Bright ideas we gathered from your comments.

1. A luxury toilet could be worth the splurge. Mike wrote in to share this: “I’ve had the Toto S300 for a number of months (heated seat, back and front warm wash, heated blow dry, deoderizer and LCD remote control). Its an washlet addon to a one-piece Toto toilet. For both toilet and washlet, I paid under $1000 new from eBay stores. We love it so far - you always walk away clean. The only drawback is that due to slow drying, you need to dry-off using toilet paper. The Neorest is very nice, but you can get near the same thing (minus auto lifting/closing seat and flush) for a few grand less.” Click here to see more about Toto’s fancy toilets.

2. We don’t like to waste any any space. As DJ says: “Cribs with storage is a brilliant idea! The cribs I had for my kids were very high up off the ground, with lots of space underneath… we put storage bins under that we could pull out. But they weren’t attractive!” Click here to the see the post that got us thinking about this.

3. Uncommon Good’s Walk/Don’t Walk chair is better in person. Richard Parker says: I have seen this and sat on it. First, it is not hot to sit on. Second, it is a LOT cooler in person then in the photo. If I could afford it, I would have bought it. See more about this inventive NYC chair here.

4. When looking for modern fans, don’t rule out HomeDepot. As Mary wrote: Some of the ceiling fans at Home Depot are nice. I have two of the Hampton Bay 54″ brushed steel style and have been very happy with them. Mine is black, but they also come in different colors. Click here. (Or go to Home Depot’s site and search on Hampton Bay ceiling fan - you’ll find it!) The fan is not too expensive and it comes with a remote that controls the light and the fan.” See more about modern fans here.

5. And finally, a few final tips on making the perfect Thanksgiving Turkey, from Holly D., our professional spy: As a stylist, I’ve worked in the Cooks Illustrated kitchen a few times and one day I walked into the test kitchen (same as on the now cancelled show “America’s test Kitchen”) and witnessed them brining at least 20 turkeys in huge plastic containers of brine. They swear by it! I tried it once at home and kept it in too long which WAS overnight. I would go a max. of 3 hrs. The turkey when cooked could have bounced like a basketball. I am too afraid to ever try again.
However I do follow their direction to cook the bird breast down for most of the oven time in order to allow the juices to flow to that area. Lastly, I have been buying kosher turkey breast (Aaron’s brand I think) in Trader Joes and they have been amazing. Now I know why, as explained above that koshering is like brining. Happy TG!! Read more about the pros and cons of brining here.

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