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A bar like that wouldn't have ginger ale. They'd just use Sprite.


My Safety Drink at Questionable Bars: Tequila Ginger Ale
4/16/13 3:33 PM

My biggest concern would be VOC off-gassing anywhere indoors, especially a child's bedroom.


Graffiti in the Kids' Room
3/11/13 10:26 AM

Okay, now this I can get on board with. I love the beverage cart concept, but my spouse and I just don't do more than the occasional beer or glass of wine so a bar cart would be useless. A coffee cart, however, seems like the perfect place to wrangle the adorable coffee/tea paraphernalia I have acquired over the years. It would be great to clear up counter space and be able to move from the kitchen to living or dining room with everything for guests or just the family. Splendid idea!


Forget the Cocktail Cart: Try an Espresso Cart Instead! Small Space Living
3/8/13 2:59 PM

Cool! I have always wanted to get my hands on B grade maple syrup but the only place I've ever seen grade B is at the little natural food store in my new town. When my Costco jug runs out (no Costco here :-( ) I will re-stock with the good stuff!


Maple Syrup Grades: When Does It Matter?
3/7/13 9:09 AM

Cute! I am envious of the lighting, it maks the room glow with happiness. The colors are so calming and charming.


A Playful Vintage Kitchen in Melbourne Kitchen Spotlight
3/5/13 3:42 PM

I really like the bright, intense colors of the textile on the cushion and the note board. Containing the clutter in the green bins in nice, the color is great, and having the tall vase to wrangle wet umbrellas is necessary. The new colorful elements make the green on the walls look more fresh and happy.

Most of the change will be regular tidying maintenance. This made over space can quickly devolve into the original, but with more color.

My dream would be to install drawers in the bottom cubbies and doors along the top because keeping is styled with prop-toys and board books wouldn't be realistic for us.


Before & After: An Organized MudroomPrudent Baby
2/28/13 8:57 AM

Reddit repost?


What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
2/20/13 8:04 PM

This is a beautiful, well crafted book. I was just surprised how most of the recipes relied heavily on dairy products.

My favorite recipe so far was the eggplant casserole with pomegranate. An absolute knockout. I omitted the mascarpone and verjuice (lack of availability). It was to die for, but I had to wait a bit because I needed to make my own preserved lemons and pomegranate molasses.


The Meat Free Monday Cookbook New Cookbook
1/9/13 11:56 PM

That is cool. You could also hand it in facing out of a window to fool passers-by.


Trompe l'Oeil Christmas Tree:
IKEA Margareta Fabric, Four Ways

11/27/12 3:21 PM

The graphics on the It's A Small World collection are so cute! I also love the Ryan baby bag, but mine is black with gold hearts.


Mary Blair Art Baby Bag Family Find
11/13/12 3:16 PM

#3 goes to a different website/tablecloth


5 Tablecloths For Holiday Entertaining Product Roundup
11/7/12 2:55 PM

Only the first two are actual composters or compost bins. The rest are just fancy buckets ment to hold scraps until you put them in your compost pile.

Compost usually stinks once it becomes anaerobic, so #2s claim that it is odorless because of it being anaerobic is a little strange.

I have a pail on the counter that fills up after cooking one meal for 5 or after a day or two if we're just cooking for two. For your organic matter to get cooking nice and hot you do need a critical mass, so the bigger bin (with lots of room for turning/mixing) the better, and less smelly it will cook (and it needs lots of air, too).


Best Small Space Compost Bins 2012
10/30/12 3:36 PM

There is an "green burial" cemetery out near Joshua Tree National Monument where you can be buried where the graves are hand dug and you can be shrouded in as little as paper if you wish. For me, it is a bit comforting to know that after a while my body will decompose to nothing and not be some crypt-keeper-like mummy.

Joshua Tree Memorial Park: Green Burial


Ashes To Ashes, And Death To Life: Lovelier, Greener Burial Options
10/30/12 11:33 AM

Youngfrey's comment makes me thing the anti-organic conspiracy is real.


Mark Bittman's Ideal Nutrition Label Food News
10/24/12 11:12 AM

We got my toddler a $20 bean bag to lounge on at her grandma's house, where were were visiting the whole summer. She enjoyed her place to plop in the living room where she could read, watch TV, and fall asleep. I used to have a giant velvet covered floor pillow. They are great as a perch while playing on the floor. I want to get a full sized Fat Boy for myself when we move to a bigger place.


To Pouf or Not to Pouf?
Beanbags for Kids' Rooms

10/15/12 12:08 PM

Oops, *black bean


What Are Some Good Breakfasts Without Grains or Eggs? Good Questions
10/2/12 7:16 PM

Where do you fall on the pseudo grains like amaranth, buckwheat, and quinoa?
Wikipedia- pseudocereal

-Adobo marinated tempeh and plack bean breakfast bowl, with green onions, cilantro and salsa, and more adobo :-P

Minced fruit salad with dates and toasted seeds and/or nuts) with yogurt

-Tofu benedict, seared tofu (season with cayenne or paprika, salt) over wilted spinach on Canadian bacon smothered in hollandaise sauce

-Apple Bean Breakfast Bake Jonny Bowden Blog

-Ful Medames Epicurious


What Are Some Good Breakfasts Without Grains or Eggs? Good Questions
10/2/12 5:25 PM

Yes, Bo, there is a "lounge" chair (3,6 & 7) and a dining/side chair (1,2,4,5, 8 & 9)


Modern Classics: Platner Chairs
9/27/12 5:07 PM

With a big dollop of guacamole.


10 Ways to Eat a Potato (and Just a Potato) for Dinner
9/26/12 10:35 AM

It is a great home. It looks comfortable, warm. and lived in and has your stuff all while looking airy, clean and open. I love that nothing seems staged, it is all very natural and I can imagine an actual family operating in the space.


Two Architects Create Their Own Home in a 1909 HouseHouse Tour
9/20/12 12:49 PM