Oh, but it can be amazing. I once visited an artist in Japan who had a similar arrangement - a separate structure housing the private bedroom with bathroom, and a walk across a courtyard to rejoin ...

What do you do with a hot water bottle? Ooooh, mamacita, what you're missing! You fill it up with hot water and put it in your bed to warm up the spot you'll sleep in. You wrap your PJs roun...

Ditto Oven Mitzie. Where does one find such a beautiful object?

Interesting... I always add a pinch or two of salt - maybe 1/8 or 1/4 tsp - about ten minutes into the sautee process. It seems to speed up the caramelizing and adds the necessary bite to the natur...

What's the name of the paint colour? It's fabulous - and I know that any kind of blue is counter-intuitive for a food-related room, but this must be like dining in a Tiffany box. I can picture Jame...

What about this soap dispenser instead: http://www.napastyle.com/store/product.jsp?sku=4313&cmCategoryId=S002

Maureen said it - do you own your stuff, or does your stuff own you? And/or is it that you somehow yearn to be owned, because it addresses a half-formed wish of some sort? As a semi-r...