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Consider getting a round table-top to put on top of your current table when needed, plus two more stools. The table-top can be stored behind a bookcase, or covered with fabric and mounted on the wa...

Your painting is _Ship In A Storm_, by James E. Buttersworth. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Buttersworth -...

My cat came by and said "Putting flowers on the floor is the best idea ever -- Water to drink! Toys to kill! Leaves to eat! Thank you." Cats have some weird ideas.

A box of 24 glass ball ornaments - such as those in the display - costs between $4 - 12: call it 50 cents per ornament on the high end. 81 ornaments at $0.50 each = $40.50 Of ...

About the bathroom sink ... what is that white mushroom-cap over it? Are sink cozies a new trend?

I hung a collection of feather masks over my wall of smoke detector / heater thermostat / cooler thermostat. Masks don't block air flow the way mirrors do.

When you open the garage door, every bit of air-conditioned (it's 90 here today) or heated air goes whooshing out of the 8x16' opening.

Grab some of your favorite garments, and lay them one at a time on the couch & other furniture. Look for color / pattern / texture that will suit the furniture - and that is already comfortable fo...

Also origami, mostly boxes. Finding a way to organize the paper is getting to be a problem. One keeps collection more and more and more ....

Call a your local high-end restaurant and sell 15-19 pounds of your wild-crafted dried morels to the chef.

Look through what you already have for things that echo the shapes on your sideboard: curved legs, the wings at the base, triangles. Since you love it, you may already have decor that shares its e...

Painting the living room to look like a three day old bruise would be ugly. One hopes this will be a short lived trend!

Paint the back wall a dark grey/black to match the color around your door and on the appliances. Put black knobs on the cabinets, to replace the silvery ones. However, I loathe seeing the kitchen.

At $95-$125 each, a shopping cart is sort of expensive for a garden. Of course, you could just steal one.

Heating cream or milk - zap 30 seconds, stir; repeat. For instance in Panna Cotta or Yo Cotta: YoCotta Breakfast Cups 1 pkt gelatin 2 c milk (nonfat OR almond) 1/3 c suga...

Before coffee A dark winter's dawn I really need to get to the bathroom Oh sh.......

The problem with seashells from the sea (instead of Eden Makers) is that they are loaded with salt. Unless very well cleaned, inside and out, you're going to have dead plants. Ditto for driftwood...

Hang a mobile or wind chimes from the ceiling, then paint a chevron or diamond to frame it. Art mobiles

My sister travels between Nairobi & Atlanta each year, for twenty years. She recommends: Wear easy on-off shoes and take them off immediately. Bring clean socks in case socks get dirty...

Consider a solar oven: zero fuel costs and minimal fussing while cooking, plus very cheap to construct. There are small models for backpacking: