Count me in as another person who really appreciates rudebega's posts. I don't mind spending $180 on a litterbox and I have liked the looks of this one for a long time. But I hesitate...

What fascinates me about etiquette books is the intended audience. They're like romance novels, only the fantasy they sell is a fantasy of social class. Pages and pages delineating ...

The kitchen is lovely, but they should have updated the layout instead of just adding granite. It looks good but the work areas, such as they are, make no sense. I would hate cooking there.

When I needed to increase the size of my table I just bought a big square piece of heavy plywood and stapled felt over it. When I need it, it doubles the size of my small round table from 4 to a ti...

I'd happily spend $45k on a room, but not if it looked like that.

I would like to have an "after" that looks as good as this "before"!

I don't. Thank god I have a housekeeper who does it once a week or I wouldn't get around to it until things started crunching underfoot or my shoes got stuck to the floor.

As a citydweller, I only want to live in a corner unit. A house squished between two neighbors a dealkiller for me. With rowhouses, a corner is a godsend. You don't just get another ...

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Gift registries are tacky, tacky, tacky.

Does anybody in the Chicago area know how the carbonator refills work? I called the hotline and they said I could either go to Williams Sonoma (downtown, pay $20 for parking) or leave the old one ...

I suppose if it's a grandma thing -- either nostalgic or ironic -- I'm down with that. Sentiment and an off-kilter sense of humor are alright by me. But let's be honest here. It's...

I've never seen Lillet in a bottle like that. Huh.

The Nelson desk is kickass. I wasn't sure I would like it but it is absolutely perfect--elegant, compact, sturdy, and fun. And everything wipes right off the laminate.

I, for one, LOVE these and will put one in my dream kitchen (assuming I ever have it).

I tested this by tasting the same wine in two different Riedel glasses. And it tasted different. So I vote an emphatic YES, it's worth it, unless you really don't care that much what ...

Blu Dot lateral file. Let's just say the experience was so horrific and involved so much email and phone time with service representatives, not to mention botched deliveries of replace...

If you know you're loud, live somewhere with loud neighbors who will understand your ways. Because "too loud" is whatever bothers your neighbors. I know the way I am, so I...

One rainstorm and you can kiss those mattress goodbye. Eww.

What's worse than your theft is your absolute lack of shame about it. I can't even wrap my mind around it. General rule is that if the hotel wouldn't charge you for us...