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I understand this question for I have often asked it. I'm a bit codependent so it is often hard for me to recognize when I have a copacetic relationship or when I'm being used until we both get tired of each other and move on. It's made me reluctant to take risks. Adding to the equation I have a very shy husband who is adverse to parties and social occasions. My sisters often fill this gap with outings and parties but even they have friends they see and also being closer in age they spend time together I'm not included in. Everyone I think might be a potential friend is too busy with an already full life. It makes me wonder sometimes if this magical thing will ever happen again.

I'm an organizing nut. I rearrange my furniture constantly and I must say that books allow one such a variety of ways to organize them they really are the perfect object for more than reading. I never did the color thing in full spectrum but by size and type, yes. I keep art books and decorating books together because they lend themselves to it by virtue of their similar size. Antique books, reference books and paperbacks fall naturally in place by their need for space and hardcover fiction looks better together. Sometimes I get eclectic and hodgepodge them into textural quilts, laced liberally with minutia, paintings and plants. I only keep what I love and when I get minimalist devoutly discard- it's selfish to keep another's future find.

This inflammatory comment (which I believe was naively intended) encouraged the idea that new designers had something to say that was not made room for by the generation before. Older artists bristle as they ought because without their generous mentorship these new artists might not have substance to balance their innovation. As in this case.
It's amusing to me to see that people seem to feel that every generation ought to discard the lessons and ideas of the old one as repressive and trite. Remember that the phoenix may burn and die but it is still the same bird upon rebirth.

Lolling on my Klippan...

Wilted greens or a bad food are not always the fault of a market and when you return those things think of the sheer amount of energy it took to get that food to you. Perfect food isn't manufactured and sometimes we throw out more good food just out of pure fussiness. And water that has a sell by date? Are we crazy? I once watched a man paw through a stack of cookies looking for the best date! Those numbers are sell by dates not spoilage predictors.We throw cans of food away and loaves of bread because of those numbers. Think of the sheer waste we contribute to- there are many whose lives might be changed if they had a portion of what we deem unfit. I speak not of rotten food but that which is defined by some legal guesstimate. I urge you to donate food to a shelter before that date if you see that you will have no use for it. Thanks.

Mine will be from Dr. Who- "First things first...but not necessarily in that order."

I, too, store my beer in the crisper...and my condiments in the other drawer. I stand them up in in topless rectangular food storage containers so they will not rattle around and spill. It's much easier to clean up after- just in case of messy drips and my fridge doors hold just what I need for daily use. I never thought of freezing portions straight off after cooking them but I will now. My baby bird flew away to Minnesota and with just the two of us this would be more practical. Kudos for all the great advice given here!

Charming. Reminds me of old school designers like Tricia Guild and Terrance Conran -that kitchen arrangement was classic of one of his designs. Love the stove/oven in the table- so clever! And plants everywhere! Very organic, inviting and unpretentious, a place most of us would feel comfortable to visit. Love the functionality and fun.

This is a design success for all the right reasons. One, it fulfills it's objective- it is functional for its intended uses and the appearance is pleasing and appropriate for the 'client' (Rosie) who closely worked with the designer (Mom) and her feedback was attended to. Two, it is personable and noteworthy- it cannot be dismissed- it is art. Three, it shows the individual skills of a talented and dedicated artist whose works are anticipated by an admiring audience with confidence in her future endeavors. Thank you for sharing and inspiring!

It's true that basic foods are not expensive no matter where you shop, however, the idea that foods should be inexpensive puzzles me in two ways- why we need to cheapen something that shouldn't be cheapened and why we usually see food as a challenge to our waistlines and our pocketbooks before we see it as a way of supporting economies. If we get something for less than it should reasonably cost to produce or supply shouldn't we ask why? If you're not paying for, it who is? And if a single chain of stores capitalizes on their buying power to obliterate competition who suffers in the end? You get cheap tuna today but what about tomorrow? What will tuna cost then? I do not have the income to avoid bargain hunting but I always ask this question and if I don't like the answer it doesn't seem like a bargain to me.