Molly Margarita's Profile

Sasmita, formalin (formaldehyde) is a carcinogen and doesn't belong in a kitchen! If you're going to can something for decorative use, I'd suggest sticking to safer substances like vinegar.

I also find the idea of fake canned goods a little weird. I like the suggestions of dry goods or empty decorative jars to be much more attractive.

I'm slowly whittling down my "too many things." I'm using up toiletries and making regular trips to the thrift store these days. It feels good.

I'm another who doesn't understand the obsession with books. To anyone who believes that the mere possession of books produces knowledge, I advise you to go read Petunia, a children's book by Roger Duvoisin. Petunia the goose finds a book and decides that carrying it around makes her wise. Only after she hurts several of her friends does she realize: "Now I understand. It was not enough to carry wisdom under my wing. I must put it in my mind and in my heart." Gosh, how I love that book. I've committed that line to memory.

You need not possess a book to carry its wisdom in your mind and your heart. And in this incredible digital age, should you feel the need to revisit that knowledge firsthand, take comfort in knowing that it's never further away than Google or your local library.

Actually, if the Ikea glasses are $0.25 each, that would be $3 for a dozen.

Beautiful and clever!
Trying to get some reviews on the Alma Bloom. What do you think of it? How many months of use do you expect to get out of it?

I'm pretty sure that this is a summer cabin, not a year-round living arrangement. That makes the lack of privacy (internally & externally) much more manageable.

Beautiful space! I, too, would have loved that play space.

"Seriously - you do not NEED a dishwasher. Try doing your bit for the environment."

@Hongkonger- Actually, dishwashers are almost always more water efficient than hand washing. That still doesn't mean that anyone NEEDS one, but you're working off of a false premise.

We've been debating the same issue in our small kitchen for 2 1/2 years now. We can probably only fit a single dishdrawer. We live in a rural area, so the challenge has been finding a skilled contractor that we can trust to install it.

You do indeed need to be careful about keeping flammables away from steam radiators. But our radiators use hot water. They never get painfully hot to the touch and there's no risk in leaving delicate items on the radiator shelf, even in the winter.

I live in Minnesota and have a detached garage, so I get where you're coming from.

Still, this seems like such an enormous waste of electricity for such a limited return. I'm trying to explain this concept to the other half of the world's families for whom just having a car or consistent electricity would be a big deal.

Pazzaglia, I was assuming that you were using "bloody" in the British sense of the word but... you weren't.

I've loved plum & pumpkin for years, so this make me happy.