Love shepherd's pie. I like to fry a few strips of bacon and crumble them in the top of the filling before I lay the mashed taters, then sprinkle the top of the taters with some breadcrumbs (don't ...

Such a sweet and happy home! I have absolutely no beef with Ikea... I think in the right setting, with the right amount of "living in" you miss the Ikeaness of the pieces. All you get is a beautifu...

Ew. the font is hideous, the photography framing looks like it was done with a half blind monkey, and the colours look decidedly dated, and not in a good way. I loved Domino, but am apprehensive ab...

The Parsons underside is made up of steel bars that slot into the long steel sidebars of the bed frame. There are no nuts and bolts and screws and what have you, so there's no loosening of anything...

Lovely shed. It's "made do" not "made due".

Lauren Bacall not Grace Kelly

I moved continents too. From my humble little 1-bedroom in Brooklyn to a humble little 1-bedroom in Singapore. All i took with me were some clothes and my dog. I shipped the rest of m...

Any artist who could conceive of a character being "brained by a piece of masonry" and plonk it smack dab in the middle of a childrens' book has to be genius in my book. Love the late great Mr Gore...

What's a "sumper comfy"?

When I lived in Brooklyn I had a window in my bathroom. Right next to the tub actually. Even in the dead of winter, I would open the window a crack while I showered. The combo of piping hot water o...

I was recently 'in between jobs' when i moved back to my native country. I made the decision to spend a little money to make money, so I ponied up for a couple of decent outfits from Zara for not t...

I have a natural steel bed frame from Room & Board and even the slats are steel. Love my bed, no issue with cold. I watch telly propped up on two large pillows, no problems. Plus that bed disassemb...

How is arriving by seaplane or boat a green option?

I was thinking painting the trim a glossy pure white, but paint one of those little ridges in the trim a glossy apple green. I think that would look really cool and call attention to the architectu...

Um, to bring this back on topic, I wanted to chime in that I purchased a 2" thick natural latex foam topper from organicselections.com to place on my firm regular spring mattress from R&B. I love s...

I like Biokleen's laundry liquid detergent and their oxygen bleach. Using a combination of the two, and then adding a few drops of lavender essential oil to the rinse cycle, I find I don't even nee...

Um. It's not like a cat can't sleep in that there fuzzy thing... If you ask me, there's a helluva lot more designey stuff meant for small pets (cats OR dogs) than there are for large ...

I am hoping to have posts about finding pet friendly apartment rentals in NYC. Also, my landlord sent me some letter stating that my dog is shedding and leaving hair in the common hallway areas (!!...

Man those are some hideous luggage bags... Never understood what the problem locating your luggage bag is at the wheel. Just knot a recognizable patterned length of grosgrain on the h...

option 2 - the red brick really pops nicely with the slate.