Are the legs supposed to be crossed? You might check to make sure it's fully opened up--if it's not, that'd make it much less stable. Otherwise, I agree about finding some sort of lock so the leg...

I've actually been considering getting the Penguin classics books, but it's hard to justify buying a book when you already own a copy. I'm also a fan of the Everyman's Library books. T...

I don't know about where you live, but the trees in the historic part of town here are just about lousy with it. We have a different species here than the European mistletoe, which I t...

Isn't this the same house-in-a-hill that was posted about just a few hours ago?

You might also check health food/drug stores for glycerin.

I've always just used a wire coat hanger bent into shape to hold wreaths on my door. You can wrap it in ribbon if you want to dress it up, but I find it's pretty inconspicuous.

The Arkansas Craft Guild's Christmas Showcase is this weekend (Dec. 4-6) at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Yanno, in case you're in Arkansas.

Re: mason jars A flame is a lot hotter than boiling water, and I have had glass containers crack when burning candles. I would put a layer of something insulating in the bottom of the ...

I've cracked a glass by burning tealights in it before. You might want to put a layer of something to insulate the glass from the hot metal if you do try it.

Once, when my cat Siri was little, I had to shut him in my bedroom when I went away for a weekend. When I got back it looked like that scene from The Parent Trap where they trash each other's cabin...

The orange! The grey and green make it too cool, I think, and you'd need a darker yellow than that if you did yellow.

... Those aren't lamps, unless the hydrangeas light up.

It'd be pretty easy to DIY a throw without a pattern if you have a stitch dictionary or search for cabled stitch patterns online. I know my local library's got a decent selection of stitch g...

My friend and I had a strawberry-wine dessert soup that used mace. It's been a while since I made it, since it's fancy, but it always turned out wonderfully.

My brother makes fire starters with it: Take a cardboard egg crate and stuff the egg divots as full as possible with lint. Melt some wax and pour over the lint, smooshing it a bit so th...

I need to find a good kettle for stovetop use, but I love my Beehouse and Chatford teapots. They're both simple, spherical ceramic with built-in baskets for loose tea. I really enjoy ...

I'd change the hardware on the cabinets, paint the walls and backsplash (and maybe the chandelier), and knock out the cornice (or whatever the correct term for that carved board above the window i...

If it were a different color (preferably just one) and deep enough that you could also sit on it regularly (I can't tell if it is or not from the photo) I think I'd like it. It'd be neat to use in ...

I got curious and decided to try and figure the cost of the pennies--based on the estimates I'm using, it'd be a little over $2.50 per square foot.