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1) Achieve a quick victory.Get your hands on a few stainless steel baskets to corral all the bottles lurking in your shower. “I don’t mean shower caddies,” says Debbie Wiener, principal designer of Designing Solutions in Silver Spring, Md. She prefers metal accessories that permanently screw into the tiles. These may require a handyman, but you’ll buy yourself

a de-cluttered shower and make it easier to clean – no picking up bot-tles first.

2) Maximize extra floor space with style.“I’ve brought in furniture pieces and used them for storage,” says Lisa Ball, Design by Lisa, St. Louis Park, Minn. Add a small armoire or

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chest of drawers to hide tow-els and toiletries. Or squeeze a low, narrow bookshelf against the wall and line the shelves with baskets. Wiener even suggests a small ottoman with storage inside that you can sit on while giving the kids a bath.

3) Conquer the make-up monster.“Go through everything and look for expiration dates,” says Geeta Kewalramani, owner of Kimaya Designs in Milton, Ontario. “Keep only the things you need.” If you’re still stuck, Wiener suggests a vanity table outside the bath-room. The bedroom makes a good spot and might put you closer to a phone and iPod dock while you’re primping.

4) Invade the walls for additional storage.“I’m always looking for space between the studs,” Wiener says. A recessed medicine

cabinet, especially a custom-made one, can buy you room for vitamins and prescriptions. Or you can hire someone to build recessed shelves into the walls or even into the shower tiles. “You have to weigh the cost versus the price that space means to you,” she says.

5) Take inspiration from the kitchen.“There are a lot of inserts you can get into cabinetry now,” says Sharon Hopkins, owner of DesignPro in Lafayette, Calif.“In a lot of the bathrooms I do, I look at kitchen inserts.” It turns out that standard pull-out shelving meant for spices and baking supplies work just as well for toiletries.

6) Make the most of the space above the toilet.You might opt for glass

shelves, metal shelves or an off-the-shelf medicine cabinet. But Pam Monaco, president and principal designer of Whole House Cabinetry in Glenmoore, Penn., says you’ll get the most inches for your efforts with a custom-made cabinet. It can take advantage of all the available space, per-haps spanning wall-to-wall in an alcove and up to the ceil-ing.

7) Embrace a longer, curvier coun-ter.If your vanity is next to the toilet, you can extend the countertop over the top of the tank. Kewalramani says it’s a smart and easy way to gain a little extra space in small bath-rooms; the continuous piece of countertop simply curves in and becomes narrower over the toilet. Then you can top it with baskets, jars or small shelves to hide your must-haves. Im

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8.) Install pocket doors.“Even though the door doesn’t sit on the floor, it takes up space,” Wiener says. Taking the door swing out of the equation gives

you more places to put furniture or shelves, and it’s a great move for aging in place. If you need a wheelchair or walker in your golden years, you’ll have fewer obsta-cles to con-tend with as you move in and out of the space.

9) Re-create a skinny linen closet.If you’re lucky enough to have a closet in the bathroom, it’s proba-bly so narrow and deep that

things disappear in the back for years at a time. Monaco recom-mends shortening those black-hole shelves and adding a hanging storage unit to the back of the door. The latter gives you an easy-to-grab, easy-to-see spot for every-day essentials.

10) Work without a closest.No closet? And no wall space to spare? Look for innovative towel hooks and bars that fasten into your door hinges and create extra spots to hang clothes or wet tow-els.

11) Choose function over style.If you’re remodeling, pick out your new vanity with storage in mind. “Drawers are key,” Wiener says. They make it easier to keep goods organized than one under-the-sink space. Her other hot tip: Place your sink slightly off center. You can buy

room for drawers on one side and gain uninterrupted counter space.

12) Don’t be afraid to go up.Hopkins typically makes bath-room counters 36-inches high instead of the standard 30-inches to buy space underneath. ( Just save this trick for adults-only bath-rooms.) She also recommends tall storage cabinets that stretch all the way up to the ceiling, or cabi-nets that sit on the counter between the sinks.

13) Hide and don’t go seek.If you’re springing for a new vani-ty, look for thoughtful options to make every morning easier. Mona-co has put an electrical outlet, for instance, behind drawers for hair dryers and curling irons. “It’s always plugged in,” she says. “And it keeps the cords out of the way.”

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There’s: • Hard work in the dirt without a guarantee of success.

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• Harvesting -which tends to become lengthy and repetitive and since you’ve planted it, to be a good person you better harvest it ALL.

• Weather, it may or may not cooperate leaving you looking like a careless gardener.

• The whole thing with the bugs and diseases that, overnight, can rob you of your dignity and the humility you thought you’d need when others saw your bounty.

And most of all, there is the whole “green”, sustainable”, “fresh food” thing. Don’t even want to con-template the moral issues there. Joining this movement means way too many demands on a simple gardener.

Okay. How did I do?

Now, tear out that list, shred it, and, well, compost it. None of those reasons make any sense.

