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I have a Lodge too. My advice is just not to overthink it. Shop around and buy whatever feels comfortable in your hands. A 10-inch cast iron skillet, new, should be <$30. A lifetime piece at a bargain price--if the first one you get doesn't work for you for whatever reason, return it if you can, and if not, on to a different model.

I would call or visit the closest Tile Shop and talk to those folks.

Aglio e olio! (Spaghetti, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, optional pepper flake & parm.) I use America's Test Kitchen's recipe, but they're all over the web. ATK's recipe cooks most of the garlic in the olive oil, but another portion gets added in at the end. Those preparations together make for strong garlic flavor! Also, congratulations on your pregnancy!

I do almost exactly this except my jars are a bit bigger and the lids are opaque white, so I labeled the top of each one with its contents. And they're alphabetized, of course. I also have fewer spices than her, it seems, so I have several empty jars in the back to grow into as my spice collection grows.

I just got a rendering of my childhood home done for my mom for Christmas from here: http://www.jennifermdesign.com and now feel like I got a bargain! ($55 for 5 x 7). Also, according to her Etsy shop, Rebekka Seale is not taking orders until further notice.

Anything I slice with a mandoline! Finally got myself one of those cut proof gloves! ;)

We are sort of struggling with something similar in our kitchen, where there is pink carpet in the eat-in part and some lovely vinyl flooring with pink flowers and a beige grid pattern in the rest of the room. Those will come up with the kitchen gut job we're planning for a few years down the road, but for now we're trying to make the best of the situation and find a paint to complement (or at least not clash with) both the kitchen issues and the grey/green tones elsewhere in the house. So we're looking for a greige (sorry if that's cliche)--I currently have Benjamin Moore Classic Collection strips 115, 118, and 119 taped to the wall, and I think we're focusing in on Mocha Cream. Good luck!

I think the author meant Barkeeper's Friend, not Bartenders Miracle. Though BKF sometimes feels like a miracle product. :)

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@jenawithonen I think it's still exclusive because it's basically still beta. Just started by some guy at home, now up to half a dozen staff or so, and they know there are a lot of kinks & bugs to work out. Can't open the flood gates quite yet. If you have Facebook friends who are using it, or if you don't use FB, any friend who is using it, he/she should be able to send you an invitation pretty quickly with no waiting.