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Pity the poor weak-hearted guest who runs into the darkened bathroom, turning on the light as s/he enters, and then has a coronary. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

I can't stomach chickpeas or lentils, and having been sent to the hospital by mushrooms, am cautious around them as well. Ideas about what will work for everyone just don't hold water.

If you' don't know the particulars of who yuo're dealing with, the thoughtful thing is to provide options so that the person who can't or won't eat what you've decided to serve is not put in the position of being a party-pooper.

Any suggestions for places that don't force you to buy a set, in the low-to-mid range? Why is it so hard to buy individual items these days? I can't use top sheets and I hate buying a "set" and then having the flat sheet sitting in a drawer.

How could you/AT put the "After" over that lovely dog's face?! It looks nice, and the use of the dark wall to deemphasize the brackets is a good takeaway. I'm too messy and my cat to skittish to risk shelves over him, as sooner or later something would fall off and he'd never lay in that space again. Why do you need so many pliers?

This post offends me. Comments about toxicity, potential harm to pets and ruining an underlying floor are not trivial, and in fact should be considerations for anyone who might have loved the look of this project and be considering trying something similar.

Worse still is the snide tone about being a "Negative Nancy". I've read lots of critical, even insulting remarks here, but they are almost always directed at things or choices people have made, never at people themselves. Muzzling criticism, here as in the rest of life, leads to complacency and statis. Isn't AT supposed to be about improving our homes and thus our lives?

Does the author think that comments that merely applaud a project with a "Great job!. It looks beautiful"? actually contribute to the post? Giving the DIYer a pat on the back don't really further the conversation or add any helpful tips or insights, yet we welcome those, don't we?

It's the quality of the posts that will make or break this site, not whether a few snarky or overly harshly worded criticisms are in the comments area.

@Turbo+Elba. If you read the comments, you'll see it happens to lots of folks. It used to happen to me. One comment suggested that it if you are using vegetable oil, switch to shortening or coconut oil, I no longer oil the pan. When I decided the stickiness had to go, I re-seasoned in the oven, and then made a point of using the pan only for bacon for several times, and switched my cleaning method. I fill the pan more than halfway with very hot water, put between one and three drops of dish soap in the water, swish if a couple times, pour out the water, pour in table salt and scrub with a folded up, lightly dampened paper towel. I put it over a flame until 90 percent of the water has evaporated. That's it. No oil. All my cast iron are beautifully seasoned, and no stickiness.

To take it down to Kimberly K's level: who died and made her boss? I'm well aware of AT's policy, but to write comment implying another person was rude, while in the same breath admitting you didn't read the comment reeks of sanctimony.

I'm glad that in these difficult economic times I'm helping someone keep a job, deleting AT comments that are just too free thinkin' for the advertisers.

Oh yes, I'm extremely jealous, too. I just want to know where it is that I wish I was. (smiley face)

Close the Facebook.

Interesting, but In the photos, the yellow looks better. Having had a yellow bedroom and then gone white, I know that the change probably feels great in the actual room. I do agree with many of the others posts in urging you to reconsider painting the lamp base.