This may be my favourite house tour ever. It takes a deft hand to use that much colour and control it so masterfully. This is so inspiring - it's what my little house wants to be when it grows up!

Downside of being a landlord (from personal experience): 1. The jerk who did engine repair on the living room carpet (we had to replace all the carpeting, which wasn't that old, after ...

I hope no one will serve their Thanksgiving turkey with the stuffing pouring out of the cavity , a la photo #2 - that's a good way to give your guests food poisoning.

I would do a 2" wood blind (something more substantial than the aluminum mini blinds currently in the windows) for privacy, along with "dummy panels," floor length curtains that look like they coul...

Having lived many years in rentals where white paint was on everything - walls and trim both - and vowing I'd never live in a white room again, I now find myself struggling with the issue of painti...

Not only is parsley really slow to get started, it's a biennial, which means in its 2nd year it flowers (which makes it turn bitter) and dies. In spite of that, however, I always try ...

Everyone has different sensibilities as to what is too cluttered or too minimalistic, which is a personal thing - to each his/her own, neither way is right or wrong. What I'm finding issue with as ...

3M's recommended application instructions says to wash the surface with rubbing alcohol: Be sure to test this in an inconspicuous spot first! I forged ahead with this once, not realiz...

This looks like anaglypta, which is a thick, heavily embossed wallpaper that is meant to be painted. It can be very beautiful. Check out some of the patterns that are available:

SherryBinNH, I really like your idea about focusing on the views through doors and hallways. That makes sense that you can compensate for less perfect areas elsewhere in your rooms with this trick,...

I think this could be charming with the right colour/pattern combo in the quilt being used (the examples are old-school quilting, but quilts today run the full gamut of colour/texture/pattern, and ...

It reminds me of the instruments the Whos down in Whoville play--I'm certain there's a floo-floober in there!

It's a lovely, liveable space. I too painted several rooms in Benjamin Moore "Straw." I almost shied away from it initially as it looks a little beigy-tan on the chip (I'm not a big fa...

I just wanted to urge everyone to be sure to return their recalled vacs--more than just minor injuries are possible. A Vancouver-area woman got 3rd degree burns when the battery in he...

Jen C, I purchased this brand from Hammacher Schlemmer in 1991 and it's still going strong after all these years: http://www.hammacher.com/publi...

From what I've been able to gather, a conserve is very similar to preserves or jam or a fruit relish or chutney (it's like cobblers/crisps/betty's etc that are all very similar but there are about ...

Thanks for the advice on washing down comforters, Sydney, Sea and Lizzy C--I think I will go ahead and try it. I'll just be sure to use the low-heat cycle on the dryer, and will try the tennis ball...

Has anyone ever washed a down comforter in a regular top-loading washing machine? I'd love to be able to wash mine at home but have been too afraid of ruining it to attempt it. Is there any special...

Avocado, Fine Homebuilding's annual Kitchens and Baths issue, winter 2006, had a terrific article on "ballparking the cost of your dream kitchen" which I thought was extremely helpful, in terms of ...

For paint without brush marks, I echo Joel's advice to buy a high quality brush--it never pays to cheap out there. I've also had good results by adding latex paint conditioner to semi-gloss paint o...