You just can't keep everything. I should feel bad about this but I have a gift closet and I am a re-gifter! True there are some things too awful to give in good conscience. If I can't exchange it I...

I think a sunny yellow would really pop against the gray walls and separate the space from the living room.

I turned off our satellite and no one noticed for over a month. I work from home running videogame websites so I can't turn off my internet or game subscriptions but I did down grade my home phone ...

I love Buffalo, it's full of so many cool surprises! From the looks of it I'm betting you are a fellow West Sider. Great space

I have a crush on that rumpus room! I like the striped bathroom tile too. The cosmetic features are easily changed as long as the structure is sound.

I have a couple of very large charcoals I did in our dining room and our playroom has a ever changing gallery of artworks the kids made.

I live in Buffalo and we have this huge warehouse army surplus store. They have a huge assortment of wool blankets and great British issued enamel ware from WWII, like teapots and pans etc.. It's a...

I love the resort from the beginning of Charade, yet another Carey Grant movie. Honestly Paris in the 60's everything is gorgeous!

Yumm! Thank you for this recipe! There was this wonder place that served 'meat pies' which sound very similar to this. I have missed them! Theirs had a sort of a Cajun flair. Hmmm I think it's time...

That's awful! What the hell were they thinking? It's like the 80's threw up all over that gorgeous flat!

I have not been able to get a clear answer to what our house was before it was a residence. It was built in 1890 and the best we've found it was the office, with an upstairs residence, for an iron ...

I have had nothing but good luck with mis-mixed paints. Last summer I found a great green for my out door furniture for about $8 a gallon! Such a great deal for good exterior paint. I have also had...

Wow your collection is great! My husband would be so jealous!

If you like them you can make it work : ) Eclectic is not a bad thing! You can always pull other colors in with some great pillows.

We have a Bokken in our room by the door, we have never had any problems in our neighborhood though. It's my husband, he does martial arts. The only reason it's in our room is to keep it away from ...

I have an old Victrola and it's "volume" control is opening or closing the door of cabinet it sits on.

You could always go to thrift stores for old ornaments. There's usually about $1 or so per box. Last year we made paper lantern ornaments out of origami paper.

I have been saving all of my glass jars, frosting them and using them as lanterns in my garden. I have been saving large tin cans and making punched lanterns too. Our yard is large, full of trees a...

I think it would look great glossy white. Maybe the inside of the piece could be papered or done in a bright fun color. It would make a nice buffet.

You could also reuse an old round cake pan or pie pan on the bottom instead of gravel or in addition to the gravel. I hammer a good number of holes in the pan and place it upside down in the bottom...