DoitYerself's Profile

Alahoop: They actually sell reusable squeezy pouches now that you can fill with your own puree, if you're into that.

My husband and I are lucky enough to have a spacious bedroom with an amazing walk in closet and attached bathroom. We're also lucky to have windows on two walls! That said, the way our room is designed, the only place to put the bed where there is still room for nightstands is under a small privacy window (the kind that are small and high up). The window isn't centered in the room though, and if we center the bed along that wall, the window is way off to the left. If we center the bed under the window however, the bed is too close to the wall where the bathroom door is...leaving no room for a nightstand and a cramped feeling in an otherwise large, open room. The other walls in the room have random nooks that make the space interesting but don't give us options for moving the bed. I'd hate to lose the light coming in through the privacy window (and the cross breeze when we open the windows) but curtains covering the entire window are the only option I can think of!

We have a table similar to the Anthropologie one from World Imports that we got for around 250 on sale. Its called the Jackson, and its a perfect size for four people, possibly even 6 if you're cozy. We love it (and love that we didn't spend 1500 on a table, too).

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11108347

Outside of a few family members, we barely received any of our registry items, maybe 6-10? Everything else was really random, homemade, or collected from someones spare closet, including an as-seen-on-TV 'griddle', those cheap cookbooks you buy for a kids fundraiser, weird leftover bread tubes from a Pampered Chef party, and an icicle freezy pop thing that's meant to keep white wine chilled. We did get some cash, but to be honest, I couldn't tell you what we spent it on.

Mei-Ling, do your homework, coconut oil is extremely healthy to eat because of the kinds of fat that make up coconut oil. Its been shown to help in metabolism and weight loss, improve cholesterol profiles, and its a great substitute for olive oil in medium temp cooking because it can tolerate more heat and doesn't oxidize the way olive oil does. Good stuff, seriously. The negative studies that came out years ago were on highly processed forms of the oil.

Hah, the place we just moved into has a blue and white tiled bathroom. Its cute, and very vintage, but I'm not crazy about blue and didn't want to go matchy matchy when it came to anything I put in there. I bought a small dresser and painted it this exact color on a whim...I think its called Tangerine Sunset? Its a surprising mix with the sweet vintage tile, but I get so many compliments on it.

I don't like syrup on my pancakes at all, but I love syrup in other things. Does that make me weird? I like lemon curd or jam on my pancakes, then I roll em' up. I eat my apples like your aunt, with a knife in slices, too.

I like food cold. Not always, but some things taste so good to me cold, especially pasta based dishes, casseroles, etc. Mmmm, leftover lasagna sans microwave.

Are these a sweet muffin or is the honey/vanilla/cinnamon just to round things out a bit? When I first read the recipe I assumed they were neutral (soups and salads) but the ingredients make me think they're a bit sweeter.

I love the first photo, because I just did this in our new, awesome-but-small one bedroom apartment. We don't have a proper dining room, but we do have a breakfast nook thats way too small to house anything other than a breakfast bar, so I put a small dining table in the space (fits like it was custom!), a cool looking desk chair, and set up shop right there in the kitchen. I LOVE it. The fact that the desk isn't hidden in some extra room forces me to keep it minimal and clean, and the extra space that the dining table (vs a desk) gives me means I can really spread out and work. Plus, half the work I do on my computer is food related, so being near the kitchen means I can pull up recipes and follow along without getting the laptop or my iPhone dirty or wet...and I can keep an eye on whatever is on the stove and still get some other non-food work done at the same time.

Love how the cheese plate keeps moving from table to table. Way to stylize.