Stems on pears are especially important in ripening, though. I was always told you should never buy a pear without an intact stem because it would never ripen properly without it. I'd assume this h...

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Someone related... we have a specially made champagne stopper that we purchased in Michigan while touring several vineyards in the Leelanau Peninsula. Here's a link:

Another cheap solution... I use Prismacolor markers (I have a gazillion shades of brown) to fill in dings and scratches! Works especially good for flooring :)

If it doesn't have to have the calendar and you just want a flip clock, for a much lower price you could get what Uncommon Goods calls its "industrial steel robotic clock" at

We too use an electric kettle when time is limited... our gas stove is not-so-very-powerful. Also, living in an early 1900s building we always start with cold water to avoid wh...

To add to the confusion, my mom (from PA) has always called the last pictured item a sieve... not a chinois. It was her grandmothers and has only ever been used for applesauce. Therefore it's the f...

I'd like to add Gyms Pacific's poppy cases to the list. I've loved these ever since they appeared in Vogue's Christmas gift ideas 5 years ago!

http://www.gaiam.com/product/id/1006711.do

Perhaps not sheets, but this duvet cover from Gaiam Living is amazing and has been a favorite of mine for a while... not the prices of IKEA and Target though!

It would have to be cured meats being heated on the stovetop... they tend to smell of wet dog.

I used to have a stand with stylings akin to an Eileen Gray side table where I kept bottles and tools as well as wine and martini glasses. The above posters are correct... dust was a huge problem, ...

While I didn't know the desk OR the chair, I new it had to be Room&Board right away because of the lamp . Good luck with the search... ebay?