beautiful Ostalgie (nostalgia for the east), yes. But the design is about as historically accurate as the great gatsby. That said, I'd kill for that apartment.

that star mop looks like a copy of the Bona mop. It's great. I use the hardwood spray for hardwood floors, and the tile spray for the kitchen floors. No mixing of floor cleaners or hauling out of...

a hand blender. I use it every week in the wintertime for soup; in the summer for shakes, and I understand that if you have a baby it's even more valuable. Since mine has a little bow...

sehr nett.

Ferral cats are an introduced species-- they will reproduce with abandon, destroy nests and kill all the birds they find, and generally screw up your local ecosystem. Spay them if you can, before ...

Kilims work for us.

Flou does have a velcro-attached slip cover for the headboard and frame. I just vacuum it every week and get the whole thing dry-cleaned once a year. My cat doesn't scratch the sofa, and she doesn'...

@heather77: I don't think it's stainless steel moulding on the door. A lot of older apartments have steel doorframes that are painted over to look like wood. I know because if you replace a door,...

not so sure I'd want to walk in and see the bather's flesh squooshed up against the sides of this thing.

Some black accents are great, but I like a mostly white kitchen for two reasons: (1) sharp knives and light-absorbing surfaces don't mix; (2) I want any bugs to appear in high contrast so I can k...

@ art-- first time I ever had goat was in the early 80s at Wellie's Cool Spot in Grand Cayman-- did you happen to see it when you were there?

third on the wallpaper.

under the counter on a shelf.

I got the fugue sofa about 3.5 years ago. working out pretty well so far. The fabric is remarkably stain resistant. It seems to make stains disappear. Granted, it's a russet color, but I do thin...

is that a real george nelson bench, or an imitation like the one I got for $150 bucks?

remember the scene in Along Came Polly? They stabbed the throw pillows on the bed to relieve tension, on the theory that throw pillows are silly because they serve absolutely no purpose?

I think, with all due respect, that there is no solution. It is what it is. I shudder at the thought of what my wheels squash through here on the streets of NY, no matter how carefully I maneuve...

I love to cook and do so often. I have a white ikea kitchen that I try to keep tidy. I don't like or have a "bar" or an island, but I do have both granite and stainless countertops in my small ga...

aw jeez, people, a door can be a lethal weapon, too, if you slam it on someone. A well-designed storage bed, with high-quality hinges that stay open, is no more dangerous than a door. Just don't ...

jeanine-- good for you! I didn't see any of the other posts, and even if I had, I don't think a repeated idea would have bothered me. some of these commenters need to calm down.