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I love that food pantry/cupboard thing. where is it from? It is a great piece for that space!

or you could participate in Sharing Backyards which links people with unused yard space with those looking for a place to grow food. From what I've heard of the program, it really helps the clueless with space get the help they need with setting up a garden.
http://www.sharingbackyards.com/

terracycle worm poop fertilizer. It's cool - they even bottle the solution in re-used plastic bottles!
I'm now psyched to try keeping my own worm bin and collecting worm-poop-tea for my garden. :)

when i bought some fragranced linen water, i got on an ironing kick for about a month. these days? when i need, which translates to about once every 15 weeks...

Maybe there is a difference in the definition of "shiny"?

One thing maybe, and this is only from the advice given me for my brick walls when i exposed them, is to carefully wash the brick with some water with a touch of muriatic acid and rinse with water thoroughly. Get the dust off, take a look and then consider a low-gloss sealer first. Someone correct me if I am wrong but could one not add more "gloss" in another coat to get it more "shiny" so she has more options?

I can look up which gloss I used. It's very interesting, because it was a new product that was recommended for older brick, and only if you take a VERY CLOSE look does it look a little "pearlescent" (so hard to describe) but not glossy.

ok, o'm so loving the braille looking wall-paper - but can't seem to figure out where it's from in the article. Any help?

Wood - protected by a polyurethane finish.
Sure we have to be careful of the water but it makes the kitchen "softer".

kdkaboom: what kind of stains are you referring to?

My olive green one came from target, is gorgeous, takes easily to the wash as well to remove soap scum and such.

Like you I like the fun vinyl ones (the clear spaces give the impression of the bathroom being a little bigger) but it does seem wasteful to throw them once they got grotty (beyond redemption by scrubbing bubbles/bathroom cleaners).

This is one of my favorite fruits ever! I love globalization.
I know it as the chiku fruit where I am from - Singapore - and we have a little tree at my parent's house in a huge ceramic pot. It is like the juiciest candy when you get a super ripe one. Doesn't really have a "creamy" texture (to me that would be like the Durian - another gorgeous, and creamy fruit) but a silky, overripe pear would be a good description - one that tastes like brown sugar! :) And insanely good.
How we eat it back home: remove the skin, then slice in it segments lengthwise, the seeds kinda slip off so you can squeeze or spit them out. A light sprinkling of salt sometimes tastes good too. Street food hawkers cut them as above and skewer them on bamboo sticks and set them on ice to cool. *yum*