Do these things instead: Plant veggies that can and will grow perfectly well on their own ,thank you very much. Harvest veggies for the eat-ing and the pleasure, never mind any kind of obligation that doesn’t exist.. Ah. The weather. Some years a help and some years a drag. Next year will be better. To those who try to fi ght the weather, I say sit near whatever is enjoying the weather and have a cup of tea. Relax. Plant bug and disease re-sistant varieties (and remember, it’s often the lazy gardener that has fewer problems because they interfere less). Ignore the goals of garden-ers who want to reach perfection. Take them a cup of tea and relax. Gardens have a way of growing gardeners and you are both on `your way.

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All these plants will do their best on good watering and lots of fer-tilizer. Never mind. We are talk-ing enough to enjoy. What would you do with 75 pounds of zuc-chini, anyway?

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Plant in part shade. Five hours of sun is enough and the hours in the shade save watering. Especially potted plants appreciate this. Use a fertilizer that is made out of material that was once liv-ing, AKA organic material. There is nothing wrong with chemical fertilizer except it only lasts about thirty days and may also run off in the draining water. Organic materi-al will likely last the whole season.

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be grown. "It brings a little bit of greenery to the urban location," she says.TIP THE SCALECostello refers to the work of decora-tor Harry Schnapper, who often plac-es objects outside of windows as offbeat conversation pieces. "It's always something surprising like a bust or a statue of a dog," Costello says. Any type of statuary or the like will do the job, so it doesn't have to be too ritzy. But try to follow Schnap-per's lead by playing with scale – large objects outside of smaller windows, for example.NAKED INSTINCTNot all designers are proponents of the "must treat windows" philosophy. While Costello agrees that the win-dow is usually the focal point of most rooms, she also feels that a bare win-dow can be as striking as a shaded or draped one. It may come down to asking yourself what purpose the room serves in your life. "Every room has a different need," she says. "Is the window treatment decorative or is it for privacy? From there, you start to narrow down your options."


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4. Use a simple wallpaper border. This will accent the window and naturally entice the eye. “Fixtures with texture are great, but keep it pretty simple. Some faux marble wallpaper is nice, or Venetian wall treatments,” says Kathleen Dono-hue, a certified master kitchen and bath designer at Neil Kelly Designs, which serves the Portland, Ore., area.

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.J. Ruppenthal didn’t intend to become an expert in “square-inch gardening,” as he calls it. It wasn’t

a love affair with nature. He worked on an organic vegetable farm when he was young, “but I wasn’t all that interested in it.”

Ruppenthal was motivated by a convic-tion and a very practical desire. The high cost of energy will eventually make food much more expensive and the food sup-ply unpredictable, he believes. To ensure his family’s well-being – and for you to ensure yours, he argues – calls for a return to traditional methods of growing food. City dwellers must learn to grow food to

sustain themselves.“We will need to relearn basic food pro-

duction skills in a hurry if we are to sur-vive and thrive in this new world,” he says. Using balconies, patios, rooftops, window-sills, cabinets, garages and counterspace, city dwellers can raise enough fresh food to sustain their families. “No space is too small or too dark to grow food,” Ruppen-thal says.

His brief, no-nonsense book “Fresh Food from Small Spaces” (Chelsea Green, 2008), is the fruit of years of experiment-ing to produce his family’s fresh food in his own cramped living spaces. Ruppen-thal lived in a series of apartments and small city homes, some of them gloomy and none of them with yards. Now living with his family in San Francisco, where he is an attorney and instructor at a commu-nity college, Ruppenthal says he has grown enough in odd corners and nooks for his family to eat homegrown fresh food

365 days a year. Using his book,

he says, readers will learn how to produce 10 to 20 percent of their fresh food from an average-size apartment or condomini-um space.

“Where there’s space, there’s growing potential,” says Ruppenthal. He says the information in the book is “hard-won, through years of trial and error.”

Assess the light: Fruiting vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, squash or berries need at least 4-5 hours of strong sunlight daily. If your light conditions are less, Rup-penthal advises sticking with smaller fruit-ing vegetables: cherry tomatoes, banana peppers. Leafy greens, bush beans, peas, carrots and onions tolerate limited light.

Just the one: Start small. Ruppenthal says he started with one container

containing one “crop.” When that succeed-ed, he tried another, then another. When he ran out of limited balcony space, he expanded to interior space.

Dwarf trees: Many varieties of berries and dwarf and semi-dwarf fruit trees will thrive in containers on a balcony or a patio. A neglected spot next to a walkway or sidewalk may be perfect for a produc-tive fruit tree.

Use all windowsills: Containers of vegetables, herbs and even small fruit trees will thrive on sunny windowsills.

Top of the refrigerator: Ruppenthal produces 2 to 3 pounds of sprouts each week using a vertical sprouting system on top of his refrigerator: “an armload of alfa-fa, radish, soybeans and wheatgrass.” They will grow in little or no light, Ruppenthal says; if you prefer to green them up just expose the plants to an hour or so of sun-light. He uses sprouts fresh in salads and stir fries and juices the wheatgrass.

