Lady J's Profile

perchance might you source the magazine rack next to the bed? i could really use something like that.

building on rmsu's idea, why not hang a tension rod at the doorway between the LR and hall with a curtain on it. just pull it across when you want to cut the noise down.

first, thanks for the link to the dish rack. i found two other things that will be great for me and for gifts in the progressive line. storing my dishrack is a problem, so it's always on my tiny counter.

second, collapsible silicone measuring cups are great for the visually impaired. as my mom went blind i noticed her utensils turning up melted from being left too near the stove. these can withstand a boatload of heat and the embossed numbers are big enough for many legally blind people to read and for anyone to feel - provided they haven't lost sensation in the fingertips.

it's not cabinets vs. shelves. it's spacing the shelves so you have as many as you would in the cabinets. stores just as much, just isn't hidden.

why can't you stick to your original plan? even if the a/c weren't there you would have the windows open during the day. so place the curtain rod the full width of the room instead of only across the windows. So one curtain sticks out a few inches when they're drawn? so what? and you can hang pale sheers when the drapes are pulled back that filters the light a bit and covers the a/c.

this is not big deal. live your dream.

oh and bliss living home has really interesting ones too.

not so heavenly. nice but also very over the top. luxury is not necessarily relaxing, especially full-time. it sounds like a lot work to keep everything 'just so.'

no bedroom?

there's a limit to how much pleasure piecemeal shopping can give you. when i first got to nyc i discovered the shopping mall's greatest virtue is consolidation of so many outlets in one place. it's exhausting to chase retailers all over town, even in a city with so many outlets of the same stores. and then all the time spent in lines... i live within a block brooklyn fare market and also four corner markets. that puts me halfway between a key foods and pathmark. the best deals are usually at key foods and pathmark. but the lines at pathmark are usually pretty robust. any weeknight it's packed. sometimes the idea of going there, shopping and then walking the 10 minutes home is just too much.

i used to pull out a cart every sunday, go to target and pathmark, haul my groceries home, then go the opposite direction to the produce markets on court street and get fruit and veggies. nowadays, i just don't find that energy very often.

i got it two weeks ago. there were some new photos. not a lot, but you know they're new because some are product images from new DVF, Anthropologie and John Robshaw collections. but mostly, you've seen it:

http://lotusandfig.blogspot.com/2012/04/viva-print-media-domino-quick-fixes-is.html

people really need to stop self-deluding that this will be a relaunch. it's a periodic "best of" bookazine just like bhg does all the time.