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About the cornstarch: isn't cornstarch "food"? Will it attract, um, you know VISITORS? I really think you guys need to update this item or do a new one to address the question! I really want to try this on my windows but... phobic about introducing food to the equation.

Better towel strategy: Buy towels that are good quality in nice colors that will give pleasure for years to come. My current towels: purchased in 2000 or 2001, Garnet Hill house brand, 100% cotton, neither the cheapest nor ridiculously pricey. They look great. They fluff up nicely.

My towels from 1995? I use them for yoga class, road trips (in case the place I stay runs out of towels), beauty treatments, beach house, homemade rags and washcloths, to protect a mirror or a painting when I am rearranging the household.... Old towels have a million uses and if you travel with them, you don't worry about losing them.

I am having the potting soil problem in my tiny NY apartment. It's very weird. I think I created the problem by leaving out some cut lemons overnight. But I think the flies like the soil.

The brand I just got is New Era -made in Clinton NJ. I don't want to besmirch the potting soil I bought. However, maybe someone here knows of a potting soil that is high quality? I am new to this game... but hoping to grow some seedlings in my kitchen!

Love the purple tiles, but that's what makes horse races.

I agree - paint the vanity white, not black.

I own a stack of gorgeous custom shower curtains in all kinds of patterns, but I recently decided to take a break from all the visuals. I washed my dirty white fabric curtain liner in bleach, bleached it some more, and now use it as the curtain. It is simple, clean, translucent, bright - and cost me nothing (save cost of bleach) to change the look of my bathroom. Everything feels airy and bright.

Also, you may want to consider buying and installing your own small vanity. I did this once in a rental, paid a plumber to do it for me. It was a tiny little sink for a tiny bathroom. I really enjoyed having my own brand new sink!

I have and love #6 - the teeny weeny dish rack. I also have a dishwasher. When I need to clean it, I can put it in the DW. But there are times when I need the dish rack. Much of the time, after I've cleaned it, I hang it on the inside of a cupboard door. It comes with a tray which is not always needed. That also stores easily. However, I use the utensil dryer daily and that fits in a corner.

Any special reason for using a grapefruit? (What about a lemon?) And is it ok to use ordinary Morton's salt?

Hi Shanalulu/Editors

Thanks for bringing this up. I have been trying to figure out whether powder or liquid dishwasher detergent is more economical - and really don't understand all the issues around powder and liquid. I would appreciate a thorough, factual discussion of the economics and ecology of powder vs liquid in every realm. Or, if such a thing has already occurred, please point me there!

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Good question AnaJ - thank you for this explanation. There are brief spurts of time when I can read with the window exposed and no lights on. However, the windows are all UV resistant, so I assume the plant will not receive "real" sunlight. Maybe I underestimate the power of sunlight or don't understand plants as well as I should!

I am now seriously considering a plant light - though I am on a budget. Or an African violet! Thanks Lady J.

I have stuffed animals. Oh well! I also have one of those flokati rugs, same size, diff color. This pic reminds me to move the flokati rug farther out, maybe. Mine is right up against the bottom of the storage bed. Maybe it would look more grown-up if I pull it away. It sits on top of wall to wall carpet, but I like touching the flokati rug with my feet. The wall to wall is not as luxurious.

And I love the way your apt looks - very Upper East Side boho :)