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Love the top. Inspires me to move forward on my own hack.

How about baking those cookies together? It's so much more fun! This was a holiday tradition in my family, starting Thanksgiving weekend when the kids were home from college or wherever they were living. When I was little my oldest sister held gift-making workshops with my friends and me. Also fun!

Great post. I bet with all these delicious dishes no one would miss the meat. But...I wish meat-eaters weren't so worried about "getting enough protein". (Maybe they should be worried instead about getting enough veggies!) There is plenty of protein in veggies. Vegans would feel unsatisfied and hungry if that weren't the case. :-)

I really want the recipe for Stileto's nut Wellington so I can make it for Christmas Eve. Please post!

I'm with those who think you shouldn't spend much on a rental.

1.) Keep the narrow counter. I'm sure it's useful. But keep it open as extra space rather than cluttering it up as countertop storage.

2.) Mount a couple of sturdy boards horizontally above the stove and above the narrow counter into which you can put hooks to hang your pots and other large implements. They'll be highly accessible and you'll save lots of precious drawer space.

3.) Use the tops of those cabinets as storage, or if so inclined, by cubby holes with doors so you can hide things behind and keep the dust out. Paint them to match the room -- either white or something striking, depending on other aesthetics you implement.

4.) If it looks boring (and all white can be drab) then add color by painting the walls and adding colorful hand towels and a rug or two to cover the ugly floor. At least the linens are portable.

Since doing construction in NYC is a pain and everyone needs to be paid off, a $20k budget will run way over that. It seems like a way better idea is to save for a down payment on a closet somewhere else.

Impressive!

I've leaned art for a while before figuring out how what I wanted to do with that piece or that wall, and it always looked so much better and more complete after I'd hung the art.

Oh. Cobalt blue. And those lamps....

I have #4 and most likely paid the same as everyone else, about $20. The only problem I've ever had is that if you're washing all your glasses and mugs at once and put them on the lower section without anything in the upper section, the thing will tumble to the floor, breaking all your glasses and mugs. It's ugly and sad. So just be sure you're balancing the load top and bottom and you'll be fine.

Since going paperless with billing and canceling most junk mail I'm much better at managing paper and mail, and I'm no longer buried in an untidy mess. But I still sometimes end up with little piles that accumulate each time I clean up. (I have a box packed from years ago when I renovated.) It's making decisions about where to put things if they're unique and "might be useful" one day. That sounds like hoarding, doesn't it? Ugh.

I love the idea of 10 minutes to do a task. One thing I've tried (but have to continually remember to do) is plan to do specific things (like the dishes or laundry-folding) during commercials or while the popcorn is popping, or when I'm chatting on the phone.

Sometimes I get myself to do things by listening to a podcast so that I can focus on the fun part of the task -- the podcast.

Has everyone here grown up with their own rooms? It used to be normal for kids to share rooms.