Kathleen from E18's Profile

Nothing opens before 8 Monday to Friday. If you find a 24 hour Tesco it will be empty (staff and shelves). On Sunday trading laws prohibit opening before 11:00. It may appear nice and shiny but scratch the surface and there are many ingredients that you cannot find that would be quite common in the US. In the "International" aisle of most small groceries in the US you can find a pretty good selection of ingredients. Your recipes and cookbooks sometimes look like they are from the future they are so far ahead and I live in London.

We don't get a summer in London. Picnics sound wonderful.

Definitely a no from me, too.

Celery is fine for tuna salad but not for egg salad. Otherwise looks delicious.

I bought a memory foam pad at Ikea. It is wonderful! It was £140 but saved us from having to buy a new bed.

Very nice, but don't the necklaces get dusty?

I live in London and duvets are about all you can get. I have never seen a top sheet or bedspread used. I buy the Ikea covers and shake them into place in the morning. The Ikea duvets are a slightly different size so their covers work very well for their duvets only. I have never seen or heard of clips to keep anything in place. Wouldn't that be lumpy (possibly painful if you used pins) during the night?

I love this. How great is your apartment, Jeff?!?! Thanks

Beautiful. Thank you.

I had an Ikea kitchen for over 10 years. Just replaced it. I never realised how deep the wall cabinets were. My new ones make the kitchen work top area seem so much more spacious. The ikea stuff was a good price but I only see now how basic it was. The new one is MDF but the details and finishing are so much nicer. My ikea kitchen was £700 ($1000) ten years ago. It did do the job but I remember the ordering process being a major hassle. Faith, I think your knowledge and research are the keys to making the Ikea kitchen work in your house. Can't wait to see the finished product.