There's something to be said for the "crazy crazy love of things" (http://redravine.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/pablo-nerudas-love-of-things/). I think there's a romance in loving a thing, yes even to...

I liked the Hayden and the Palmer from their website.

I agree that you should paint all the built ins and molding to something light. Also I think the red accents in the rug and couch makes the room darker- it plays up the browns in the ...

AUGH! I saw this recliner in a shop in colver city and it was like....3,000 trillion dollars. Grr.

Low tech option I can think of would be a canopy bed, with thick canopy fabric. If you bought the noise (blackout) drapes they use in hotels, you'd probably have to look around for ones that aren't...

I agree with the people who keep seltzer to hand, and i usually have a huge stack of kitchen towels ready and washed. My tip is a philosophy tip, which is it's nice to have nice thing...

I think the idea is neat- I've seen a mass of binder rings made into a psuedo afro and it was pretty kicking, and the material itself has all kinds of interesting sculptural properties.

Aww. I grew up in that library. It's pretty much the best ever.

These remind me of the wreaths my mom would make from from bittersweet branches in the fall- I assume that's what these are. But they were always outdoors and they weren't so...sparse. I think with...

It is silly. Wouldn't it make more sense if the bloggers were allowed to be "I" when discussing experiences a reader knows that singular human being experienced (our husband) and "we" when it's an ...

Please be careful with the chinese ant chalk! It has things like arsenic in it, which is why you can't get it from big name retailers. It's probably fine for homes with consenting risk taking adult...

Sandra_margarete you are so right- crochet is the national craft of Portuguese grannies! My grandma's and great gran's houses were these musuems of crochet gone very very wrong. The TP...

Ha. I think it's hilarious. What college student would actually take the time to do this? I want to shake that person's hand. I hated sharing a room and considered it a punishment inflicted on us ...

I'd go see if a furniture guy can take that whole top off and put a new one on in a pretty wood. The lines on that set are incredible and I know I wouldn't be able to live with the horror of the ta...

I like the ideas people have about rearrangement as better room flow is free. Free changes: 1. I'd move the bed all the way to that window corner and consider rotating it...

Oh my goodness! If this were my space I'd spend all winter plotting and scheming and buying discount planters! Right now, in the fall I'd be snapping up sales: one or 2 of the cheapest...

I'm a no-shoer in the house myself. I liked the people who commented that for them it has to do with that transition. Shoes are what I wear when I'm out someplace that is "not home"- a restaurant, ...

Dear Apartment Therapy: Old world. I do not think it means what you think it means. Look it up. From wikipedia: "The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asia...

I'd second the 2 sectional piece suggestion, if you can't find what you are looking for. For instance, I think this sectional is quite fetching:http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=960&f=336...

To clarify on my comment, I believe everyone has a right to like or dislike something. I even think you can appreciate a design which you personally wouldn't incorporate into your own home. Its not...