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I love them. I was introduced to Johnnie Rollers (the street name, not sure why they're named that) when I was apprenticing as a faux finisher in the early 90's and never went back. It...

Helps to make a list of adjectives that describes the feeling, not the genre, that you want such as Sultry, Cheery, and/or Drunken vs. Modern, Clean (which doesn't really say anything). The more de...

I'm not familiar with Northland either, but my two cents on Liebherr is that on the built-in model, the fridge door is attached to an exterior panel by way of an additional hinge (so in fact there ...

I toured this house during the eco-tour late last year (2007). I'd seen it from the street for quite some time before the house and was intrigue by what might be inside. When the tour came about...

sweeks, The sofa was the Gregg from Zanotti, which we got from Arkitectura. It was our B&B Italia substitute (at about $8000 cheaper, though I'm not sure I'd call it cheap. Also it wa...

We've actually done a tidbit of remodeling since this was originally posted. The furnishings have been tussled and turned for the umpteenth time, the artwork rotated, golden colored oak floors have...

Volcano RED music machine, DAAhling, playing the inimitable 4-octaved Peruvian Chanteuse Yma Sumac trilling Karibe Taki . . . . to warm the winter home fires from below the equator and kick off ...

Thanks for the very kinds words.

Westiej, Was a little selective cropping of the pic that hides the nuts-n-bolts of that signature pot rack. I'm sure you've run across that item at least once (unless you don't frequen...

Thanks, Leslie. Boomer: It does have to be wall to wall. It's for a commercial application. Not sure the real estate agents will be walking around barefoot in the building.

from Good Questions: Green Carpeting? on May 14, 2007 06:03PM

"Tape pull" can be caused by a lot of reasons. Most common being dust, dirt or grease between layers of old and new paint (remedy: clean with TSP prior to painting) or using a tape that is too stic...

from Hot Tips: On Painting on April 30, 2007 06:37PM

Ben Moore recently came out with a waterborne satin impervo, it "settles" like it's oil-based brother (less brush marks, b/c it spreads out) but dries ultra-fast and cleans up with soap and water. ...

from Hot Tips: On Painting on April 30, 2007 06:23PM

Lowering the rod to half the space between the ceiling and the top of the storage baskets/bookcases, this will make these 3 elements seem more in scale with one another. I agree with Patrick in mou...

from Good Questions: How To Finish My Window? on April 30, 2007 05:41PM

I've had to put the clamp down on my see-what-the-cat-dragged-in ways. Sometimes wish I had a photo blog connected to my cell so I could upload found bits and state the date, time and location for ...

Hallway color: 2 coat steel wool dragged faux finish - Basecoat (cool tone) BM classic grey #1548. Topcoat (warm tone) I made a custom mixed color latex glaze - sort of a mushroomy brown. Ad...

Glad you like it. I'm quite fond of that red marbled topped demi-lune console too. Sentimental piece. It was the first piece of furniture I ever bought as a "grown up" from a now defunct antique s...

shucks. thanks all. Fugly kitchen (definitely nothing clean-lined about that space. The white paint and slight overexposure of the pic did wonders to hide the fact that the prior DIY d...