Everyone around has been pushing: conserve, conserve, conserve! Save the environment. Be green. And you probably have done your share - you recycle; you take public transportation; and you switched to compact fluorescents but now you’re stumped. What else can I do, you ask?
Well, Home Magazine has undertaken to answer just that in their Good [...]

Thanks to Alexia for that great take on LEDs. Anything that is not only green, but also allows one to feel like a diva in bed (or, really, anywhere) is okay by me.  
Me, I have not been feeling very diva-like, ever since getting that estimate from the electrician. In fact, I’ve been sitting here [...]

I’ve always envisioned my life as if it were were a Broadway musical. People I greet will break out in song; I’d sing along in perfect harmony. A man worthy of Baryshnikov will take my hand and we’d dance through the streets. Lights will wink at me as if sharing a secret joke and transform [...]

I have —- drumroll — an estimate from the electrician. 
If I had kids, I could just about put them through college for the price of the electrical work I want done. Or even for the price of some of the electrical work I want done. Or even for just doing one little part of it, [...]

So, great. I now have a plan for the electrical problem, and just have to wait for the guy to send me the estimate.  
Meanwhile, my friend Seddy came by for lunch and mentioned, more than once, that her sister is starting an interior design business. I mean, she mentioned it enough that I realized [...]

The electrician showed up. He was a nice guy.
He’s worked in my building, in other apartments, so he knew what was what, and he was reassuringly calm about the whole thing, telling me not to worry, except about that mess by the phones, which he was careful not to step too near, treating it kind of [...]

Okay, so the painting thing was a total disaster.
But before I can do anything about the paint, what I really have to attend is the electrical problem, which I should have taken care before painting anyway.
I know, this may not seem a little bit like calling a veterinarian when your sink is stopped up, but [...]

Man Decor writes that style is subjective, and boy is this ever the truth. There is very little that everyone would agree upon when it comes to style and decor: I mean, just look at the popularity of plaid sofas. Or for that matter, look at how happily some men are in their bachelor pads. [...]

Okay, so I returned to the apartment after the painting extravaganza, and voila—clearly it had been kidnapped for a guest appearance on “Miami Vice.” Or it was taken over by the Ladies’ Decorating Society and Drum Corp of Boca Raton.  And I’ve never even been to Florida. I have nothing against Florida. I’m sure it’s [...]

I’ve only been living in my current apartment for about six months, and it’s clear that I’ve got to do something about the paint color. Not to mention the radiator covers, the electrical outlets, the a/c or ceiling fan situation, and the fur accumulation (thanks to 30+ pounds of cats shedding all over everything). 

But I’m [...]