Caralyn's Profile

Skip the mineral oil (a petroleum product) and use olive oil or coconut oil instead. I made my own using coconut oil and it's amazing stuff. I use it to polish wood products and I also use it as a natural lip balm.

This is the recipe I used: http://www.crunchybetty.com/wonderfully-simple-homemade-wood-polish-recipe

Growing up, my mum had five burl tables in our house - three were large (about 30 inches across) and two were smaller (about 18 inches across). They were all made from the same burl and had caste iron hairpin legs with the burl slice as the top. I *hated* them. I thought they were tacky and ugly.

Now, in my 30s and in my own home, I have all five in my livingroom and I LOVE them!! The three large ones are the "coffee table" in front of the couch and because they are from the same burl, they match and sort of fit together.

I love them and everyone always comments on them when they come to visit.

I don't really like it. The dipped legs are cool but this chair would look better in a solid colour.

The first turkey I ever cooked was when I was in my 30s, using a clay baker. Best turkey EVER!

The space behind those pieces and the wall would be hard to clean. Ick.

While I think it looks pretty, I would not want that in my child's room.

Awesome!

Oh my goodness do I ever love this house! The bull! The bathrooms! The art! The tiles!

Love it all. But I especially love the painting of batman and robin kissing. Fan-freaking-tastic!!

When I moved out for the first time, my mum and I went tool shopping for me and created my first tool kit ... in a vintage overnight luggage bag.

Inside were some basic tools: a hammer, nails, a screw set, a few pliers, a leatherman multi tool and some furniture feet pads.

Now, as a home owner, there are more tools that I find are necessary:

A drill with a variety of drill bits
gardening equipment, including hand saws
a palm sander and sandpaper
steel wool
nails and screws, including plaster screws
a level
a crowbar (you'd be surprised by how often we use this!)
and general painting equipment (because we really like to paint)

Uhm, no. I'm sorry but those are really ugly!

I used to work in a building that had ivy growing up one wall. It looked beautiful and I loved it ... until one day during a wind storm and the *whole wall of ivy* came crashing down onto the sidewalk below. Thankfully no one was walking there when it happened but it could have seriously hurt someone.

Plus, ivy is so destructive to property and trees. I no longer like ivy and try to remove it.