I really like the look of the thing... BUT. I think it would be incredibly impractical for most dogs--the one pictured couldn't even sit or stand up in the thing. Plus, can you imagine how HOT that...

I was going to grab about five of these for my dining room, but then I saw the price... $260??? Holy cow! I agree with the posters above--love the idea, but hack it!!

Holy cow. This is PERFECT!

Would be amazing in a Hawaiian themed room or tiki lounge, but I can't fathom where else I'd use one. I guess little umbrellas are tacky no matter where you use them (unless they're f...

MFlick, I think you can bury a retired flag, too, no?

Add me to the list of folks who think that mild exposure to germs as a kid (yes, even if it gives you a cold) is FAR better than a) having fewer antibodies as an adult, and b) having the mild bugs ...

How do you find a book if all the spines are turned in?

I'm in love with my pry bar, but then I tend to do a lot of demolition. :)

Wow. That's a REALLY lovely picture! Of peeling paint, no less!! And non-toxic strippers! Yahoooo!!

I see infinite possibilities with pattern and texture in this cool contraption, but the problem is that in order to *do* the patterns, you need to have a *lot* of wine. Which probably implies that ...

I have to confess that I'm prone to leave things lying around in the most improbable places... that is until I got a puppy. There's nothing like a perpetual eating-mouthing-tearing machine with a r...

My problem is that I get so jazzed by the "bigger" stuff that I neglect the day-to-day. Ask me to edit my book collection down by 50%? I'm all over it! Ask me to shop for food on a weekly basis? Ga...

Aw heck, against all reason I ADORE THIS!! I would even spend $1400 on one--and I'm an dyed-in-the-wool "never-spend-more-than-$100-on-a-chair" gal. I especially love the crappy treatm...

My score shot up b/c the rest of my family lives about 600-700 miles from me. Wonder how driving vs. flying would compare... Anyone got a working teleporter I could use?

Not sure if I could live here, but it's a great and treatment of the space! FWIW Netscape also shows the pix.

I wouldn't paint it black... sand/strip off the bark and varnish or wax (as Enjen suggested), or stain dark, or maybe paint red. Natural would be cool, too, but I don't think it would work with the...

Burnt orange or slate blue.

Great idea, but it would have to be an indoor thing for me and mine--no guarantee of security if they were outside in Chi-town!

I promise to repaint my LR if I win!

Cool idea, but I wonder why the heck can't make them here instead of shipping them all the way from SE Asia?