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I don't know what your budget is but French General (www.frenchgeneral.com) has been doing feed sack pillows for years. They have a big selection of hemp items of all kinds, and they do custom ord...

wow, I love this place. it's comfy and cool and looks like you could come over for a party and stay for a week. I totally disagree about there being too many mid-century items, at least they have...

arrrrgg...it makes me NUTS that ikea sells so many pots without drainage holes! why do you want to kill my plants, ikea? why???

Ooh...so cool for my black 13" macbook!

Wow, a post on AT that doesn't use the editorial "we"! Hooray for you, Heather! Way to claim your first-person singular pronoun!

I agree, the use of the "editorial we" is so silly on this site. Because the posts are credited to individual bloggers, and when their content is so often very personal rather than stating a colle...

Another good option for apartment dwellers are tool lending libraries. I used to use the Berkley one when I lived in the Bay Area. Here's a list of tool libraries on wikipedia:

As a professional seamstress, I can attest to the importance of piping for a professional finish! However I have to mention that most professionals will tell you that piping should be covered with...

I have that side table, and several other pieces from the same line! It's by Lane, the "Acclaim" line from the 60's designed by Andre Bus. It got pretty collectible a few years ago. ...

I once hid in a poison oak bush as a kid during a game of hide-and-seek. Being a hippie child I was mostly naked, I believe. I got scratched all over by the branches, the oil got into the scratch...

The best plants are the ones I grab for free! I'm amazed how many people throw out plants that only need a little water and some new soil. I've taken plants out of green recycling bins, off stree...

I heard a great story on npr once about hotel maids, and how they didn't realize that they basically worked out all day while doing their jobs. Once they were educated on how many calories they we...

alexandra, I believe the plant is a type of succulent called Kalanchoe. There are lots of different variations, my fave is the one often referred to as the "chandelier plant"...they produce those ...

Peanut, I did the same thing when I was a costumer! If you use equal parts really bad vodka and water, it's actually cheaper than Febreeze, totally effective, and doesn't leave any fragrance behin...

I know it's totally weird, but living in California my whole life and having woken up to so many earthquakes in the middle of the night, I am totally paranoid about sleeping in the buff. I can't h...

I love these trees! They are all over the UCLA campus and every year when the fruit ripen the trees are filled with wild parrots, who crack the fruit open, which spreads the cotton fluff all over....