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You can also get metal legs from West Elm-- retail store only, not the catalog. They will sell you the legs separately.


6 Dining Tables for a Warm Industrial Look Decor Style Source List
12/24/12 8:55 AM

We have a 1922 Craftsman style home with original wood trim and choose a great neutral-warm color from Benjamin Moore- "Crown Point Sand" It goes well with the rich wood patina. Our ceilings are not pure white but "20% French Canvas & ceiling White" We get lots of compliments with this color combo.


Will White Walls Clash with Original Details? Good Questions
4/19/12 5:31 PM

can someone tell me the closest Tiffany Box Blue Shade there is at Home Depot or BM? I've got samples of Waterfall and Fun-n-games from BM?


How To: Match a Paint Color to an Object You Love
3/15/12 1:50 PM

Love the room color... what is it??


Ezra's Orange Accents My Room
2/28/12 8:37 PM

I love my Dansko clogs and wear them every time I'm in the kitchen. I'm short and the height it gives me makes it much more comfortable to cook and do dishes. I just feel sorry for my 1st floor neighbor that hears me clunking around.


Essential Kitchen Footwear: Dansko Clogs
2/17/12 8:52 AM

Where is the bunk bed from? beautiful room!


Look! Grey in the Nursery, Swedish Style
1/5/12 8:10 PM

Sweet sticky rice steamed in banana leaves ("Suman")--
Cook short grain sticky sweet rice-- while hot- mix in tablespoon of ginger puree, can of coconut milk, sugar... mix all together over low heat. Get banana leaves (packages found in Latino and Asian markets)- wipe clean and cut into 10" x 6" sections. Wrap rice like an egg roll. Steam wrapped sticky rice for 20 minutes. Enjoy warm!


What Can I Do With Sweetened Ginger Puree?
Good Questions

9/12/11 10:03 PM

We went to a dinner party and had the tastiest "peasant pasta" dish that was made by simmering olive oil, can of anchovies, crushed garlic.. then letting everything "melt" adding Italian bread crumbs (cup or two?) then tossing it all in with al dente linguine pasta. Yum!
I think most American's (specially from the Mid-West, like my husband!) don't have the seafood/fish palette unless it's fried. It's unfortunate and may be one link the low Omega-3 intake of Americans. In other parts of the world and coastal towns/cities where seafood is plentiful, children are introduced fish at a very early age. I recently noticed "Cod Fish Roe Spread" at IKEA, geared toward children-- looks like a spread for sandwiches.

Blah, blah, blah.... my point, I've learned to love anchovies by trying many different recipes.


Controversial Cooking: How Do You Feel About Anchovies?
8/25/11 11:45 AM

Love the paint color, what is it?


Kahlo's Super Cool Lucha Libre Room
Nursery Tour

8/4/11 6:59 PM

pretty! don't want to a downer but I'd worry about it as a fire hazard... unless is fire retardant fabric...


Yasher's Cloud Ceiling
The Light Garden

3/30/11 6:49 PM

I'm making a large birthday paella for my dear husband-- lots of seafood-- calamari, shrimp, crab, mussels and scallops, charizo sausage and chicken... yum.


What's Cooking This Weekend?
Weekend of March 26-27, 2011

3/26/11 10:01 AM