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The misuse of the term "upcycled" bugs the crap out of me (probably because I spend too much time surfing Etsy).
These recipe boxes are not "upcycled". They are "decorated". They ma...
Also, it's hard to tell from the photo, but are they real "old oak cabinets" or chintzy "oak" laminate or veneer (or pine with an oak colored finish)? My crappy rental apartment kitchen which was ...
Wait, so now not only should we not bother to change anything in a rental, but we also shouldn't make any changes to a house we buy but don't plan to live in forever?
5 years is a subs...
It looks to me like this is the beginning of a long-term renovation. While a lot of Greenpoint apartments have great bones, covering those bones is a often whole lot of saggy baggy dated cheapskat...
You know what my favorite solution to the "ohnoes, alternate side parking!" dilemma is?
Not having a frakking car in a city large, dense, and complex enough to need such schemes.
Why not, ummm, just politely tell your in-laws you aren't really that into collecting firehouse paraphernalia? Unless there is already bad blood or they are extremely emotionally fragile, I'm sure...
I was always told that vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, and anything in that family couldn't be used in stocks because the flavor is too strong and pungeant. But yeah, just about any vegetable s...
Outerwear, outerwear, outerwear. And also shoes.
Because the entryway to my apartment is dominated by books (which is nonnegotiable due to my roommate), my landing strip tends to fl...
I have a 5 1/2 quart le crueset dutch oven, which I use for just about everything under the sun (including my mom's traditional Cajun recipes and my roommate's Indian home cooking). It's really an...
re the "dark" comments - one thing I love is that in addition to creative solutions to the lighting issues, this apartment also embraces its dark and cozy personality. It would be completely soull...
Spices. I think it would be fun to alphabetize them, from Anise to... ummm... Turmeric? Which of course would just inspire me to go out and pick up some Wormwood, and hmmm, are there any spices t...
BTW, re buying this and reupholstering it in linen -- I think West Elm has a virtually identical version in plain linen. Though I'm not sure of the price, but it's got to be cheaper than Anthropol...
Love it, if I found it at the flea market for $500. Would make it the focal point of the room -- in fact, it would be great for one of those tiny alcove bedrooms discussed yesterday.
no, it's definitely a color issue. the bedspread is very primary and undiluted red, blue, yellow, and green, basically the colors of a box of 4 crayons. The pillows have two shades of orange, and...
My bedroom is trending more and more this way. I love the photo on the bottom, especially the way they incorporated a desk into the room via a tall spindly drafting table type thing. Don't really...
I'm suddenly having serious trouble with this sort of thing. It all started when my lovely bottle-green couch pillows finally died. The green in those pillows pulled from one of the minor colors ...
Yeah, knowing a little about the GSA, I'd say there's pretty much no way this is an officially sanctioned thing. Or if it is, it's probably a local troop thing, like one of the den mothers is a sc...
For those saying it's impossible to get a 1, or they don't know how they scored as high as they did: I once fooled around with one of these programs and discovered that if you bike or walk everywh...
Latest Comments...
The misuse of the term "upcycled" bugs the crap out of me (probably because I spend too much time surfing Etsy). These recipe boxes are not "upcycled". They are "decorated". They ma...
Also, it's hard to tell from the photo, but are they real "old oak cabinets" or chintzy "oak" laminate or veneer (or pine with an oak colored finish)? My crappy rental apartment kitchen which was ...
Wait, so now not only should we not bother to change anything in a rental, but we also shouldn't make any changes to a house we buy but don't plan to live in forever? 5 years is a subs...
I also meant to say - and this house tour is FABULOUS inspiration for that transition!
It looks to me like this is the beginning of a long-term renovation. While a lot of Greenpoint apartments have great bones, covering those bones is a often whole lot of saggy baggy dated cheapskat...
You know what my favorite solution to the "ohnoes, alternate side parking!" dilemma is? Not having a frakking car in a city large, dense, and complex enough to need such schemes.
Why not, ummm, just politely tell your in-laws you aren't really that into collecting firehouse paraphernalia? Unless there is already bad blood or they are extremely emotionally fragile, I'm sure...
I was always told that vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, and anything in that family couldn't be used in stocks because the flavor is too strong and pungeant. But yeah, just about any vegetable s...
Outerwear, outerwear, outerwear. And also shoes. Because the entryway to my apartment is dominated by books (which is nonnegotiable due to my roommate), my landing strip tends to fl...
I have a 5 1/2 quart le crueset dutch oven, which I use for just about everything under the sun (including my mom's traditional Cajun recipes and my roommate's Indian home cooking). It's really an...
re the "dark" comments - one thing I love is that in addition to creative solutions to the lighting issues, this apartment also embraces its dark and cozy personality. It would be completely soull...
Spices. I think it would be fun to alphabetize them, from Anise to... ummm... Turmeric? Which of course would just inspire me to go out and pick up some Wormwood, and hmmm, are there any spices t...
Why buy a brownstone, gut it, and turn it into a loft when you could just buy a loft? Confused...
BTW, re buying this and reupholstering it in linen -- I think West Elm has a virtually identical version in plain linen. Though I'm not sure of the price, but it's got to be cheaper than Anthropol...
Love it, if I found it at the flea market for $500. Would make it the focal point of the room -- in fact, it would be great for one of those tiny alcove bedrooms discussed yesterday.
no, it's definitely a color issue. the bedspread is very primary and undiluted red, blue, yellow, and green, basically the colors of a box of 4 crayons. The pillows have two shades of orange, and...
My bedroom is trending more and more this way. I love the photo on the bottom, especially the way they incorporated a desk into the room via a tall spindly drafting table type thing. Don't really...
I'm suddenly having serious trouble with this sort of thing. It all started when my lovely bottle-green couch pillows finally died. The green in those pillows pulled from one of the minor colors ...
Yeah, knowing a little about the GSA, I'd say there's pretty much no way this is an officially sanctioned thing. Or if it is, it's probably a local troop thing, like one of the den mothers is a sc...
For those saying it's impossible to get a 1, or they don't know how they scored as high as they did: I once fooled around with one of these programs and discovered that if you bike or walk everywh...