Thanks for all of the comments, some great ideas, which we will be adding to th elist of fun stuff to buy as out decor evolves. I especially appreciate the comments about varying the h...

Cell phone and cats.... the cats of course are the more persistent, and thus most effective means of getting me up. Except, of course, when I count on them getting me up.... then they choose to sl...

Thanks for the comments thus far. Now that I look at them again, these are pretty terrible photos, from a lighting perspective... because we get lots of light (just did not compensate properly for...

No dog now.. but 2 cats sleep in the bed. I used to have a dog, a Great Dane - and she slept in the bed :D A king size bed would have been nice....

Yay - I am glad it's not just me! I recently replaced all my hangers with uniform wood hangers. Though, I did feel a pang of guilt when offloading the old hangers (I took them to Housing Works in N...

oooh - love these!

I have tried both nature's miracle and get serious, and the latter is far better. Cleans much faster. One scrub usually gets stains out, while nature's miracle takes at least 2.

I have used this, and it is great!! While renovating I moved into a corporate apartment, which to my horror had snow white rugs. Of course, my 2 cats took this as a great opportunity to get into t...

Perfect, I need one of these!!

Ha - prevent keyboard sprawl! Unlikely... this will more likely find use for paper storage than kitten storage. I am glad, however, to know that I am not the only victim of chronic key...

in fact, just finished a kitchen reno with grey stained cabinets.... no photos yet :-(

that is a beutiful lamp - any idea where to find something like that?

My contractor has just built some very nice radiator covers - not sure of price as we did a lot of work, and it was bundled, but in general has has been quite reasonable, and very high quality. Hi...

I just painted my Bathroom ' Deep Space' (Benjamin Moore). Initially we were concerned that it may be too dark. But with all the sparkly white tiles and fixtures, it looks really great!

Good question... how many ziplock bags would fit inside this train case?

Pottery Barn used to have a really lovely one: http://www.potterybarn.com/shop/bth/index.cfm?cm_type=gnav ...

unfortunately, I am a serial plant killer... but i would love to know where to find a towel rack like that. Anyone know?

not sure if this is an appropriate open thread topic, but here goes.... Was wondering if anyone has opinions on the 18" dishwashers. I am renovating my kitchen and considering a Miele 18 incher. ...

Hi there - don't know if anyone is still following this thread, but I am curious about the 18" dishwasher. Am considering the same (18" Miele), but can put a 24" at the expense of 6 inches of cupbo...

Don't you think the animals would figure out pretty quickly how to manoeuvre around them? Unless you had them literally covering your furniture, in which case, you may end up with your bum in a trap!