Phalene has much to do, n's Profile

"In the 19th century and earlier, back when people had to grow enough food to feed themselves through the winter, the bitter greens and young vegetables and herbs of spring were a way to "thin the blood" and make you feel less lethargic."

No, that's because these foods came into season, not because they wanted to "thin the blood". It wasn't a health fad, it was eating to survive. It's not like most of them could ship in some fresh apples from the other side of the world.

Intersting? Ummm....?

If you browned small chunks of chicken breast, wouldn't it be dried out? :(

I see the only problem I'd have with this is making sure everything was glued down firmly.

And then there's me, whose bedroom is also her office, living room, dining area, kitchen, library, potting shed and exercise room. Several of these bedrooms are bigger than my whole living space. I'd be hardcore if this was intentional. :P

That's not really 'mismatched', that actually involves more matching and effort than buying a few sets of pillow cases and a few duvet covers and not thinking about it.

Scrub, don't peel. The good stuff is in the peel. :9

I also leave poatoes in their jackets, even when I make mash. The only thing I peel is eggplant.

I'm not 'generation Ikea', I'm 'generation grew up with flat pack furniture because we were too poor to afford anything else, so we even have the flatpack from my mother's childhood' (it's these horrible metal bookcases I used to cut myself on).

It needs something of a soft fabric to dangle in the lamp hole, and stop it from looking so stark. Try stringing beads in the colour of your blankets on a grey cord and then attach with glue?

It's have to say that furniture equipment is an excellent idea in that such items are very space intensive and very seldom pretty. Could have been better cabinets though.