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Hmmm. I'm addicted to painting my furniture, but this doesn't do anything for me.


Painting Pattern: Green Herringbone
The Art of Furniture Restoration

4/18/11 1:59 PM

I love the table in the third picture, and the wheelbarrow in the last picture is charming. However, I am not a fan of the furniture in the first image.


Urban House: Seattle's New Designer Furniture Store
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3/9/11 5:46 PM

oops. I mean planter, not potter.


What To Do With Indoor Brick Planter?
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2/7/11 12:54 PM

I agree with Anna Europe that the planter is the least ugly thing in the room. Personally I would a) rip out all the flooring and replace it with ANYTHING else (although wood would be best) and b) make a sturdy top to turn the potter into a bench and add some throw pillows.

I have no problem with the white brick, and if someone later on wants to showcase this "retro feature" then there's no damage done. But the flooring must go.


What To Do With Indoor Brick Planter?
Good Questions

2/7/11 12:54 PM

A couple of people have mentioned people washing "gunk" off their hands and that any wiping will destroy the towel. I do understand that manual labor involving grease and battery acid and that sort of thing will wreak havoc on hand towels--and hands. But I can't imagine that any Kleenex product is the solution here. This thing isn't being marketed to mechanics shops (which have much sturdier products--such as rags that can be washed and reused). This is being marketed to moms.

If you have white hand towels out in the bathroom and your spouse wipes car grease on them--that's not a towel problem, it's a communication problem. I don't mean to be condescending, but I grew up in my dad's shop and he sure didn't use ordinary hand towels or paper towels to clean up.


Product Regress: Kleenex Hand Towels
2/2/11 11:24 AM

I hadn't seen this product yet, but it makes me sad to see that it 1) exists and 2) people are trying to justify why the market needs this. Sure, if you have 100 people over or an immuno-compromised child in the house, then regular hand towels aren't going to do the trick. If you want to buy some sort of special disposable towels for those occasions, go for it. By the way, don't they already exist? Aren't they just called paper towels?

But there is no way that this is a useful or even justifiable product to use on an everyday basis in an ordinary house.

And of course that doesn't mean that I'm implicitly endorsing every other product on the market. But, come on, I think if plastic diapers were only just beginning to be advertised we would feel horrified by the environmental impact (even if we were also tempted by the convenience).


Product Regress: Kleenex Hand Towels
2/2/11 10:52 AM

Not terribly appealing. Maybe by 2012 I'll like it.


Vintage Wine: Benjamin Moore Paint Color of 2011
1/31/11 8:47 PM

I got so excited that I went over to Lowe's this evening and had them cut some marble tiles for me (at 25 cents/tile).

But, my radiators aren't all that flat on top. Any ideas about how to make my pretty marble slabs a little more stable?


Making Space: Radiator Toppers
11/19/10 8:19 PM

Lovely couch, lovely wall color. But I agree entirely with whoever first suggested moving the couch to the other wall (opening the window). I also agree that the proportions with the framed pictures and the leaning shelf aren't quite working.

Personally, I love fabric and color, so I would pile the couch and chair with a wild assortment of different sized and shaped pillows. But then, that's probably not your preferred style. It would be helpful to see examples of rooms you like. Right now I can't really tell what your taste is. Rooms that are layered in textile patterns usually have a sense of fun, or at least a sense of history. Right now the room isn't showing who you are, where you've been, what patterns or styles you find beautiful.


Curtains or Fabric to Add Something New to Room? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy Chicago
6/9/10 12:24 PM

My husband and I are living in Denmark and this setup seems to be the only option available here and in many European countries. I'm still not used to the lumpy look of two fluffy overlapping duvets. Flip through Scandinavian design magazines--the beds never look neat.

It's terrible for cuddling, especially on cold, dark Danish nights. Try curling up to your mate with a cold blanket gap between you. The only solution I've found? To try to smoosh under his duvet with him.


One Solution for Blanket Hogs | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
1/20/10 4:33 PM