thank you for your helpful suggestions! to answer some of your concerns: my landlady claims she has removed all of the mothballs, so I think I'm kind of SOL there. Any suggestions for removin...

my couch is too comfy, and i lose focus if i sit on it. i've been trying to do my grad school readings there, but i usually just fall asleep. all work is done in the office (and having a desktop th...

it's so interesting how eating out is one of the first things to go-- i believe for most people eating out is a luxury, so we cut back on luxuries. It's hard to cut back on bills (try to use less c...

i would love to Live Bourdain! let's get on it!

I wanted a very similar duvet from Pottery Barn but with 2 cats I knew it would never work. I now have a linen duvet (they don't get their claws in it) and a shamois duvet (they LOVE to sleep on it...

i have the peek a boo cat toy thing, and i hate to say it but my girls don't care about it at ALL. they enjoy the balls that came with it, but not in conjunction with the toy. i think i'm going to ...

family in NW houston (spring/klein), downtown, montrose and conroe all say power is out and theres a lot of basic clean up to do (downed branches, etc everywhere). im just glad everyone is safe. le...

i've been using the clevercat for a while and i LOVE it-- i have 2, one for each cat. it keeps the litter tracking to a minimum, they can't throw litter out of the box when they dig. i used ...

i was surprised that i had a hard time finding a place in Virginia to move to with 2 cats (they only shred furniture with their claws and all the furniture is mine, so it's my problem, not the land...

i adore it-- please tell me what that paint color is on the lower half of the walls! (the gray). it's GORGEOUS! i want my bedroom to be that color

i LOVE this store! thank you for featuring it!

this sounds like an ideal wedding-- personalized, special, and with the focus more on the people there and the bride and groom than the $$! congratulations to the bride and groom!

i agree-- i hardly ever notice commenter's names but bepsf i know for sure because of the vitrol! please, dude, STOP it!

bepsf, that is a good suggestion. i don't, personally, have any collections but i do own this toaster and since someone recently got me a gorgeous, new toaster oven, Hello Kitty is going bye-bye.

SCREENS forever! i'd love to not have them, but the cats would want out and with the 2 inch mosquitoes and roaches we have in Houston (not to mention the lizard/geckos that come in ANYway, as do th...

i've had this for years and it always makes me smile! one thing to note: if your door is very heavy (like ours is), it will wear it down pretty quickly.

well i'm relatively new to big DIY projects, but reupholstering my 1969 vintage desk chair (it's still in the process) has been awesome! not only am i happy that i have something so personalized, b...

i adore it-- please tell us the paint color! i must have it! :)

i just read it's scented to the point of almost nauseating, a smell like "boiling honey" (says wikipedia). it's gorgeous and i'm sure it smells wonderful, not nauseating! that's a beautiful yard yo...

i sanded and painted some furniture, but that's so easy it barely qualifies as a DIY, no? i'm reupholstering a 1969 desk chair but since it all comes apart and screws together again i don't think t...