I think this area would pop with some carefully selected pieces of art, but I have no idea how you would hang them. In fact, I have no idea how one ought to hang art on a stairwell in general. It...

There is a small house I see everyday on my bus route that has a tiny rooftop porch with no apparent access. There are no windows or doors that open on to it. And yet there are chairs perched on i...

It might be useful to note that $1 AUD is about $0.86 USD. Not that you can assume costs in the US would follow a strict currency conversion, but just to give a bit of context.

Here in Seattle, in rained in July. More than once. The outdoor furniture is carefully selected to withstand the elements. Actually, it's kind of fun to sit under our covered little balcony in the...

I wouldn't try to DIY this (and I DIY everything!) Unless you find a miraculously cheap foam supplier, you're going to spend a lot of money to get a couple of long pieces that are 12x12. Most of o...

I like my eggs over medium, but couldn't flip them to save my life. So I made do by starting with a slice of bread. I use a 2in. cookie cutter to punch a hole in it, and toast each side very light...

Hm, if I saw mirrored closet doors in a rental ad, I'd just think, "well, they can always be covered with pretty paper if they're awful" and see if the rest of the apartment was appealing. Nice mi...

I suspect they are photoshopped because each piece is made to order in your preferred fabric/size. My mom is an ebay/etsy seller (kids clothes, not home dec) and she's said one of the big start up...

If the holes for the toothbrushes are round and the right size, you can put test tubes in them and use them as bud vases. Flowers in the bathroom are always cheerful. For candles, I wo...

I love to cross-stitch and have at least five finished projects that have never been framed because I don't know where to hang them. My bedroom is currently evolving into a more 'vintage' style so...

If both of you are mutually convinced that you just can't live together, can one of you find a friend who is willing to take over half the lease and the other moves out? That's not the same as sub...

I guess I'm lucky in that I've had lots of houseguests for various amounts of time and with varying degrees of pleasure, but I've never had the issue of someone staying for an undefined period of t...

So true. Last night I finally got my giant desk out of my bedroom and replaced it with the new small secretary desk. (I know desks in bedrooms are supposed to be bad, but I'm a student, so at leas...

Any advice on how to get veneer off a piece of furniture. It's chipped and I want to replace it. I have a tutorial for how to put the new piece on, but the instructions I've found for getting the...

All you people are so inspiring, I think I just my try to get a drying rack this week. (I live in Seattle, so stringing a clothesline on our tiny balcony would be useful for maybe two months of th...

Is this really new? Ikea Seattle has been doing these types of displays (specific square footage, specific price) for as long as I've lived here (three years). And the Ikea in Portland, OR had the...

This appears to be legit. But a lot of these shake products that run on electromagnetic induction are not. My roommate got a flashlight that appears to work by the same principle. But shaking it n...

Better solution to the same problem: Get an ordinary sofa bed, install some tiny hooks above it, and hang lightweight curtains/mosquito netting, etc when your guests want to sleep. The rest of the...

- Carpeted Bathrooms: we have one now and the drywall is crumbling along the floor and the Landlord has known about it since we moved in (it was preexisting damage) and has yet to do anything about...

Allen wrench (six-sided) bit attachments for the screwdriver, ratcheting if possible. Not always needed for DIY, but essential if you need to put together furniture, and since a lot of my DIY pro...