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The thought of being expected to walk barefoot or in stockinged feet on my host's bathroom floor grosses me out.

Ours is in an empty coffee can on a shelf in the shed. I'd rather a burglar find that key than smash windows to get in...

I used the corn litter at our weekend house and when we came back the next week the litter pan was empty and we discovered that the corn based litter had attracted mice inside, who ate what they could and then chewed and stashed the rest -- all over the place, in every nook and cranny... inside boots and slippers, between the mattress and box spring, everywhere you can think of. It was really gross.

Re-purposing metal cans is great for indoor plants (and a little clear nail polish on the bottom rim takes care of the rust issue) but I've tried it for outdoors on the terrace -- and the heat simply fries the roots. Looks good but not a happy environment for the actual plants. Maybe succulents or very shallow rooted plants would thrive?

Nice tutorial, thanks.
Doesn't the wrinkling on the bottom of the new drum shade bother you?

I use the same stool as a side table and I've topped it with a Planisphere (star chart) luckily exactly the same diameter as the top of the stool -- the bottom disk with the stars on it is dark blue and the second/top rotating disk is clear and black. The top disk is heavy duty plastic and just wipes clean.
Looks great and cost about $15

I had a black bathroom, including black tub, in Cesaer's Palace in Las Vegas. Unless you have daily maid service, black shows everything, all the soap splashes, etc. The tub looked absolutely disgusting after a bath...

For ATers in NYC, where we get out water from upstate reservoirs, don't beat yourself up over wanting a few extra gallons of water in your bath. Think of it as protecting your upstate neighbors from floods when all that snow melts...
From the Oneonta Daily Star:
"DEP spokesman Michael Saucier said 452 million gallons of water a day are being released from the Pepacton Reservoir, and 970 million gallons a day are being released from the Cannonsville Reservoir, which is the maximum allowed by the Flexible Flow Management Plan."

Once the shower drain under the cabin froze solid and I had no hair dryer, portable heater or even a long extension cord so i crawled into the crawl space under the house and started and tended a mini fire directly under the bend in the pipe until it warmed up and the ice in the pipe melted. Please don't tell my husband.

Other best MacGuyver moment was making a hash pipe in Cairo from an apple, drinking straw and the screen from the bathroom faucet...

I had the same problem with my round table! I hated the "hang-over" of rectangle placments and round ones don't cover enough width-wise.

I made placemats (and coasters and shelf liners) with leftover pieces of "floating" vinyl floor covering. It cuts easily with an xacto or even scissors. As diyordie suggested, just "cut them to fit around the particular arc of your table."

Floating vinyl has kind of a cushioney foam backing so it won't scratch the table and is super easy to just wipe off with a sponge. Wide color and pattern choices available, plus a small piece or a remnant wouldn't be very expensive at all. I roll the placements up to stash between meals...