It's cool, if you have the circus skills to pull off the outfit. For instance - awesomemess hanging upside down on a trapeze. Even better, if it were water-proof so you could swim.... s...

excellent post, thx!

I appreciate the efficiency, but aesthetically it leaves me kind of cold...

For housewares, I keep a single edge utility razor blade by the sink. Or soak, then razor blade.

love the dollies lined up on the desk . . . super cute super liveable teeny tiny place

a caution from an old experiment of mine: beet juice turns dull light brown pretty quickly, but not a problem for a one (or two?) day baked good. Just don't make it up too far in advan...

yeah! I love lebovitz and his "room for dessert" book super fun to see he does his thing with an average cramped kitchen : ) note to alexia: sometimes renters ...

This post would be way more useful if there were some indication of the prices . . .

ooooooo LIES in shelter section of the NYT! The cover of today's NYT refers to a story in last week's NYT Home section, about a former gang girl that wrote a book and made a cozy home for her...

fantastic, thx! and thx controlzed for the boiling w/out baking soda I don't think a stainless pot would absorb lead from lead paint. Anybody have the science on this?

Lots of framing stores do foamcore mounting, if you are not expert with an x-acto knife. It's not expensive. Great way to show old maps that are beautiful but not valuable. I like the ...

grrrl, I feel your pain. especially with the "stuff I don't need now but might later" the anti-clutter objective comes smack against the thrifty anti-waste/don't fill landfills w...

paint the walls light blue* that's what I saw the second that picture came up *one that goes with floor, whatever that is anyway, you can make the big step an...

I saw Italian nougat candy too . . . : ) Happy New Year everyone!

must be the deep green-ness

I know a monkey boy with a packet of Camels . . .

American Gangster (music by Hank Shocklee)

I love love love my mom's semi-demented magnolia door hanging . . . featuring a frieze of real fruit. You cut a pineapple in half lengthwise, along with apples, pears, oranges, and dip the cu...

No. Even my 80-year-old friend figured out her new tv eventually, and so can you.

bluuuuuuu! I've chased down some of the vintage turquiose on Ebay (sigh) favorite piece is the 2 1/4-quart Saucier Pan I've been eyeing that in Creuset for ages and I'd mak...