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The smell of line dried clothes cannot be beat or duplicated, and the sun can do wonders to bleach out stains. I miss my clothesline.

Please tell me about your small scale sectional I am in lust.

I would go for the switch. Get some substantial sized wardrobe units installed to divide the current LR space into LR & BR. You have then managed to cure the clothing issue. You can retain part as ...

Yes we freeze large container of ice to make chipped ice with an ice pick. The big chunks feel decadent.The hardest part was finding a place to buy an ice pick, though the looks on peoples faces wh...

An antique singer treadle sewing machine with a gorgeous cast iron base, pretty wood cabinet and it works!

OK where can I find instructions for the type of "Frottage" that is referenced here? All I can find is a variation of ragging involving paper scrunched and applied to the wall and removed. It sound...

They remind me of another post on re-nest where the bottoms of clear plastic bottles were used to create a hanging design.

If you have access to lumber yard that stocks mouldings buy "picture frame". It already has the routed edge on one side. You could use rows of the picture frame easily. It seems to come in 8 foot l...

I LOVE my wooden reamer. When it was lost I ran right out to get another.

Oooops KYLES Jamaica Plain Gem! Sorry Kyle!

In "Jeremy's Jamaica Plain Gem" house tour there were several West Elm day beds used as sofas and they look fabulous. It was mentioned however that the legs were shortened and you can see the use o...

I always considered these "coddled" eggs. I only consider the wet cooked eggs poached. I love the taste of both but the expertise involved in making a wet poached egg separates the mice from the men.

I would love one of these in electric. We have forced hot air heat (which I hate hate, it's only warm when it's blowing), and we had a heat vent in the tub/shower area. In order to stop the wall ro...

I have an older version of this and love it with one exception! My Benriner has metal adjusting screws which has rusted badly and I see that the new version has plastic (or plastic coated) ones so ...

instead of the spray get a bottle of Matte Medium at an art supply place and sponge it on you may have to put on a few coats to get the coverage you want but you could even use some sort of mask t...

Oh my husband would be sooooo happy. He swears the next house we own will have a urinal. We have the worlds tiniest bathroom right now or I think he would install one. Why would a properly used & c...

We have a home built sometime before 1909. We have found 1899 Indian head pennies (cool), a bamboo stick/cane that when opened reveals an ice pick (creepy), and skeleton keys (some of which work on...

Stacy as the owner of a "separation anxiety" afflicted rescue dog. I am not sure how seeing what Page is doing will help you. I just wonder what you will do when (hopefully only if) you see Page f...

Oooh a step towards that travel trunk that I have always coveted, though I'm am sure this is much more practical and just as lovely.

The nail comment does seem rather bitchy. I don't see any reason for it either.