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this is my favorite house. the colors and proportions are just magnificent.

thanks so much for the heads up! for the past two years, i've been trying to get an idea of building a "green" home. i've been attempting to figure everything possible out and it's overwhelming. sometimes it can be overwhelming to the point of forgetting about certain ways you live your current life. i do the best i can by making my own dishcloths, cleaning products, etc. but resources like this can make it easier and i appreciate it!

i just stayed in a house over vacation that had an enormous ant problem in the kitchen and first floor bathroom... what i found help was what Erica in DC wrote... i sprinkled cinnamon and cayenne pepper where they were coming in and it helped. we have pets so i helped that it was a windowsill that they were coming in from... before once i did the baking powder and salt mixture....at least i think that's what it was, it might have just been baking soda, i don't recall entirely. but it worked.

at least google baking soda and ants and see what happens. i think it's something like they may come in for a few hours but they are collecting the baking soda for the queen bee and it works like the alka seltzer method for seagulls that you hear about--- they explode and the colony explodes as well. it's not instantaneous like chemicals but it will kill off a colony at a time. anyone else find this too?

I could only envision these in an office waiting room... they are too stark for my liking.

I've done some minor research into Florence Broadhurst and I'm quite a fan. I'm not involved in interiors by profession, but I am a knitwear productionist and designer, so I feel I can give a valid review. I also was once a fact checker and editorial assistant for a publication, I may need some fine tuning, but I think I would give a well written and concise review.

One of the reasons that I was first drawn to her work is that I grew up with similiar wallpaper throughout a suburban home that was built by my great-grandfather. Not only is Florence's work impressive, her life story is fascinating, including her entrepreneurialship as a woman.

It will be easy to go on and on about how the biographer portrays Broadhurst's life, work and method but I assure you I can keep the review to an interesting, informing minimum.

Pick me!

my goodness, a job well done!

A neighbor once informed me of the boiling water method to get rid of those strong, pesky weeds at the foot of my front stoop. It did the trick right away and I've used it ever since for pesky weeds, I highly recommend it.

I'll try anything that doesn't involve harsh chemicals. Although this isn't on the topic of plants, I've just learned of a baking soda and water method for oven cleaning which I'm going to try this week. Those oven cleaners on the market are disgusting! Here's the link: http://www.thenewenvironmentalist.com/articles_0602/living_clean.html