I just hope they do away with those awful three walled "rooms" with no ceilings and get the Designerators out in to the real world dealing with real challenges and coming up with real solutions tha...

I've been looking for a class like this in San Francisco. Does anyone in the Bay Area know of something similar to this in San Francisco or Oakland? I miss having Access to the wood shop at CCA (Ca...

Fabric is one of those things that is nearly impossible for me to let go of. I have a dresser drawer crammed full of the stuff. I even have bags full of scraps that are as small as 1" square! I kno...

I lOVE this chair. I've been lusting after one for forev's...

Magdelane is right. Taping is a waste of time if you do use that brush technique. It just takes a steady hand and a little bit of patience. It goes really fast once you get the hang of it. A...

Aside from the so called "recycled" polyethylene frame, how is this thing "Eco Friendly"??? sounds like yet another green washed product to me. Boo!

WooHoo! Yes Elka, I remember the Fruitvale house and how. Thank you for putting up with my endless hamstering around the house. I guess some things never change. Thank you...

To answer everyone else's questions: The plant is some sort of grapeless grape vine. I wish I could tell you what the actual name of it is. That thing loves life. It's nice taking a sh...

Hi Nate: I built the hanging light pretty much from scratch. The only parts that I didn't make were the two bullet lamp shades. I salvaged those from and old busted desk lamp. The inspiration...

I can think of a few things that might be cool: You could build a couple of cubbies or shelves into is and arrange some cool objects and/or books. Build a false wall to m...

Go to your local hardware store and get a couple of small metal "L" brackets and some wood screws. Any Ace hardware will have them. If you attach the L brackets to your shelf and then screw the bra...

I wonder if a translucent film might look cool. It'll give them a frosted glass look and obscure what's reflected in them. you could go to the hardware store and buy a roll of cheap-o translucent c...

I think a nice warm chocolate brown would look good with the green and beige. I would even think about getting a nice green throw for your sofa that compliments the drapes. I wouldn't go to c...

I'm impressed by the shoes too and I'm NOT a girl. Um... anytime you want to come visit San Francisco and want to do an apartment swap, just let me know. (check out "Dave and Rob's Sma...

I'd say you could probably buy before trying if you are not able to go to the store. You just have to do a little investigating is all. If your mother already has a chair, measure it's seat height,...

Lets see if I can answer a few more questions about our apartment: • Like a dummy, I didn't keep any of the paint chips I used to select the colors for our apartment so I ca...

Wow! Thank you all for the nice feedback! Allow me to explain the floating head in the kitchen though. It's a paper cutout that is part of our bulletein board. There are a lot of ...