When I was looking to buy a home, I looked exclusively at older homes that needed a little TLC. I realized right away that the stress of taking on a home that was barely livable and needed signific...
Since I own my home, some of my secondary deal breakers are things that I can change, but there are still some things that I just have to deal with. These include:
1) Having a zero pro...
Two things to add to my comment above. 1) These were technically custom cabinets. They were made in Oregon and took about 3 weeks to arrive. 2) My house was built in 1910 and I definitely feel like...
I remodeled my kitchen last year. I initially assumed that I would use Ikea cabinets, but after careful consideration and numerous visits to the Ikea showroom I decided against it. These were my re...
One of my cats once reached inside a pot of simmering pasta sauce and plucked out a chunk of zucchini. My cats are horrible, they jump up on the counters, fish things out of the garbage disposal, l...
LOL -- I actually know one of the white house party crashers. I worked for him for a summer in the late 90's. It's so weird to see his face plastered everywhere. I hope he enjoys his 15 minutes. (I...
I love it when the whole knockoff debate comes up. I think that designers definitely should receive credit for their designs. That said, I also think that the way furniture design trends trickle do...
I disagree about the pedestal sink issue. I have a truly tiny bathroom with a horrible tiny vanity. It is the most useless thing ever. I can barely fit anything inside of it so I end up having to k...
All this talk about forcing vegetarianism on dogs and cats makes me cringe. I am a lifelong vegetarian (that's right, I've never eaten meat) but I would never dream of feeding my three cats a plant...
I completely agree with Orchid64. This exercise seems to incredibly elitist and silly to me. Why would you voluntarily endure hardship? I can't think of anything more insulting to those who have no...
It is definitely overpriced. However, if those items are in high demand where you live, I'm not surprised by the price. Did you see if they are willing to bargin? Don't be afraid to ask.
I have so many collections and a very tiny house. I am about to go through the process of paring down my collections and keeping only what I really love. For example, I love vintage kitchy cat figu...
The bedframe is from CB2 (I have it). I don't think that they carry it anymore. If you go to crateandbarrel.com and click on outlet, sometimes they carry discontinued CB2 styles.
I've had my fair share of annoying neighbors, but mosly I've just learned to get over it. The wall my bed is on is right against my neighbor's driveway. They leave for work at 5am on their motorcyc...
A year and a half ago I bought a 650sqft house. Unfortunately, I bought all my furniture while living in a space twice that size. I don't want to get rid of my furniture since I like it and it is s...
Maybe I'm just OCD, but I think if I did this in my own home, or saw it in someone elses, I would be inclined to turn them all spine-side-out every time I looked at them. It's funny how we are used...
I bought a 100 year old house a 1 1/2 years ago. I've done a lot of small, mostly cosmetic projects. Here are my suggestions. When you buy a level, don't buy a short 1ft one. It is much more useful...
I tried to read this book a year or two ago and I hated it. I thought that it would be a book about building a modern off-the-grid homestead. Instead, Brende and his wife move to an Amish community...
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When I was looking to buy a home, I looked exclusively at older homes that needed a little TLC. I realized right away that the stress of taking on a home that was barely livable and needed signific...
OMG - best thing ever!
Since I own my home, some of my secondary deal breakers are things that I can change, but there are still some things that I just have to deal with. These include: 1) Having a zero pro...
Two things to add to my comment above. 1) These were technically custom cabinets. They were made in Oregon and took about 3 weeks to arrive. 2) My house was built in 1910 and I definitely feel like...
I remodeled my kitchen last year. I initially assumed that I would use Ikea cabinets, but after careful consideration and numerous visits to the Ikea showroom I decided against it. These were my re...
One of my cats once reached inside a pot of simmering pasta sauce and plucked out a chunk of zucchini. My cats are horrible, they jump up on the counters, fish things out of the garbage disposal, l...
LOL -- I actually know one of the white house party crashers. I worked for him for a summer in the late 90's. It's so weird to see his face plastered everywhere. I hope he enjoys his 15 minutes. (I...
I love it when the whole knockoff debate comes up. I think that designers definitely should receive credit for their designs. That said, I also think that the way furniture design trends trickle do...
I disagree about the pedestal sink issue. I have a truly tiny bathroom with a horrible tiny vanity. It is the most useless thing ever. I can barely fit anything inside of it so I end up having to k...
All this talk about forcing vegetarianism on dogs and cats makes me cringe. I am a lifelong vegetarian (that's right, I've never eaten meat) but I would never dream of feeding my three cats a plant...
I completely agree with Orchid64. This exercise seems to incredibly elitist and silly to me. Why would you voluntarily endure hardship? I can't think of anything more insulting to those who have no...
It is definitely overpriced. However, if those items are in high demand where you live, I'm not surprised by the price. Did you see if they are willing to bargin? Don't be afraid to ask.
Wow, this is really depressing.
I have so many collections and a very tiny house. I am about to go through the process of paring down my collections and keeping only what I really love. For example, I love vintage kitchy cat figu...
The bedframe is from CB2 (I have it). I don't think that they carry it anymore. If you go to crateandbarrel.com and click on outlet, sometimes they carry discontinued CB2 styles.
I've had my fair share of annoying neighbors, but mosly I've just learned to get over it. The wall my bed is on is right against my neighbor's driveway. They leave for work at 5am on their motorcyc...
A year and a half ago I bought a 650sqft house. Unfortunately, I bought all my furniture while living in a space twice that size. I don't want to get rid of my furniture since I like it and it is s...
Maybe I'm just OCD, but I think if I did this in my own home, or saw it in someone elses, I would be inclined to turn them all spine-side-out every time I looked at them. It's funny how we are used...
I bought a 100 year old house a 1 1/2 years ago. I've done a lot of small, mostly cosmetic projects. Here are my suggestions. When you buy a level, don't buy a short 1ft one. It is much more useful...
I tried to read this book a year or two ago and I hated it. I thought that it would be a book about building a modern off-the-grid homestead. Instead, Brende and his wife move to an Amish community...