I keep my antique tribal silver bracelets in a rattan basket on the kitchen counter, so I can pick the one I want to wear. In the summer, I put out another basket with my cheap, colorful summer bra...

I bought a white coated steel clothes dryer from IKEA decades ago - for $7 - and it will outlast me. I also have a bunch of their translucent white desk organizers and they're just won...

These are known as rallie or rally or ralli quilts and are traditional in West Bengal - which, these days, is Calcutta and Bangladesh. Depending upon the region, they can be patchwork or just stitc...

I've had an antique Kashmiri wood carved screen in front of a radiator for years - it is an unusual low screen - designed to got in front of a fireplace. So I guess the radiator is no problem.

I hope you don't require middle-aged or older guests to take off their shoes. Aside from the "foot conditions" issue - I'd rather not air my bunions, thank you - it is less comfortable to be barefo...

Elfa is great - inside closets - and it lasts forever. I love the drawers in this system - but the prices are simply insane. Part of that is the weakness of the dollar, b...

If you need to patch a room with really old subway tiles - or if you want a vintage look - take a look at these http://www.subwaytile.com/news....

Depending upon how old and how good they are, the Middle Eastern pieces might do better on eBay. There are a lot of collectors who have saved searches, so what you sell would just show up, if you h...

I recently used Benjamin Moore paint from 1995, stored in old spaghetti sauce jars. I just closed them and stuck them on the shelf - some right side up, some sideways - they're fine. ...

The tiling isn't my taste - but I'd love to know what this bathroom cost $$$$$$$$$$$

I have 11 foot tall ceilings and it is very hard to find anything big enough. In the end, I bought a huge suzani on eBay with a very unusal design - about 13 feet long - and hung it ov...

I'm putting a "hot air curtain" in my bathroom ceiling - a much more elegant replacement for the big heat bulb I had hanging it in for decades. It did the job, though, at $10 for a bulb that lasted...

Vessel sinks are already dated. And the leg of the stool extends past the edge of the door? Plus NO counter space. Not a little - none.

The guy who designed the colorful housewares "creatures" for Alessi had several white shelves against a white wall with his creations displayed - an idea worth stealing. But also edi...

I'm an antique tribal textile collector, so I have fabric EVERYWHERE in my apartment - at the moment, my TV, which I never watch, has a great 1920's Hungarian embroidery draped over it. I much pref...

I think you have a very good eye and have done a wonderful job with the room. It has a very Asian / Zen feeling to it. I love the wood framing and the unpainted walls, with those little dabs of wh...

Now that flat screens are the norm, why not buy one of those old "Chinese" cabinets used to hide TVs and turn it into a fridge? Would cost only, say, $10K :-) Seriously, Italian design...

A friend found an antique dentist's cabinet at Brimfield and uses it to store her jewelry. I use a Bisley cabinet with narrow drawers and inserts in varying sizes. Works fine.

A woman I know furnished her studio apartment with a big bed and little, feminine chairs, so she'd have a lot of sex. Does the word "whore" apply, and what type?

Beautiful homes are about creativity and personal style and taste, not today's trend or how much you spend. My sofa is not me. It is a sofa. My apartment, overall, is me...