You want an upholstery cleaner. Macy's has a service, I'm sure there are other reputable ones as well. They'll clean on site. They may not get everything out, but at this point I doub...

I used wicker indoor/outdoor furniture very happily when I was a grad student, but it certainly shouted "grad student." And the sidechair broke before I finished my degree... Most pati...

Another vote for Ikea's 365 line (GREAT pots!) and Billy bookcases. Target has surprisingly good house-branded sheets: I bought one set in a "I need some NOW" sort of way when I move...

1. Judges and a separate people's choice award, I think. 2. Separate categories, as students have resources indies don't, and vice-versa. Drawing the line on indie is harder, as there ...

The oddly-shaped ones look like the beginner's practice samplers from Jacqueline Fee's knitting book The Sweater Workshop .

I would love Girard for the masses, if it came from somewhere other than UO/Anthropologie, whose corporate leadership are donors and supporters of right-wing, anti-gay, anti-choice causes and polit...

Hanging shelves are actually really nice for larger collections: they alleviate the weight of all those books. I agree with bepsf, but I would lower the shelves a little to human scal...

HUGE respect for Eva Zeisel and her work. These are lovely - nothing is going to match the impact of her best work, but I like the one she's sitting in front of in the great photo best as well.

How did I deal with it? I moved.

This is a great idea, and I was going to post the flyer in my office, but then before you can download the flyer, you have to read a whole bunch of "DON'T GET CREATIVE WITH THIS FLYER OR WE SUE YOU...

Hell yeah, I have Ikea. The little table I had in my mind for between the living room windows, the one I searched for forever, and bought and returned several times because it wasn't...

I use a goldfish bowl for spare change - I used to keep it in my bedroom, back when I had a bedroom with a mantelpiece, but I'm trying it on my landing strip now, along with a

I'm another recent mover with boxes still out - looking forward to this!

This didn't "come out" in 1983 -- it was a concept piece, designed to show the possibilities of the Apple design language that Hartmut Esslinger and his firm (frog design) came up with. It was not...

Made in Pennsylvania, according to the R&B site. The pieces I have from them were made in the US as well.

On top of the fridge: the colander (easy to reach from the sink) and mixing bowls. I also have above-the-fridge cabinets, where I store my once-in-a-blue-moon appliances/gadgets.

The Louis Ghost is quite comfortable for a hard chair; I like mine. And if you're in NYC, buying one is an excellent excuse to join MoMA - if you use the new-member 20% discount at the design stor...

Today's lunch was a slice of a Mexican-style casserole on top of some of Tuesday's brown rice and topped with queso fresco. I made the casserole last month, and froze most of it in individual piece...

I just moved from a fourth-floor walkup to a fifth-floor elevator building. Coming home from a long work trip and not having to drag my suitcase up four flights? Heaven.

oh, Rowenta. what *wouldn't* I steam?