It's often been said that "there's no such thing as too many books, just not enough bookshelves". When we reorganized the kitchen after getting it debugged, we wound up moving all of the tea-related stuff to the baker's rack. The bottom shelves already had tea in them, but the upper shelves had cookbooks.
We moved the cookbooks ( Read more... )

It's done. Except for the sheets (still in the drier), a quilt, and a wallboard anchor (needed for the shelf track on Colleen's side). The mattress bags have gone missing, but I can add them later.
( here's the timeline, for the curious )

The dressers in our bedroom, though lovely, are about 20 years old and are starting to fall apart. (In particular, the back of Colleen's has cracked and partially popped off due to constantly trying to cram too many pairs of pants into it.)

Also, while there was plenty of room for a queen-sized bed, there's less ( Read more... )

Hey, super_star_girl! I understand you're trying to clear all of the Barbie dolls out of your room.
( Take a look at this! )

instructables : Jackhammer HeadphonesThese home-made hifi headphones work as well or better than Bose noise-cancelling headphones.
Cost: $20
Time to make: one minute.
Difficulty: none.
Unlike the Bose model, these block outside noise instead of cancelling it.
Basically you just buy good hearing protectors, and install the speakers from cheap phones ( Read more... )