First, what a clever post. You paid attention to an annoying household accident, grabbed a snapshot, and triggered vivid memories for all of us! Bottle of permanent black drawing in...

I use stacks as bookends. Such angst from a tribe that is generally enthusiastic about the ultimate stack, the Sapien Bookcase! It's clear from comments here (and in threa...

I don't need it in my life, but if I did, I'd use an acrylic medium specialized to stiffen fabric such as GAC 400 from Golden http://...

Styling: why there's a pair of shoes in the foreground of so many decor mag shots. As in http://gallery.apartmenttherapy....

Put tea lights in beautiful old porcelain teacups, with or without a matching saucer. The light glows through the delicate porcelain.

I'd call it an oil lamp rather than a candle, and no more dangerous than any other open flame. Lovely idea.

Hooray for the mirror-as-backsplash. I enjoy mine. Yes, Jason, it gets splattered. So would the wall or the spicerack or whatever is back there. But cleaning glass is known technology, quick and ea...

Now this is a game I love. My favourite soap dish is a ceramic souvenir ashtray of a lake with a leaping let's-say-trout. The bench by the tub is a reclaimed maple plank on steel pipe legs. My cook...

It's hard to step back far enough to see the demographic we're in. We, and everyone around us who's naming children about the same time, are immersed in our culture. We share our experiences of wha...

Hate to disagree with so many folks, but I already voted with my renovation dollars on this. One big happy room including clawfoot tub and bed. A big room with lots of air movement and an exhaust f...

First, the photograph made me laugh aloud to see that mid-reno moment: the paint stops partway down the wall, so here comes a backsplash question! A way to bring light to the counter a...

Elegantly designed for the lives of the people who live there. Nice indeed. But I really wanted to respond to the several "why the cat video?" comments . . . If you look back at the original entry ...

After all the safety issues are dealt with, I'm still not going to rush out and sign up. Why? Because I don't want to design my kitchen with any functional secrets. I want to know that any guest ca...

I use a simple steel angle bracket, nothing fancy. (This is a flat piece of steel about 3/4" wide that's folded into an L shape and has pre-drilled holes for screwing through both arms. If you sp...

Victorian bird cage, all wire or wicker, with bird, or fern? Mirror on the back wall, glass shelves and bar stuff, a shrine to the martini or the single malt or whatever? ...