five things we learned last week
1) You really want a Perfect Rug. We asked you to amuse us, and you are delivering. Desiree says: “We just moved into a 102-year-old home with tons of southern charm. But we don’t have any thing for our ‘paw-lore.’ Please, help me avoiding being the talk of our neighborhood amongst all the older ladies bringing us housewarming goodies!” Click here for your chance to register to win $350 from The Perfect Rug — you have until 5 p.m. EST today!
2) Flickr is a go-to for renovation inspiration. Christy says: “One of my favorite ways to search for ideas is on Flickr. On a search for ‘basement renovation’ I came up with this set that looks like a nicely done, yet not overly expensive basement.” If you have more sources for basement before-and-afters, share them here.
3) Regrets, you’ve had a few. Of all the comments on purchases that you lived to regret, our favorite is from The Ric, who says: “Two Words: Mobile Home.” Enough said! What purchase was pure folly?
4) You’d switch to see-through toggle light switches. Some of you don’t like the the Forbes & Lomax light switches and covers as seen in Sex and the City 2, but most do. Chris says: “Wow I think these look really sophisticated and cool, where can I buy them from?” How about right here?
5) Get you to the Greek yogurt ice cream! Susan says: Great idea — can’t wait to try it! I’ve been making frozen yogurt with a super easy recipe from Sunset Mag: 4 cups (32 oz) plain yogurt (non fat or low fat, I use Nancy’s); 2/3 cup of sugar (or to taste). Stir yogurt and sugar together until sugar dissolves. Pour into ice cream maker (I use the Cuisinart one) and turn on for 25 minutes or so. Enjoy! I’ll be making this Greek Yogurt Ice Cream next!”
What a fun post!
Mine? A treadmill. I know a lot of people use them regularly, but I don’t know what my boyfriend and I were thinking. It was a lot of money, it took up a ton of room in our bedroom and it was unsightly. I think we used it less than a dozen times. It made an excellent place to drape clothing though! ; )
Eventually it broke and we needed to somehow dispose of it. We lived on the 3rd story of a condo building and there were rules about trash disposal. We couldn’t get it out of the place intact to put it out on the curb for bulky item trash pickup. So we had to dismantle the thing into small pieces, using a hack saw to cut through some of the metal parts and then haul them in the middle of the night out to the trash dumpsters. A gazillion trips back and forth, up and down 3 flights of stairs, until the thing was completely gone. I think we got more exercise trashing that thing than we ever did using it!
I wasn’t a runner back then, but now that I am, I can’t imagine who would want to run on a treadmill. I love the outdoors and the fresh air rushing into my lungs as I run!