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it looks beyond disgusting as is, but i second patrick: painting it will screw up the light. it will make the shade opaque. if you can't get it clean with a good scrubbing with hydrogen peroxide, followed by a good baking in the sun, then you have to get rid of it. it's too ugly to put up with as is just for the sake of having a bubble lamp.

my sister-in-law and i drove from vancouver to bellingham the other day to possibly buy a crib and crib set. this was a huge target store but all they had was dwell onesies and washcloths. what a waste of a day. thanks for nothing target!

alexpdl, dwell studio has been around for years and has nothing to do with dwell the magazine. it's not imitating or claiming to have anything to do with the magazine.

ps. the loeffler randall target line is cheap looking and vinyl. again, thanks for nothing target!

the floors in the lutwidge museum of modern art in coln, germany have these floors. theirs look better though, and i am in love with them.

our street was actually done in wood block like this back in the day. instead of cobblestones showing through the pavement where there are potholes, we have wood blocks.

we tried the vinegar and baking soda a couple more times, followed by 4 kettles full of boiling water down the drain. it still didn't work and i gave up and got ready to make a trip to the hardware store. then my boyfriend grabbed an empty plastic bottle and filled it with hot water and squirted it down the drain, then used the bottle to plunger-suck everything back up. after doing this for a couple minutes all this black junk came back up into the sink and the drain was cleared! it was really gross.

that got me to thinking about an infomercial i saw about an air compressor that shoots air down the drain to clear it. has anyone used one of those? after this experience i'd think it would work like a charm!

i'm pretty sure they're iron, because i have one in white and it turns water into a rusty sludge if i leave a little in mine overnight.

mine doesn't smell badly, but it's so rusty i'm scared i'll get heavy metal poisoning! can i?

i will admit that that jam does look delicious, but as an apricot jam addict, i still don't think i would cough up $20 plus shipping on a jar. what i would do, is try to source out my own blenheim tree!

but killifish aren't dumb for jumping ship, they're dumb for getting stuck in filters and heaters and behind rocks and anything they can swim into and get stuck in. they're not so smart...

takashi amano is my hero... sigh...

and yes, bigger tanks are less work. unless you have discus which are always lots of work no matter what!

i guess you would either start with the fish you want, or the container you want.

with a vase like that you could possibly get away with 1 smaller goldfish (1/4 - 1/3 the size) and weekly 50% water changes. you'd want to test the nitrogen and pH levels fairly often to make sure nothing's getting out of hand so you can make any necessary adjustments to keep the fish happy and healthy. then as the fish gets too large for the container you should be able to bring him into your local pet shop and trade him in for another smaller guy. then your too big fish will hopefully go home with someone who has a bigger aquarium instead of getting cramped and sick. that would be more style-based fish keeping than getting attached to your little friend fish keeping. if you want fish the size that are in that picture above, you'd want to get an aquarium.

or, you could have a betta in a container that size, but then you have to realize they're native to south-east asia where they live in puddles and ditches and so they like the water to be warm. without some sort of heater your fish will probably stop eating in the winter and die a slow and horrible death, and that's sad. in a bigger container you could have another labyrinth fish called a paradise fish and they're super pretty and don't need much aeration. but they're from the tropics too and would need a heater.

or you could have a small pair of killifish in that container if you could figure out a way to add a heater come winter time. you wouldn't want to fill the container so high because killifish are jumpers, and besides the extra surface area will help with aeration. they're really pretty though, and would be a good option for people who think it's sad to only keep 1 fish all alone.

keisha is right on all counts. and anh-minh, as someone who has kept fish for 25 years, including goldfish, i can assure you that there's no way that vase is big enough no matter how stylish it might be. i'm not trying to be mean about it, because lots of people make the same mistake, but it is a mistake, and it is cruel.

i have that kettle in white (got mine on ebay for around $25 shipping included, too) and i love it. the problem with mine is that you can't leave a drop of water sitting in it when not in use, or it rusts horribly. maybe ask the seller if there's any rust or pitting inside before putting a bid in? my seller said it was in very good condition, and cosmetically it is i guess. oh well, i still love it rusty water and all.