I weed about once a year to get rid of anything I think I "should have read by now" or know I won't read again. However, that doesn't keep me from having multiple copies of my very favorite books. ...

The comments on this post make me love the apt therapy community all the more. Must go forward this to everyone I know now...

Also, not exactly related, but the reason vegans I know don't want to use wool (or silk) is because they believe animals don't exist as a commodity for humans, so they need to keep their wool, etc....

My Ikea pillows started out great and soon were quite flat. I now use the Martha Stewart Everyday ones from KMart - awesome, and when they're on sale they're about 8 bucks.

Yuk, I really need help with this. DC has been in the 90's the last couple of weeks and I hate AC (but have a cat, so it's not fair to leave him in the hot humid apt while I go to work). A friend r...

I did have a doctor tell me (as she was digging in my heel with a scalpel for an hour for a miniscule piece of glass) that if I had waited any longer and it had started to heal over, that the tiny ...

I used to have a daybed and I spent so much time lying on it that I stopped sleeping in my bedroom. Once I broke the cycle and replaced it with a sofa, my apartment felt twice as big! Good move.

As far as wonderful seasonal scents go, check out Waxman Candles in Lincoln Park (also online at waxmancandles.com). They have an awesome permanent assortment as well as new scents each season and ...

Funny, I like the first arrangement better, because the second feels pretty boxed in. I like open space in the middle of the room or I get panicky. :)

Oh, YAY! I am so in!

I have an eggplant purple velvet sofa from Crate and Barrel, and when I bought it the salespeople were horrified - really kept pushing some khaki tweedy thing. I've never been happier with a purcha...

I have two regular square folding tables, but cover them with these awesome corduroy tablecloths from my Grandma's bridge-playing days. That makes all the difference, and the table doesn't need to ...

I pickled turnips for the first time this week - bright pink just like in a Lebanese restaurant, yum! It's quite easy, with only a few ingredients.

As far as the storage goes, I save jars like crazy and reuse them for all my cupboard food storage, and also have a slew of Mason jars, that are a uniform shape and much cheaper than typical glass ...

This will sound snotty, but straighten the crooked frames. It makes me anxious. :)

I'd also look into seeing how professional movers/delivery people wrangle furniture through narrow doorways. I have one myself, and obsessed every night after I ordered my beautiful new sofa, that ...

I've lived in my 1BR DC apt for almost nine years, and the idea of having to find another place someday makes me queasy. I love this apt more than any other, and my theory is that if I get married,...

PLEASE make your bed, and remove all hairs from the bathroom. And tell your parents that since you just turned 38, it's time to spread your wings and move out. And as far as design go...

I love this movie. The row of windows across the living room give the illusion that anyone can see in, but they still kill their friend in broad daylight and no one (well, almost no one) figures it...

Although I only use my landline about 2% of the time, I can't convince myself to get rid of it, because on 9/11 I was the only person in DC that friends or family could get a hold of, since cell ph...