Yes, yes, re-negotiate your rent so your landlord can no longer afford the mortgage on his/her property and enjoy the level of service you get living in a foreclosure. Good times!

Uh, since so many people on this site seem unaware that there are billions of germs, bacteria and mold swarming over every inch of you and everything you touch, not to mention the air you breathe, ...

Your landlord has no choice but to put the screens in, no matter what you want -- it's city-mandated, and they're really coming down hard on every little thing, even when the average person walking...

Thank god for color! And art! And people who look like they enjoy owning stuff! I also love the paneling, but even if I didn't -- people, it's a rental. She can't just go paint over so...

TheoJ, thanks for saying it -- for god's sake, don't paint your ceiling or brick white! Someday, people are going to wake up and realize that all these supposedly "eclectic" white-painted midcentur...

Advantage and Trader Joe's dry dog food work wonders for my freakishly healthy 12-year-old Staffie ... I'm a pretty big hippie when it comes to products, but sometimes chemicals are what work.

Is there something bad for the environment in manufacturing strong colors? I looked at the choices and, while nice, they're all pretty muted ...

Beautiful, but yeah -- wisteria is one of the most destructive plants out there. Be careful, be vigilant, and give it LOTS of room.

Jacaranda litter can also be sticky, and hard to get off of cars, driveways, etc., so you might want to do some research -- might be a make tree/female tree thing.

One more thing -- he might want to check with the LA Housing Department that this is even a legal rental. If it's not registered with the city, his landlords will owe him all the rent...

I agree with Dave -- your friend is essentially a roommate, not a tenant, and therefore has much less in the way of rights. I'm not even sure a tenant's rights organization would necessarily be ab...

Please, please, please use this as an excuse to get rid of that water-hogging lawn! You could do a low-water-use landscape with some sages and lavenders, and maybe put in a chitalpa o...

I second leaving the fireplace alone -- at some point, all of this painting wood and stonework white is going to look dated, while the natural materials will always look appropriate, and you can em...

We had the FLOR "Toy Poodle" line in Citron, and got rid of it after about a year -- the tiles just looked so cheap and grungy and gross, no matter how often we washed them (which, given the number...

Sometimes nurseries will keep smaller bags of potting soil inside, with their indoor plants. I believe Sunset Nursery (4368 W. Sunset @ Fountain) does this.

It's a good place to start, if you happen to be in the neighborhood and need a plant or two, but there are so many better/cheaper nurseries in LA that if you're going to buy a lot of plants, you mi...

Honestly, no -- much as I love my home, I don't understand the need to have one's taste validated by strangers (though of course I enjoy the voyeuristic thrill of looking at other people's houses a...

I'm not sure what the point is, here, if these folks didn't do any of the work themselves and the furnishings all seem to be bought new. Seems more like a "look at these pretty pictures from a prof...

No offense, but why on earth would someone who makes over $100k care about winning a $100 gift certificate? Meh.

I believe the warranty on enameled LeCreuset products is for 100 (or maybe even 150) years. The pans are meant to age! Both cast iron and porcelain are absolutely non-toxic, and I'm su...