@itsakitty, What you wrote describes perfectly why I dislike going to weddings! Spending money to fly around the country to go through this ritual and not even get to sit and talk to my friends.
@bepsf, My parents used to own and manage a restaurant, and Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year were the only days they took off. They were convinced if they took any additional time off t...
@Kathryn, I like the idea of dinner alone at the Ritz Carlton. Were there many others celebrating by themselves or with one or two others?
My ex and I (and before that relationship, my...
I love the pegboard orange. I was hesitant about using peg board in my own apartment because, well, it can end up looking a bit shabby, the board itself, but the orange makes it look like a piece o...
Didn't even notice the white floor until Lisa (Montreal) pointed it out. I'm a proponent of white decor with pops of color. It'd be interesting to see what the effect would be if the books were rea...
I've read that there's a minimum you should keep your house at, even if no one is home. Might be 62 degrees or something. Part of it is ensuring pipes don't freeze, but there was also something abo...
Maybe trying to dry out the wood before it gets cold enough to use the fireplace? I love the pumpkins. There's something very comical about the way they're spilling out. I never thought to paint a ...
My first thought was of those sliding, rectangular panels from IKEA. You could run a track along the entire length of windows. You should also consider what direction those windows face. If you're ...
Probably helps too to make one's bed. I like the center picture (matching couple) because the bedding looks so crisp and flat, it repeats the straight lines of their bedside tables.
I accumulate enough paper napkins from when I eat out that I don't have to purchase napkins. I recently bought some Twist European sponges in an effort to reduce my paper towel consumption. They wo...
I remember reading some guy's account: His landlord kept the heat turned low in the winter, like maybe illegally low. So his solution, for when he'd be getting ready in the mornings, would be to ru...
Whenever I do a short-distance move, I try to pack my books into paper bags with handles (typically the bigger ones from a grocery or department store). I find it easier to tote many small bags rat...
Cool, I never even considered making my own. I dislike how so many hand sanitizers contain some sort of moisturizer. They don't seem to keep well, and I end up with this gummy moisturizer residue i...
I've slept on couch cushions arranged on a hardwood floor. Also a cotton meditation mat or bedroll. Even sleeping bag on an area rug isn't too bad if it's for a night or two.
There's a house in my parents' neighborhood that's light grey with a hot pink door! Not sure what the neighbors think of it, but seeing the house always made me smile.
Yes, we own a lot more crap, but as Louisa pointed out in an earlier comment, wages have not kept up with inflation. That's why more young people are choosing to live at home even after graduating ...
As mentioned in the Boston post, it's a good idea before you move to reassess what you have and ask yourself whether or not you need it.
We have Revolution Rickshaws here in New York C...
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@itsakitty, What you wrote describes perfectly why I dislike going to weddings! Spending money to fly around the country to go through this ritual and not even get to sit and talk to my friends.
@bepsf, My parents used to own and manage a restaurant, and Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year were the only days they took off. They were convinced if they took any additional time off t...
@Kathryn, I like the idea of dinner alone at the Ritz Carlton. Were there many others celebrating by themselves or with one or two others? My ex and I (and before that relationship, my...
I love the pegboard orange. I was hesitant about using peg board in my own apartment because, well, it can end up looking a bit shabby, the board itself, but the orange makes it look like a piece o...
Didn't even notice the white floor until Lisa (Montreal) pointed it out. I'm a proponent of white decor with pops of color. It'd be interesting to see what the effect would be if the books were rea...
I've read that there's a minimum you should keep your house at, even if no one is home. Might be 62 degrees or something. Part of it is ensuring pipes don't freeze, but there was also something abo...
Beautiful. Love how organic the medals look.
Maybe trying to dry out the wood before it gets cold enough to use the fireplace? I love the pumpkins. There's something very comical about the way they're spilling out. I never thought to paint a ...
My first thought was of those sliding, rectangular panels from IKEA. You could run a track along the entire length of windows. You should also consider what direction those windows face. If you're ...
Probably helps too to make one's bed. I like the center picture (matching couple) because the bedding looks so crisp and flat, it repeats the straight lines of their bedside tables.
I accumulate enough paper napkins from when I eat out that I don't have to purchase napkins. I recently bought some Twist European sponges in an effort to reduce my paper towel consumption. They wo...
I remember reading some guy's account: His landlord kept the heat turned low in the winter, like maybe illegally low. So his solution, for when he'd be getting ready in the mornings, would be to ru...
Whenever I do a short-distance move, I try to pack my books into paper bags with handles (typically the bigger ones from a grocery or department store). I find it easier to tote many small bags rat...
Cool, I never even considered making my own. I dislike how so many hand sanitizers contain some sort of moisturizer. They don't seem to keep well, and I end up with this gummy moisturizer residue i...
I've slept on couch cushions arranged on a hardwood floor. Also a cotton meditation mat or bedroll. Even sleeping bag on an area rug isn't too bad if it's for a night or two.
Here's another plan that I noticed on the Instructables Web site awhile ago: Green Roofed Dog Veranda . It'...
There's a house in my parents' neighborhood that's light grey with a hot pink door! Not sure what the neighbors think of it, but seeing the house always made me smile.
Yes, we own a lot more crap, but as Louisa pointed out in an earlier comment, wages have not kept up with inflation. That's why more young people are choosing to live at home even after graduating ...
As mentioned in the Boston post, it's a good idea before you move to reassess what you have and ask yourself whether or not you need it. We have Revolution Rickshaws here in New York C...
Instructions on how to turn your used wine bottles into drinking glasses, which I found via Treehugger: http://ww...