3 stupidly-simple kitchen lifesavers for lazy assholes
On a scale of one to ten, my love of cleaning is probably something around the seventh layer of hell.
Who wants flowers when you could give zombie portraits, boozy candy, and trophies?
Want to get that someone special… something special… something a little more curious? Here are three options that go way beyond “flowers and chocolate”…
How do you dry out a damp apartment?
My husband and I have just bought a lovely flat. Our ground floor unit is rather cool and definitely a bit soggy in the bathroom. Any advice for drying out a place (apart from heaters), or keeping mould away?
Renovating our colourful, lived-in, never-finished, Arts and Crafts bungalow
This home was the fresh start I was dreaming of. When I left my husband, I never thought in a little more than a year I would buy my own (little) home. I could paint whatever colours I wanted, decorate how I wanted and keep the house in whatever (child-safe) state I wanted. I purchased this home as a single-mom with a toddler — then at the housewarming party three months later, I married my boyfriend in the archway between the living and dining rooms.
The low-down on floor desks
OMG y’all! Look who popped her awesome head back into Offbeat Home & Life to share some of her old school offbeat home goodness — it’s Cat Rocketship! She’s giving us the low down on floor desks.
Use removable wallpaper on your kitchen breakfast bar
f you have one of these pony walls/breakfast bars in your kitchen, think about using reams of temporary wallpaper on the side that faces out to your living space.
I fixed my toilet and cut my water bill by 75%
My house has five toilets. I know, it’s an embarrassment of porcelain riches. When we first moved in some of them ran occasionally, and I knew it was wasting water, but fixing these odd-duck toilets just seemed so daunting and confusing. It’s an easy problem to ignore, so we did. When we finally got around to investigating the problem, the fix was simple, fast, and cost us all of $10.
What can I plant in deep shade?
I have a spot in my apartment building’s courtyard where I buried our beloved family dog. I’d love to plant flowers or something over her final resting spot. The problem is that it’s in deep shade. Got any recommendations for plants that grow well in deep shade?