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I love the idea of using the plastic drawers for gift storage. I was fortunate enough just once to have a place with a huge linen closet, so I was able to use half of it as a gift closet. Ever since moving from that place I've mourned the loss of my gift closet. The plastic drawers are great though, for the gifts as well as the wrapping supplies, cards, etc. Thanks for the suggestion!

Has anyone tried these? Are they really as easy to change as it sounds?

I think this is a cool idea for displaying your children's artwork.

When I had a tiny apartment in DC (the kitchen was the smaller than my current closet!) I hung one in the bathroom for towels & TP, and one two in the kitchen; one for fresh fruit and veggies and the other for towels, cloth napkins, candles, etc.

Thanks for the instructions, this is our first year with a CSA and we've already been thinking we'd like to freeze some veggies to enjoy through the winter. Do other summer veggies (peas, beans, etc) handle this type of freezing well?

bemyescape, you've gotta get a doxie, they're the best!

I haven't used them myself, but just read an interesting review on Olive's Smart Sack sets (read about it on today's posting at http://www.coolmompicks.com/). What I like about this brand is that a set of six of them pack together, so you have enough for a full load of groceries.

Great idea! We're finishing our basement and I've been trying to decide what to do with the boring white wooden staircase (which never looks white due to scuff marks, etc). While I like how stencils look in photos, we're not really the stencil types. Now I know what we'll be doing with the steps.

I'm at a loss of what to do with fish on the grill ... I'd like to try it but somehow am intimidated ... what are some easy starter recipies?

Hmmm, worst mess in my home ... Ok so when I was a young teenager my parents taught me how to cook. By the time I was in high school I was cooking dinner most nights and having it ready (or almost ready) by the time my folks got home. I loved to cook and on my mom's birthday thought I would surprise her by making her favorite - french onion soup - from scratch. I found a recipie in a cookbook, ran to the store and got the needed ingredients and got to work. In my eagerness I put oil in the pan to begin sauteing the onions and then began peeling and chopping them ... forgetting that I'd turned the burner on already. With my back to the stove I heard a strange and ominous "whoosh". I turned around to find the pan of oil (and the stove) on fire. Luckily I kept a level head, dug the fire extinguisher from the pantry (used speed-reading to check out the instructions) and put out the fire ... and then I spend the next FIVE HOURS cleaning up the tiny particulate dust from the fire extinguisher. Mind you we did not have a small kitchen but that stuff gets EVERYWHERE and pretty much EVERYTHING in the kitchen had to be cleaned (it even reached the top of the cabinets!).