Archive   |   April, 2009

help! i have no closet space!

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We’re about to move into a cute Cape Cod just outside of Washington, DC. A lot of its vintage charm has been preserved — which we love — but this also includes ridiculously small closets. (See our “coat closet” above.) We’re coming from a space that had great closets despite being built in the 1930s, so this is going to be a big change for us. What have you done to deal with tiny (or nonexistent) closets in your space? Wardrobes from Ikea? Shelves from the Container Store? Do tell! –Michelle V.K.

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wallpaper without the paper — it’s made of tile

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Is covering a room in tile awesome or crazy? All I know is, I love it. Trend USA just introduced the Wallpaper collection, 64 patterns in 130 color combinations. You buy the mosaic glass tiles in segments that make it simpler to create a repeating pattern. Each style starts at $23 a square foot. That’s a bit steep, but the patterns are undeniably cool, and you put them on floors, walls — even ceilings! I so want a new bathroom I can put these in. Or any room, really. Feast your eyes on all the variations here. –Mary T.

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moving home: good advice we hope you don’t need

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Casa Sugar saw a post at This Old House about how to cope when your grown kids move back in. She decided to look at it from the other side with a post for young (and not-so-young) adults on how a necessary move back in with your parents can be handled gracefully. Thankfully, I haven’t had this dilemma, but the advice still resonated with me as until recently I stayed with my elderly mom at her home four times a year when I was working in her city. Especially good is the advice to carve out your own space — I bought a couple outdoor chairs so I could spend a little time in the yard, something that my mom rarely does these days. See the whole article here. –Mary T.

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real life test kitchen: big apple grilled cheese

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I work in one of NYC’s food havens, the Chelsea Market Building. And the other day, during a lunchtime stroll, I was pleasantly surprised to find the pair behind grillchef.com giving out samples of the most amazing grilled cheese sandwich I have had. It was just a bite, but they handed out the recipe and I had to make my own. Here’s how: You need crusty bread (of course), sharp cheddar cheese, an apple (Fuji, braeburn or Granny Smith), one lemon’s juice and zest, 1 tsp of olive oil, and butter. Slice the apples thinly and toss with lemon juice, zest, salt and pepper. Butter one side of two pieces of bread. Build your sandwich — butter on the outside — of cheese, apples, cheese. Grill on a pan or use a George Foreman grill like I did. I can’t quite describe how amazingly good this grilled cheese is. Forget tomatoes (my former staple). From now on I am using lemony apples. Trust me on this one. — Angela M.

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