1) Funny comments are funny. We don’t know who T Bone is, but s/he always makes us laugh with comments like these: “Food just tastes better when it’s served from a dinosaur.” “That will not impress the postman if they deliver Martha Stewart’s mail. I hear she’s making edible holiday envelopes out of pine cones and pie crust.”

2) Pets can be memorialized in many ways. Some of you offered condolences to Sarah C. on the loss of Buster, and others shared ideas on remembering him. Adeleno5 says: “I had a silhouette made of my rat terrier and it helped a little to be able to remember her the way she looked in happier days.” She had her silhouette made at Cut Arts. For more ideas from donations to animal shelters to turning dog tags into ornaments, see the original post.

3) Baked oatmeal is an eye-opener. Lori Paximadis says: “Oh, thanks for this! I’m not a fan of liquidy oatmeal, but I would like a way to eat more of that oaty goodness without resorting to full-on cookie recipes. This looks like good middle ground.” See the recipe here.

4) Sometimes displaying CDs is simple. Frankly, most of you just hide or get rid of your CDs, but Ellie has two ideas: “Maybe a line of plain thin picture ledges would hold more?…I also inserted some between books on my bookshelves, so there is a line of books and then a deep pile of CDs with the front one showing amongst the book spines every so often, like so: |||||[ ]|…I’m ashamed to admit I picked my favorite ones that match the room decor to front the shelf…” Ashamed? Sounds logical to us! Do you display CDs?

5) You know your furniture. A lot of you aced the high design or cheap furniture quiz. Bianca says: “100% for me, too. clearly i spend too much time on design blogs… i could tell by the wood finishes and colors. big box furniture is of either the basic or the primary color variety.” Can you tell the difference?

Photo by berving