Uh, yeah, like every time I go back to my parents' home for a visit. It's kind of embarrassing how easily I'll get sucked back into the memorabilia from my youth..year books, old letters, pictures...

Funny thing, I grew up eating Southeast Asian cuisine and didn't even know it. My family's ethnic Chinese from Cambodia, so I assumed we were eating Chinese food the whole time. It wasn't until I...

there's 1 inch gap between the stove and the rest of the counter top in my kitchen. one day i went to fry up an egg. the pan was on the stove heating up. i took an egg out of the carton to crack ...

i once made a little diorama of the scene at our first kiss. complete with beach background, sun setting and cut outs of us.

We had the same problem. Our solution was to put up curtain sheers. And we tied up a little corner up so the cats could get past to the sill. Works to let the light in and the cats on the window.

Cover chairs in fabric...at least the seat-parts and back-parts. Cover the table top with contact paper (Target has them cheap and they come in cool designs, including cork, wood print and if you'...

I second the Sweat Scoop. We too have go through SOOO many different types of litter. We like Swheat Scoop the best because it controls odor better, seems more natural than others (b/c it's made ...

for apartment dwellers with little or no outdoor space---Nature Mill indoor automatic composter all the way! http://naturemill.com I go...

I read this somewhere once. You put a squirt of diswashing liquid in the pan, along with like a half inch of water. Put the pan back on the stove and let it simmer on low. When it gets hot and s...

you've got some nice pieces of furniture with lots of character.

Wow, thanks for all of your great suggestions! And don't worry, that ugly big TV is on it's way out. Because we're renting, we actually can't paint the brick (and I don't think I'd want to anyway...

I like collecting cool glass jars and bottles to reuse as containers for sundries, like popping corn, nuts, sugar, etc. Sometimes the jars will look nice, but still smell like what they orginally ...

Maybe you can take advantage of that intense sun from your southern exposure and get a few house plants. That will bring some foliage into your apt. Another thing I like to do is put seating up n...