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When I was scrolling through AT & saw this photo, I KNEW this was a Nashville house -- even before I read the caption. This house is located maybe 2 miles from where I grew up. I abso...

Does anybody have an effective deterrent for centipedes & millipedes? They're pretty prevalent here in Buffalo during the warmer months.

My favorite was always the eggroll cart in front of the fountain at UT next to the business school. It's been 9 years since I finished B-school & moved away, so I don't know whether they're still ...

I had a purple kitchen in a townhouse I owned a few years abck. The previous owners had selected the color, which was darker than a periwinkle but lighter than an eggplant. And when I moved in, m...

So many radiators are works of art themselves. I don't think they need covering up.

No. Just no.

As a teenager, I spilled bongwater in my Dad's car. The temperature was about 10 degrees F that night & my friends and I spent the entire night driving with all the windows down trying to get the s...

Sandwich bread - and plain old white bread in particular - is also great for getting up tiny particles of shattered glass from a floor. Simply mash the bread over the area where the glass has shat...

My first house (a 1956 ranch) had fake brick in the kitchen and I came up with a plan to paint the entire wall (bricks & fake mortar) a light bluish-grey. Then I planned to randomly paint a few of...

I like the contrast of the blues & greens from the demijohn, votive holders & portrait of Jerry Mathers as The Beaver against the stark white walls & radiator.

I live in a house with forced air heat, so I don't have radiators - unfortunately (b/c I think they provide a cleaner, more even heat). But I think that many radiators are wonderful wo...

My 1930 bungalow has no linen closet either, plus the bath is tiny with no available space for a wall shelf. But I have just enough room in my hallway between the bedrooms and bath for an old meta...

Forgive me my stupid question, but what is meant by "1.5 bedrooms?" What constitutes a half-bedroom?

Great photos of a fun interior! Thanks for sharing, Paul. I'm right down the road from you in Buffalo and totally share the love of all things mid-century modern. I also love the flat roof on yo...

While I am not commenting on the skill of the artist, the idea of felted pets skeeves me out the same way that people who have their dead pets stuffed & mounted bothers me. I also foun...