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these guys have been "closing" for years...

this tool has always worked well for us (and we've used it lots and done los of painting... having renovated/updated 3 homes in 8 years). like any tools, though, each has an ideal/intended purpose ...

edit: 1400BTU is overkill for a bedroom anyway (unless you live in an un-airconditioned palace). should read: 14000BTU... the sharp i mentioned is 11.5K. they sell it at fry's and i th...

wow. @ $650 each... very, very cost prohibitive. back to the empty pickle vat idea for 1/10th the cost...

these can actually be decent units if used properly -- much better, perhaps, than a fixed wall unit as you can move them completely out of sight when out of season. however, the dual hose is a bit ...

there are many varieties of emeco knock-off stools like this, but in all, there are bar-height (30in) and counter-height (24in) stools. nothing in between in a non-adjustable model (of course, ther...

depending on how brave you are (and/or the relationship with the LL)... i'd suggest to paint the walls the color you want and simply paint them back when you move out. just do it (at your cost) and...

... a bit off topic, but did you pay for the corbis photo above? if not, you're clearly violating the user-agreement of the stock photo site and essentially cheating the photographer out of royalti...

wondering about the dining room table, too... i bookmarked the photo for a later design-build, but would love to know where it came from...

another reader dismayed by the shameless ad masquerading as a post... more more saddened by the "everyone else is doing it" defense. traditional media (TV, magazines, etc.) have declining readershi...

try rakks... rakks.com. these can be made "invisible" and let the wood give you the rustic feeling...

as mentioned, very similar to the new fastback case-study bed that modernica is making. and as mentioned, more sturdy than it looks...

i reeealy like that space, but i'm a sucker for boxy minimalism... as a general rule, divergency of scale and asymmetry are good things that help to add visual interest to a space (as our eye/mind ...

kelso/manuein = good links... thanks. can't seem to find a price on either site, but when it comes time for us to need something like them, i think i'll plunk down $75 for a drill press and $100 fo...

having lived in one of the shady-est parts of oakland, the light will likely not help the crime as much as a lucid citizen might think... those down and out enough to defecate on a sidewalk will do...

depending on your relationship with your landlord, be honest with them about your feelings... you're their "customer". you might petition him/her to install carpeting (or other floor covering) more...

they're probably a site-specific installation, but i thought the same thing when looking at them for the first time (hmmm. where can i get some'a'dat?)... they should not be too hard to make. with ...