coconut hill's Profile

love my miele dishwasher. it was a replacement right after we bought our house and the prior one conked out. cost around $1000 which was covered by a home warranty. would not usually spend that much on a dishwasher, but love it! can't stand other dishwashers now.

favorite features:
--top rack for flatware and utensils which i organize in my special OCD way : )
--98% of everything comes out sparkly clean with mostly no prior rinsing
--can program it to begin cycle four hours hence
--flexible lower rack configurations
--quiet and easy on the eye

Same thing happened with my Lodge enameled pot--and I only hand-washed it and never put in the oven or deep-fried with it. I soak it periodically as part of the washing process. Glad to hear about he shortening tip. Lodge replaced my pot.

Speaking of which, anyone have suggestions for working with an OCD techno-phile who puts crazy strict rules on use of the living room and fills nearly all surfaces with his cables, equipment, tools and ephemera? If I could move his stuff to a man cave, I would.

I was going to dust/wipe my baseboards as my housecleaner doesn't get to that.

2) We use the bottom shelf of an IKEA Billy bookshelf next to our front door for shoes, though I have to admit the only time all the shoes are all picked up off the floor is the morning before the housecleaner comes.

3) We use Bona wood floor cleaning supplies, which includes a mop "stick" with a permanent plastic "head" to which you attach a washable poly material thing. I think it attaches with velcro. The housecleaner uses it every week.

i have put so many things in my collection of spaghetti sauce jars that i'm all out now...so am going to invest in some weck jars. https://secure.cnchost.com/weckjars.com/productsDetail.php?category=1

not really an issue, but our predecessor put in a 6-burner stove with grill. i would much prefer a 4-burner with grill. rarely have more than 2-3 burners in use at once--only for feast-making and canning--any ideas for putting excess stovetop to more effective use?? i end up storing pots and pans on the excess burners.

i have pared down to the functional essentials on the counters and am now trying to style it so it looks snappy. my color theme inspiration is a plastic trout i got at a yard sale: green-pink-yellow. i have dusty green granite counters and dark off-white cupboards. Other items: a '70s yellow desk lamp i use for "under cabinet" lighting, grandmothers' crystal bowls with silver edges i use to store paperclips and onions respectively, a small white pedestal bowl with garlic in it, metal and white appliances/food scraps bin/dish drainer; multi-color son's artwork and retro Hawaii scene plastic tray that the fruit sits on, warm bright colored towels...seems like a lot going on but i love it all. ideas on how to edit/accentuate differently?? how to style a kitchen?

Would love to see more posts with non-highly gender specific older-than-crib age kids rooms. Parents of babes don't have to contend with millions of toy pieces from dozens of different sets, board games, random bits of effluvia the kid brings in, schoolwork, baseball cards, crossword puzzles, library books, etc. ; ) Ideas??

My favorite toiletry bottles are wide-mouthed 1-3 oz containers. Didn't like Go Tubes' due to difficulty getting a good squirt out of bottle or remnants out at the end.