The apartment dwellers I know tend to keep a no-shoes policy to preserve their carpets, rental deposits, and sense of squeeky clean sanitation. The last time I visited a house, seeing both immacula...

martha's recipe for chocolate rum ball cookies starts with a superflat brownie. not all of it usually makes it into the rum balls (hey, maybe that's why they end up so strong..)

Frog legs really don't taste like chicken, but if they tasted like fish I'd like them. I guess they taste amphibian, go figure! I would never eat the casu marzu, but the beetles don't ...

I don't know about detox, but a lot of these ideas will actually make you feel much better than just drinking water alone! I completely second brown rice, lemon water, and kombucha. I find kefir mo...

I like the idea of "killing toxins." Post criticism aside, I have a real question: does running the sponge through the dishwasher actually sanitize it to a significant extent? It obvio...

silpats work.

I love a balsamic vinaigrette with fresh strawberries blended right in, and some sweet roasted garlic. Now I'll have to make some; it's been a while!

alabaster: fingers work especially with really soft berries, but I do remember getting strawberry juices lodged under my nail when I was a kid - ouch! I like the vegetable peeler idea;...

Definitely add capers if you're going the olive oil tuna salad route. One of my favorite salads is romaine, garbanzo beans, Italian vinaigrette of some variety, drained canned tuna, an...

lol, thanks for not using the word "pop"! (I count "spot," "shock," "punch," "punch," "impact," and "dose"...)

StyckyWycket: I hear you. "Air scense" smells nice (very natural), but I usually just leave out a(n unscented) candle. Just lighting the match alone usually improves things when improvement is needed.

Hoochibu is correct: waterfall is more ergonomic in most bathroom arrangements. To any readers that don't have pets: not all cats shred toilet paper, I promise!

I'd keep it as is or sell it to someone who wants it. With a few changes in the room (including the already mentioned off-placed magenta picture) it looks great.

Wow. I don't think "pop" is quite the word for the color in the hooked on houses kitchen. Its cute though the lighting and window treatments seem mismatched. I would feel like I needed to dress to ...

The berber in my current rental is extremely flat, and I've had no problem putting rugs over it -- it's a lot like what kimg described. But I'm moving and EVERY apt. that I'm looking at has thick b...

This is a beautiful photograph of a lovely room! I did imagine Uma Thurman in the process of painting it for a moment, but that's okay.

colleen: thanks for sharing the update! I love how you took advantage of your space -- I usually don't even care for accent walls, but it's really, really working in your room, especially in your m...

I suppose it would be one thing if I had a reading room or an office, but without either, I keep many (many) books, and I find that they contribute a lot of unwanted color and noise. It only adds t...

I don't know how apartment therapy this is either, but it's at least as at as mexican oil cloths. Anna Maria Horner is selling some cute oil cloths at present. I tend to believe that "oil cloth" sh...

I need dryer sheets for pet hair but like some of you I can't stand how they smell. Thanks for the method and trader joe's suggestions, miriam and vertigo! I suspect I'll be using a lot less paper ...