J Harrell's Profile

My parents planned on having my brother and myself with birthdays in the late part of the year (his is in December, mine's in January) because thinking at that time did say it'd provide an advantage. However, due to various personal factors, he's never finished college and barely finished high school. I graduated high school with honors, finished college in 4 years and am working a job where I make $1/hr than he does. So... you never know.

I've slipped on both carpeted and wooden stairs (same house, carpeted stairs to go to 2nd floor, wooden stairs to go to the basement). Wooden stairs created worse bruises than the carpeted ones.

Slipping on carpeting is easy if you put your foot down wrong, mostly due to losing traction (as weird as it sounds) since bare feet can "stick" to wooden stairs. However, if wearing socks/shoes/slippers most often while using stairs, they'll get better traction on carpeting than on wood. I personally prefer the aesthetic of wood stairs (or if carpet has to be there, to only be a runner), but also normally walk around home barefoot.

I have stainless steel appliances that came with my apartment, but other than the fact that the front of the microwave needs cleaning after everytime I cook, I have no problems with fingerprints. My parents opted for white appliances in their new kitchen and the builders were surprised that stainless wasn't chosen.

As someone struggling with a similar situation (just not quite as wide), I appreciate you asking this question. I've now gotten a much better idea on what to do with my own problem window.

What about getting a folding hanging rack? It looks like there's room between the machines and the walls for it to be stored there. Something like http://www.amazon.com/Honey-Can-Do-GAR-01268-Collapsible-Garment-locking/dp/B001F51A2G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341869868&sr=8-2&keywords=folding+garment+rack or http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10030823&N=&Nao=20&Ntt=hanging+rack ?

I scored an 8 as well. Guess there is a reason my mother always asks me to help pick out colors for decorating!

I live alone and I actually generally run the dishwasher daily. The only things I handwash are my knives, everything else fits into the dishwasher (including my 8 qt stock pot).

For those interested in the Goliath table, Sabrina Soto used it in her show High/Low Design (it was in the high-end design) and they actually DIY'd a version for the low-end design. The slides had to be ordered online (no mention where of course), but its otherwise a very basic design.

Well, considering my mom introduced me to romance novels when I was in elementary school (age appropriate books were too simple for my reading level) and one of the pictures I've had on the wall of my bedroom for ages did have a nude woman in it (gotta love Dali's love of his wife), I don't think anything would shock my parents at this point.

I drive by 3 Krogers and a Meijer to and from work every day. One of those Krogers being their flagship store, and its the one that I shop at most frequently (its the first one I reach on my way home, and since I work til late, gives me the maximum amount of time to shop vs going to one of the other 2 since all 3 close at the same time). The only Trader Joe's nearby is not terribly far from where I work, but is in an absolutely horrid location, so I tend to not shop there at all.