a great shade of red, what is the brand?? as for the "clutter" some, people don't hang out in the kitchen to soak up the aesthetic beauty. this guy is a chef and there's real...

i am so happy to see this. a kitchen that's smaller than mine with a gut renovation that i hope to do soon. i've been wanting to go with these small appliances for a while. do you feel constricte...