And who says this is "the world's smallest home"? Small for the developed world, certainly. Even for AT readers in NYC or London or Hong Kong. But 144 sf is fairly average compared to shanties, ...

Easiest way to get rid of high heating bills: buy a shredder. Those bills won't know what hit 'em.

This is mildly useful information, but I think we all see it's of limited value, at best, in actually figuring out where you might want to live (as opposed to assessing larger policy issues about h...

Elan, why are you spamming the Washington, DC Scavenger with your stuff? Why not stick to the Chicago part of the site?

Scoot - Your comment about "using something more traditional for purposes of resale" is something I've heard a fair amount in discussions of renovations. But that doesn't seem to make much sense i...

CallDoctorBison - Given your user name, you may be a doctor, you may even be an Indian chief, but obviously you're not a lawyer. There's nothing unconstitutional about these tax credits, just as t...

Aster -- I think you're right, but I also think people continue to enjoy looking through actual paper magazines, especially if there are useful things in them besides pretty pictures. (Don't get m...

Uh, Elliott, believe it our not, Washington had both rich, important people, and actual artists (without scare quotes) even back when your buddies were running things. And before that, and before ...

zhenpoo -- I'm guessing hrhprincessfiona was joking, but even if she wasn't, judging from her name it sure sounds like she's one of your compatriots! But as for the second part of your...

Wait, isn't that the Confederate flag? LadyJ - I'm not sure I understand the problem with wearing/owning/displaying another country's flag, but if you're concerned that displaying it w...

I can't help you on the orange (although like kdkaboom, I immediately thought of CBS), but I was just about to put a clear lucite coffee table on Craig's List in DC. (It's the heavier weight lucit...

Yeah, that looks like paint to me. And painting over stain generally leads to the paint peeling, so that makes sense (unfortunately). Powerwashing might help, and will likely take a lot of paint ...

That's a pretty chair, but "vegan"? I guess that's one way to put a nice spin on vinyl.

josie6, Chicago is (theoretically) a great biking town. I have fond memories of many a cruise down Lakeshore Drive on my theoretical bike. (As I recall, I was very fit at the time, theoretically....

You ought to be fine on the wattage -- a chandelier with over 250W would be overkill in pretty much any bathroom. I'd be more worried about the weight. If you're using one of those bulb-to-pendan...

Not sure if that was a misprint, or that the compound characteristic "energy efficient and repair free" changes the claculation, but bottom-freezer models are, in general, slightly more efficint th...

I kept looking for mimeographed copies of the Unabomber manifesto on his bookshelf. That said, I really did like it (even if it does look a bit like urban camping). Yes, there could b...

Those are pretty bathrooms, I think. But my god, but can you guys fix the slideshows? It's been months since you started this new design, and it's even worse than the old java applet. They are t...

I second Jackie - can AT start making these clickable?

Normally, I really like the FSBOs that get featured on AT. But what, exactly, makes this one a stand-out worthy of AT (over the dozens, if not hundreds, of other FSBOs currently ont he market in N...