My mistake, and recent too. I had everything I needed to make risotto...except the broth. We had strawberry shortcake for dinner. I have nice friends, they were all very forgiving.

We're thinking about our upcoming redesign in our living room, and kitchen. Our house is an Eichler with one huge wall of glass. The ceilings are painted (sacrilege, I know) white, and the floor wi...

I can see a small occasional chair with a lot of personality done up in patchwork. They had some at Liberty (of London) a few years ago, refurbished antiques. But a whole sofa is too much too much ...

I think the tub stickers are cute and functional. There ought to be a third one for "baby." But the rest are just ugly, IMHO.

No. 4 looks like an Eichler. We've been wanting to open our kitchen to the rest of the house as well. While I appreciate the handiness of the bar fridge, I simply don't think this is a very ELEGANT...

that textile on the "wonky" sofa is not an ikat. I'd venture to say that it's a suzani, but it is positively not an ikat.

I think I'm most bothered by the fact that there doesn't appear to be a door between the childrens' room and the parents' bed. Not enough privacy.

"Anything that resembles humans but not exactly tend to freak people out, e.g. dolls, puppets, clowns, mimes, masks." I've also known dogs to be totally freaked out by dog statues. Kin...

Where's Dilbert's donut shaped house?

bats represent good luck in some cultures. they are beautiful little creatures, and I could see this on my door year round.

Sometimes I look at projects like this and think they are so clever. In more pessimistic moments, I look at projects like these and am very afraid that this is what the future will look like, a lot...

it looks like a gigantic brillo pad, and regardless of how comfortable it IS I'd be unlikely to sit in it because it looks so UNcomfy.

exorcist stairs?

I hate seeing clutter in my bedroom. It all goes in two stacked silverware trays, which then go into a drawer. Repurposing can go too far.

I'll take chalkboard paint any day over this pantone-color-chips-on-everything trend.

all that purple makes me queasy.

Looks like tempting fate to me. Can you say *crash*?

I put my home office desk in front of a window. Though with the privacy film I get lots of light, but no view. My only complaint is that sometimes I get too much light through the window to work co...

I'd go with black and white. Choose a large scale modern black and white floral wall paper for one accent wall. The other fixtures should be clean white. Then add one large statement something-or-o...

We have the Tech Shop here in No. California. Which I only mention because there you can do your own powder coating. There is a fee of course, and you're required to take a three hour class to use ...