I remodeled a small galley kitchen in my basement with IKEA cabinets, then I gutted the upstairs kitchen and spent the next 2.5 years working on the upstairs remodel. (It's finished, finally!)

I finely diced a gladiolus bulb instead of a shallot once. I thought it looked kind of funny, but I grew the shallots and I thought it was just a deformed one. My mom still tells thi...

This is perfect for my basement windows.

the Circa Ceramics couple is sooo nice! If you live in the Chicago area, they attend many of the local art fairs. I have quite a few pieces of their stuff.

First, I knew what PEI mussels were because I love shellfish, but if I did not - I would probably assume that they were a certain type of mussel before I guessed that it was a geographic location. ...

I just bought them at Rockler. http://www.rockler.com/search_results.cfm?filter=blum hinges they have a...

Hey, I used the plywood trick for a good 10 years in my college and post-college poor years. Depending on the dimensions of your seat cushions, you can buy the foam innards at Joann Fabrics. Wra...

I thought I saw a Kaffe Fassett needlepoint design, and I was a little disappointed when I say the laylagrayce link indicating Dash & Albert - but HO!! Designed by Kaffe Fassett - my needlepoint ...

I built a small galley kitchen in my basement while I was remodeling my upstairs kitchen, I have one 36" 2-big drawer/2-little drawer cabinet, a 30" sink base and an 18" 3-drawer cabinet plus two ...

what happened to everything that was in the dresser?

If you leave the table as it, why not a white chair? Maybe a orange pillow or throw, which would be easier to change. Although brick red or tomato is my favorite color right now. (s...

I saw inflatable furniture in Amsterdam over 10 years ago. It was somewhat popular with college age kids, but the stuff I saw was much cheaper than this. It also seemed like it was a fad, so I'm...

apparently I'm in the minority, but I've had terrible service from R&B and I won't shop their anymore. Also, I can't tell if that's a microfiber fabric, but mine collects cat hair l...

color match something to the legs of that gorgeous table. It looks dove gray in the picture.

strangely, I just bought Pale Lichen from Behr at Home Depot. It might be lighter than your color, but can't really tell on computer monitors anyway

Did anyone else notice that this particular piece is 2.5"W x 2.5"L x 4"H?? A square two and one-half INCHES by four? What the heck could I plant in that?

I think - No, I am positive - that I will never set one foot or spend one dollar in an establishment that sells animals under those conditions. Never. And I'm disappointed in AT for even making a...

That 4' pipe is called a "stand pipe" - you can google more about it. But it's true, most local codes require them to be removable because that drain in the floor is what prevents your basement f...

I think I just saw these at a Bed Bath and Beyond in the Chicago area. Or something really close to it.

oh - don't use steel wool!! Little bits of it will get stuck in the splinters in the wood and it will rust!! Use regular sandpaper. I tried the oil for the first year and it w...