I was not happy. My company hired movers and they pretty much dumped everything in wherever they could fit it. I couldn't walk in my apartment for months without moving boxes over. I cried a lot.

Agree with funstraw in adding reading nook. Add a nice comfy chair and a small table or lower the shelves and use as a table.

Whenever I ask my (Japanese) mother for recipes, I basically only learn the ingredients when she says things like "just use a little bit of this and some of this and that." And I ask, "how much?" ...

Agree with ohjodi. Basically the best way to naturally freshen the house is to clean your house. Clean linens, floors, carpet, kitchen, bathrooms using vinegar, lemon, baking soda, other natural de...

Best recipe with herbs de provence from my German friend is for antipasti. Here's the translated recipe (sorry, I left the metric units): Vegetables: 3 peppers 1 zucchini

I love the informality of drinking table wine in countries like Italy and France. I recommend something like this: http...

I like to use any of the flower jellies in my tea. It gives it a nice fragrance.

Oh! Where did you get those candle holders? I have a pair just like it, but I broke the glass insert on one of them and need to buy replacement glass.

Hey, where did the jars of tomato sauce go?

I've used the Furminator on my carpet. It works great. The metal teeth on it are pretty rough so I probably wouldn't recommend it for furniture.

I liked the "dish-rack-off-the-counter-top" idea when I saw it in Susy's kitchen. My counter top is just as limited as her's and was interested in how she did that.

High ceilings...check. In the process of building a wall of Expedits. I'm hacking a bit since I took out a couple of the vertical components so I can fit my printer on the shelves.

What about the hanging dish rack? Any hints on how Susy did that?

Where can I find the mannequin heads?