Apartment Therapy : Community

User Profile for Laurel

Latest Comments...

I've bought from them several times and been very happy with the service. I haven't tried selling anything yet though.

Child proof caps and braille on the labels are needed, otherwise there could be nasty mishaps.

Vinegar is good for cutting through grease. Try putting a baking pan with vinegar and water in there and heating it up for a while, the steam should help.

My room was always like that when I was a kid. My mother taught me to read when I was 3, and I consistently had the highest reading age, spelling skills etc in my school, so maybe housekeeping skil...

Laurel and Luis' Swirling Pit of Chaos.

Leave the plug in the bath when you take a shower, then scoop up the water in a bucket to flush the toilet. We leave water in the tub all day until someone has a shower, and use the water all day -...

Perhaps you could sacrifice some bedroom space to extend the kitchen that way, then move the oven to the left and the sink to the right under the window to leave an opening for a new door to the ba...

I'm 5'2" and currently using an old low dining table as a desk. I plan to get a wooden worktop the same length as my little study to run all along one wall, like a floating desk, wall shelves above...

You can do something similar with irfanview, which is free. Convert to greyscale then go to Enhance colours and tweak the contrast and brightness, then increase levels of one of the colours. You ne...

If you're going to throw it all away (no compost heap), why not use a cut down carton or empty ice-cream tub? I'm thinking of cutting a hole in my kitchen worktop for sweeping rubbish into.

Oh, but don't think all British shops are as wonderful as Peter Jones and other John Lewis stores, oh no! It has a special place in the hearts of the middle classes: never trendy, sometimes stuffy,...