I think that part of the problem is that there should be a picture rail/door casing running around the room at the top of all the openings in lieu of the crown trim, which wouldn't necessarily have...
In Norway, everything commercial closes between noon and 2 pm on Saturdays, this is chore day, for yard work etc. Sundays, when everything (except for like Museums and restaurants) is closed, are f...
My parents have a table like that, except that it was a kit in the mid-60s and it has a miro design on it that they made themselves in their newlywed days. But the brass frame and legs are nearly i...
I painted my sunroom/sunporch ceiling a bright emerald green, both to bring down the ceiling, to match the greenish, metallic fleck vinyl floor and the garden outside as well as to give a springy a...
I would think it would be ok if done carefully, not getting any paint on electricity conducting parts and if it is wired safely. Just not with metallic paints...
The Citizens of London were told it would cost them nothing, no taxes would be used on the games, and, well, lo and behold, lots of things had to be cut to pay for the Olympics. I'm dreading what w...
It's for people who wouldn't give otherwise and want to feel good and assuage their guilt by thinking they are truly contributing when purchasing things. I guess...
Apparently Chicago has had a proposal for Parkway and Boulevard car-free bike Sundays for several years but has been stopped due to various church's complaining about losing parking.
Our landlady when I was a kid (and then neighbor when we moved) back in the 70s when people were even more selfish about dog poo, would shove it back into the sidewalk whenever it appeared in the p...
We've got possum, raccoons and foxes in Edgewater/Rogers Parque. Now I know who was stealing the fruit on my tomato plants, it weren't the squirrels (of which we have a few black squirrels, no whit...
There's also Green Grid in the midwest; somewhat similar to live roof. There is one right next to the el at Montrose (the dead dying and brown one on the CTA Substation roof to the west of the trac...
Wow, I didn't realize that silicone butt joint glazing was around in the inter-war era.
It looks cool, but I always find that this era is always portrayed as drabber and poorer than i...
White walls, expressionist art and oriental/navajo rugs through white-flight and reverse white-flight eras (yes, we moved back to our inner-city 'hood mid-70s). That and bold 60s Scandinavian strip...
This reminds me a place which used to be in Countryside and then moved, but I forgot to check where they were relocating to. And this was just, just, just pre-web. And I haven't been able to find t...
In Chicago you can always sublet, you can't sign away that right in your lease. Breaking your lease, even through a lawyer, or "renters agency" can mark your credit AND make it near impossible to b...
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So where are those switchplates available? I would love to get some...
I think that part of the problem is that there should be a picture rail/door casing running around the room at the top of all the openings in lieu of the crown trim, which wouldn't necessarily have...
In Norway, everything commercial closes between noon and 2 pm on Saturdays, this is chore day, for yard work etc. Sundays, when everything (except for like Museums and restaurants) is closed, are f...
My parents have a table like that, except that it was a kit in the mid-60s and it has a miro design on it that they made themselves in their newlywed days. But the brass frame and legs are nearly i...
I painted my sunroom/sunporch ceiling a bright emerald green, both to bring down the ceiling, to match the greenish, metallic fleck vinyl floor and the garden outside as well as to give a springy a...
I would think it would be ok if done carefully, not getting any paint on electricity conducting parts and if it is wired safely. Just not with metallic paints...
The Citizens of London were told it would cost them nothing, no taxes would be used on the games, and, well, lo and behold, lots of things had to be cut to pay for the Olympics. I'm dreading what w...
It's for people who wouldn't give otherwise and want to feel good and assuage their guilt by thinking they are truly contributing when purchasing things. I guess...
Apparently Chicago has had a proposal for Parkway and Boulevard car-free bike Sundays for several years but has been stopped due to various church's complaining about losing parking.
Our landlady when I was a kid (and then neighbor when we moved) back in the 70s when people were even more selfish about dog poo, would shove it back into the sidewalk whenever it appeared in the p...
Thanks, AT, you just made my day; I have the same lamp that Wright is selling.
I've always heard (I forgot to say yesterday) that Peacocks can be incredibly aggressive and even dangerous.
Oh my god, he lives near Dawn Davenport and Aunt Ida!
We've got possum, raccoons and foxes in Edgewater/Rogers Parque. Now I know who was stealing the fruit on my tomato plants, it weren't the squirrels (of which we have a few black squirrels, no whit...
There's also Green Grid in the midwest; somewhat similar to live roof. There is one right next to the el at Montrose (the dead dying and brown one on the CTA Substation roof to the west of the trac...
Wow, I didn't realize that silicone butt joint glazing was around in the inter-war era. It looks cool, but I always find that this era is always portrayed as drabber and poorer than i...
White walls, expressionist art and oriental/navajo rugs through white-flight and reverse white-flight eras (yes, we moved back to our inner-city 'hood mid-70s). That and bold 60s Scandinavian strip...
This reminds me a place which used to be in Countryside and then moved, but I forgot to check where they were relocating to. And this was just, just, just pre-web. And I haven't been able to find t...
True Blue, Yes, those glue gun incidents need to be more widely reported. Maybe Oprah can do an episode and check with Nate B on glue guns...
In Chicago you can always sublet, you can't sign away that right in your lease. Breaking your lease, even through a lawyer, or "renters agency" can mark your credit AND make it near impossible to b...