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You know, when I see spaces like this, my first thought is, 'How in the world do you dust it?' Sure, they're cute an all, but no one shows them (or the kitchens, the shelves, the tiny balconies, e...

@bepfs: The examples you gave all relate to people who are deliberately trying to pass off fakes as the real deal. If I bought a knock-off 'whatever' I would NEVER try to claim it was...

Short version: Document. Complain to the mgr/ll. Call the cops. Repeat. I've lived 14 years in LA in the same apt. Am currently living with my 4th Neighbor(s)-From-Hell: ...

ryttu3k: Eucalyptus is prolific in SoCal and is one of the primary sources for causing such horrific burns. Of course the winds are the prime culprit, but much of the vegetation it blows fire int...

LEAVE THE POLITICS TO THE POLITICAL WEBSITES!! I thought this blog was about "therapy", not divisiveness. Fore heaven's sake, this is an INTERIOR DESIGN site. LEAVE IT!

Sarahc: stupid, stupid, stupid! No one wins when you sling politics on an a-political website. Bad girl!

Y'all need to find a cheap flight to Burbank, LAX, or some other way to bring your bootie to L.A. Have all your ideas, measurements in hand or you'll wish you did! I will then collect you all and...

My car doesn't leave the carport unless I have multiple errands*. The 2 exemptions would be work and church. *or there's an emergency

AT's gone "through the looking glass"... A thought: What's the decorating/design equivalent to "jumping the shark"?

What a WONDERFUL idea for a school library!! It simply invites, woos a student to pick out a book and go to a bench to read. As a teacher, anything that will get any child at ANY age to read is a...

In the last 10 years I've purchased over $50-worth of air plants -- none have lasted longer than 3 months. I know: I'm a sucker. What's the saying?: 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and o...

To this list I would humbly submit to add my father, David Moneymaker, last living member of Moneymaker and Sons Cabinet Shop. He learned cabinet making from a master worker, his father, and quick...

Years ago in Seattle I came across a Master Paper Cutter from China at the International Festival. He did the most delicate, intricate work with these MASSIVE scissors. It's considered a true art...

I >DO

I challenge myself once a day to look at a flat surface - I'm guilty on nearly all of them - and say to myself, 'Hmmm, what doesn't belong here?' The tape measure and nightgown on the computer des...

Err, "sans" means "without".

Hey - it's a Tribble keeper!

Hooo - SO reminds me of my grandmother. One man's junk...

Did some online research a few years back looking for ways to keep the deer from my sister's fruit trees. All agreed that nothing really worked. There was some plastic netting that could be throw...

FYI: Re: Euphorea Obesa: This is a native S. African plant that gives off a milky, white toxin from the top center from time to time. Mostly harmless to humans - can cause skin irritation - but...