as far as the flimsy issue, I' have this lap with the alternate shade as stated. It hasn't been a problem. The thing is out of the main traffic path, and certainly tall enough for me to walk un...

Not the post is a hollow tube. Additional structure could be given if you put a thin metal rod on the inside of the hollow post sections.

Also the sucker is WAY tall - I didn't even need all the extension pieces.

I had the same issue - need something to hang over my dining table. The shades available at Ikea with the insert that flips up or down will work on the this lamp. I bought the erserud - couldn't ...

Stealing this idea ok?

I'm with Tse Moana - Custom cut just to fit inside the sides. And get tempered glass.. Just a bit more but well worth it. If you take to piece(s) to a local glass shop and show them exactly...

For the FLOR tiles, un-box them (stack them, stand them on their sides,) and leave them out - uninstalled for a couple of weeks. If you install them as soon as you get them it takes longer for the...

You didn't specify if you are renting or own the home. That makes a difference. Anyway, you can also put a run of rope lights above the cabinets and run power to them from the same p...

Paint or use one of the many cost effective back splash treatments referred here such as mirror (tile mirror at ikea), flashing first. Some one has done this here. I love the reverse painted glas...

I went from boxspring to patform bed by custom ordering a platform bed frame at a height which would keep the bed as a normal height without the boxspring. I got unfinished oak frame and finished ...

A friend in Paris thought to do the same thing by going to a store that only sold white plates. Then they discontinued or ran out of her favorite when she needed extra. So she just bought some th...

Makes me feel not so stupid to hoard all the thick (and conveniently short) Delta plastic. I think they hand out wimpy ones now. So the old thick forks spoon and knives are strong enough to get so...

I've a much to larg (~1700 sq f)t townhouse. Never go upstairs. It has become a very large play room for my two cats. It's for sale - I'm planning to downsize and move nearer to work.

I love my Dyson as well and will be keeping it if I ever get to move to a new place. The Dyson does wonders with the feline shedding. The realtor didn't even know I had cats for about an hour.

I'm off for 6 weeks in ireland and can't do it with out my computer... but everything else can charge with my usb (ipod) charger. My cell phone, my camera batteries, my mom's cell, both ipod (hers...

I think they buy and keep less crap than we do. At least the couple I rented from in Dublin seemed to be much better at "editing" that Americans, including me. I'm trying though.

Use the 2nd hand glass for lamps, floral, candle holders, but anyone can get a cole palmer catalog or website and order new for food service. I have various new and 2nd hand that I started collecti...

I've stayed in their Dublin apartment (short sublet). I had hoped to someday get a chance to sneak a peak at the new country home. I got a chance to get a small taste of their asthetic while stayi...

I'm about to have my brother build me some planters from the old fence railing that were used on my deck. (We just installed new railings.) I'm hoping that we can make 2 or more long thin planter...

I've a lot of old glassware from spring cleaning from a co-op job in a chem lab. Some of it is great looking stuff. Some stuff of they were tossing that was new, just not needed, so I use it as f...