Make the most of mushrooms: Look to dark cabinets, the basement or other dark areas that you might not immediately think of as growing areas.

Old plastic bottles: Ruppenthal grew a thriving bush bean in an old 2-liter plastic soda bottle cut in half and filled with soil. The bush produced well with the bottle positioned in diffuse light. “I got a crop from it,” he says.

Experiment: “I’m always trying new stuff,” says Ruppenthal. Last year, his toma-tillos turned out to be very productive. He has some small blueberry plants in con-tainers. “If you get the soil mix right – acid-ic, with a good amount of peat moss, pine needles or shredded bark – they’ll grow like weeds.

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“Plants are moving faster from coun-try to country than every before,” says Nicholas Stoddan, director of new plants for Monrovia, the Azusa, Calif. nursery. “Plantsmen who used to com-municate by letters now communicate by e-mail, which has really spirited

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Smaller gardens: “The trend toward minimalistic or modern gar-

dening has been gathering pace world-wide,” Stoddan says. Look for more compact plants, containers and gardens heavier on hardscape, like concrete and wood. “Plants tend to be of real archi-tectural importance, like yuccas, agaves or cannas.”

Colors of passion: “For the last few years plants have been on the pastel side,” he says. “But in the last few years colors of passion worldwide have really come back.” Try incorporating red or blood red plants into your garden, or use high gloss containers that now come in reds, blues, and greens.

Dark and chocolate colors: Stoddan says black and chocolate are consid-

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Outside-in: Stoddan is especially taken with what he calls “migrating plants,” plants that flourish outside in the garden and whose flowers or foli-age can be harvested, dried and used as decoration. He recommends lavenders, which grow in all types of climates. After they bloom, tie a bunch and hang it up to dry. Use the arrangements in winter displays or remove the flower buds and use them for potpourri or make fragrant sashays to scent closets and drawers.

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You also don’t need a separate shape for each drink; some glasses do double duty, according to Laird. Gadgets may also serve several purposes. Get a blender that crushes ice and you can use it for your morning smoothie and your evening mar-garita.

Here are Laird’s recommendations for glasses and gadgets:GlassesBuy six of each of the following:

• "Rocks” glass: This squat glass with either straight or slightly angled sides holds about a half of liquid. As the name suggests, use this for spirits on ice.

• Highball glass: A tall, slightly chubby glass that has either straight or slightly sloping sides. The classic sloe gin fizz is served in a highball glass, but you can also use it for iced tea.

• Martini glass: The Y is the epitome of cocktail style. “Everyone loves to have a martini glass,” says Laird. But avoid super-sized glasses, he advises. “When you make your cocktail and pour it in [an

oversized glass] it will get warm halfway through; not refreshing,” says Laird. He’s also concerned that your guests will be unaware of how much alcohol they’re consuming.

• Wine glass: Choose a thin-rimmed glass with a medium bowl, which is versa-tile enough for both red and white wine as well as Champagne. Gadgets

• Cocktail shaker: Select a shaker with a built-in strainer. For $10 you can get a

shaker “that lasts forever,” says Laird.• Measuring glass: buy a glass that

measures up to six ounces of liquid. • Ice bucket and tongs: Look for insu-

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• Strainer: Buy two – one with a coil that fits over the mixing glass and keeps the ice in place, and one for straining out solids.

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the homeowner or a housekeeper makes the bed in the morning, it seems to be a chore.”

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“On a sofa or a love seat, you are more or less upright and if two peo-ple are sitting next to each other it's like waiting for a bus. It isn't the same feeling as putting your feet up.”Bedding DownNobody wants a monkey in a bed-room, so don't make your spouse climb over you by putting the bed against a wall or in a corner.

Sadowsky says that placing the bed directly opposite the door cre-ates a real photo op, but real comfort comes from taking temperature into account. You might not want freez-ing winter air from a window or a hot vent blowing on you as you sleep.Dim ViewDimmers in the bedroom are a must-have accessory, according to Sad-owsky.

“I love lamp light with dimmers or

three way switches so there could be lower light for just relaxing or romance, and a higher wattage or full use of the bulb for reading,” she says. Recessed ceiling lighting, or “high-hat” lighting, is better suited to a kitchen or public space because the lights only illuminate parts of the room and their location can't be changed. Barefoot Bliss“I love cushy carpeting. It makes you feel like you are floating on the floor,” Sadowsky says. “Remember that people are going to be barefoot a lot in this room.”Turn off the TVA TV is in an armoire or a lift-up console keeps the boob tube out of your face when you don't want to watch it, Sadowsky says. And they also make flat screens where a piece of artwork can slide across the TV.

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“We had been working with the idea of old school video games for a while,” says Scott Flora, one of the founders of Venice, Calif.-based blik surface graphics. “Then we thought, ‘What would be the most amazing company in the world to connect with?’ and Nintendo was on the tip of our tongues.”

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