I love to read and I love the aesthetics of books and full bookcases. That said, I have very few by most lovers-of-the-written-word standards -- probably under a hundred. Honestly, the...

I quite like the look! Agree with canadian_ginger -- it's just a matter of getting different screws. I've done it before. And in fact, I think home improvement stores have unpainted wo...

If you have the (mis)fortune of small feet, CD storage racks can be repurposed for shoes. I have two of Ikea Robin CD racks bought of Craigslist for about $10/each (like this:

Totally agree, pyewacket. Something that helps me keep from gathering too much clutter is the thought that most of what I have is simply part of some weird giant shared closet, the nexuses (nexii?)...

I've got three Expedits. I love them. Super-easy to assemble and they hold their value as well as any piece of cheap furniture. I bought my 4x4 on Craigslist about three years ago for $50 and now s...

I'll be half-useful and say that I remember coming across a how-to for this exact thing somewhere online in the past few years. I can't remember where, but it does exist. Maybe Craftster? Or a blog...

I've never drycleaned anything, but they're easy enough to inherit in various ways. I use them for displaying tshirts at shows, because they take up the least room.

I'm not a fan of pictures of people right now. Too many funerals as a kid, and I have a hard time viewing them in a non-wake context. How's that for morbid? Working on it, though.

I just found a similar ornate plastic framed mirror in gold at the thrift store for $1 and painted it hot pink for my bathroom. I think the DIY version offers more satisfaction (something soothing ...

I think that parquet floors can be hard to work with but I really like what's been done, highlighting right angles in the furniture, art, and decor in general. And I like how the wallpaper bring in...

I painted my bedroom walls a grey-blue and while I was a little worried it could make things chillier in the winter, I've been nothing but pleased with the color. A good grey or grey-blue can be so...

I could see this working as part storage/part decor. Say three of them lined up above an artist/crafters desk (would they be enough light?) and filled with ribbons in three different hues. It might...

I hate laundry (even though it's on site, the basement is a miserable place with molding walls that just seen to shout "potential carcinogen!"), but what I probably dislike even more is putting the...

My boyfriend bought me one of the sweet pea vases with a green inside off Etsy for my birthday last summer. I love it. It's beautiful and well-made and makes me happy every time I look at it.

Love that! I'm going to have to get one, too -- when I switched out my lightbulbs, I couldn't bear to put the hideous one back up again, so I've been doing bare bulbs instead. P.S. Wha...

I think what helps me with decluttering at home is viewing thrift stores as my extended closet/attic. I buy something, I use it, I grow bored of it, I pass it along. I'm really just taking it out o...

I think a water/weather-centric map would be especially awesome. heatherleaf -- love the idea of using the map as reference when listening to NPR.

Purple and I are permanently separated. We did a trial split, but we just have nothing in common. It's a suitable symbolic color for death, but beyond that, I have no use for it. If the lavendar...

I love grey!

I don't use dryer sheets. Hasn't been a problem so far. What I used to notice in the winter was that my hair would get staticy, but I asked about that the last time I got my haircut and purchase ...