Oh yeah, I want to add to please think about the materials you buy for any remodel, especially if you have children. Kibitzknits mentioned beadboard, and many such wood composites eek formaldehyde...

We updated my dad's bathroom, which looked shockingly like the one in the pic, with standard stuff form Home Depot. Tore everything out, found a huge rotting area of wood floor, took that out, rep...

My grandma has a neighbor who made a backyard fire ring from a washer machine drum. I imagine it gets really hot.

I live in So Cal near the US-Mexico border and I always see pick-up trucks loaded up with old mattresses like a Dr. Seuss illustration, heading south. I can only imagine their fate...either they g...

My "cluster" is of family photos -- b/w, sepia, weird early 80s tint. All inexpensive ($3) black wood frames with white mats. They are spaced 1.5 inches (exactly) apart, and the lowest "row" is s...

I shall forever lust after that table until the storm of the semi-decade blows through San Diego and sends a non-native invasive Eucalyptus toppling over, upon which I will lay seige with a chainsa...

That sofa is rad. And since color is so personal, then go with the pink! I noticed the bright orange in the cushion right away. I probably would have done an orange (bright orange, like a crayon...

Teak comes from Orangutan habitat. Just cuz a tree technically grows back doesn't mean its "sustainable."

The vintage toys are neat. I think offbeat kids rooms are great. Since we share a family bed we never used a crib or nursery (yes, its safe -- read research by Dr. James McKenna)...so we started ...

Love it. I just need to find huge ones to display my toddlers expansive painting portfolio. Apparently finger-painting paper doesn't fit into standard frames... btw sarahrae: you ca...

You can put one on the gift table at your wedding to receive cards from people, they just slip 'em through the bars. But I do like the idea of putting twinkly lights inside and using a...