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Jerks like my brothers never fill up. They also don't refill the ice tray, change toilet paper roll or throw away emptied milk cartons.
I have resolved to using personal drinking bottles even at home. A one-litre bottle that I take to the gym, I top it up in the morning before they wake up and keep it in the fridge.

Why don't they just make the refill bags? I can pick what kind of container I put it in.

How many books are we talking about? I have 3 full-size Ikea Billy and a 4x4 Expedit full of books. I added the floral glass doors to the Billy, looks great and my books don't get dusty. The Expedit is positioned perpendicular to a wall, it is for leisure books and library books. The shelf is so deep that I can use book both front and back like the library stacks.

I find floor to ceiling build-in shelves to be a bit more attractive. (There are many hacks to make the BIly look build-in) Gives you an old bookstore feel.

If you want to do the stacks, you could get the Expedit and used both sides. Make sure to secure it to a wall or the floor. Makes a great room divider as well.

How about picture shelves? I mean those long shallow 3" deep shelves meant for displaying pictures with constant changing locations. Like such: http://sarahjanestudios.com/blog/2010/06/the-smallish-library/ I think it would be cool to line all your board games up along a wall.

I wish I could get rid of their boxes and put them in a standardized clear bins, snap closed with a label in front. (note to Container Store: get on with it!) My 1st generation Pokemon board game is so huge that it can only be fit under the bed. The Chinese checkers has to be octagon for obvious reason. What bothers me is that Hasbro hasn't standardize their shapes and sizes. I mean, they can vary in depth according to content, but it would be nice to have them all lined up nicely.

I tried that look but the lighting in my apartment just isn't quite right. I have light gray walls (Behr silver fox) and cream trim. There are no windows in my entry way and hallway. It just doesn't look right. Could you guys do a segment on getting the right kind of lighting? I don't mean the lamps, but the quality of lights.

Does anyone spot the problem? In the first picture, the door wouldn't close. You are just taking up rooms on the shelf by adding pockets to the door. The medicine cabinet is too narrow to use such set up. Works much better on the 3rd picture in a kitchen cabinet.

An additional comment on people citing "dust" as the reason. I don't suspect you keep all your plates and bowls upside down?

I totally understand what you mean by "pressing issue"! I advice keeping it closed for several reasons, and it's got nothing to do with east/west coast. It's just science!

The toilet is designed to be flushed with the lid down. Fecal matter can fly up to 6 feet from the bowl during flushing! (keep toothbrush in the medicine cabinet) You can see from the walls. Those who flush with lids open (my brothers) has walls with brown drip marks.

Most food that freeze well are high in fat. Fat molecules do not expand like water molecules do in low temperature. So begin with vegetables that freeze well in your recipe to avoid watery problem when reheating. Use peas, carrots, corns, spinach.

Should probably avoid having too much beans after surgery. They are hard to digest, can cause bowel discomfort and gas. If you do want to cook beans, use the smaller ones(lentils).

Nothing says strong flavor like CURRY! Curry is something that only gets better after few days. You can use Indian goat cheese (paneer) with chopped spinach! Tofu with carrots and peas. Sweat a lot of onion before adding the ingredients can add a lot of flavor as well. Eat with naan or rice. Naan freeze very well and you can find whole grain version at supermarkets. Uncle Ben rice are also only 5 minutes away.

Maxwell, if the problem comes up again, I recommend using Molly Bolt.
Drywalls are usually 3/4" thick, which doesn't allow for much of vertical force. If you use Molly Bolts, you can hang something up to 10 lbs without problems. And molly bolts require larger holes, you can fit it right where the anchors were. No need to repair and redrill.