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    philoclea: Ladies, I'm going to put this out there: I really like a clean kitchen. I like a clean apartment. And if my apartment and kitchen aren't clean, it bec... more »
    badmutha: "Life is not just one damn thing after another," ESM famously said, "it is the same damn thing over and over again." I love her and I am convinced she... more »
    Notes from the underwhelmed: True story: When I was in high school I was especially enamored with EVM, and thus told my mom that I was going to get a tattoo of two figs when I tur... more »
    pandorasmittens: Believe it or not: rearranging, cleaning, and remodeling one's living space is considered incredibly cleansing and therapeutic in some religions. In S... more »
    msAnthrope: um, aren't homes supposed to reflect the personality of the person who lives there? can you imagine, her husband dies, and then her kitchen is complet... more »
    TheFormerJuneBronson: If she did it, I could completely understand that. I'm currently coping with stress by hanging new curtains and replacing the bedspread in our room. I... more »
    sympathyforthebasementcat: Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that laminate flooring! Give me back my breakfast nook and take my wisk instead. Was it my enemy or my friend I heard, "... more »
    LaComtesse: *looks up from pulling up tiles, mascara streaming down her face, eyes blotchy, snot dripping from nose* Wait, what? Are you fucking kidding me?! more »
    baraqiel: Wow, I wish I could remodel so well that it upgraded my house from b&w to color. more »
    pandorasmittens: Edna St. Vincent Millay, while a fascinating poet, will always remind me of my time in Dramatic Poetry during high school speech competitions. I swear... more »
    bluebears: Apartment Therapy is an awesome blog/website. They have the coolest pictures. more »
    Jello Mix: "How hard to think of the couplet to close the sonnet when there wasn't a place to put clean dishes!" There's a floor, isn't there? more »
    Easybreezy: The new kitchen is adorable, but something tells me Edna would probably not have really given a crap about it. more »
    tomatoheart: I adore Edna St. Vincent Millay...she lived an incredibly interesting life. I highly recommend the biography "Savage Beauty" for those that aren't ver... more »
    Whiskey and Popcorn: This is still true. The state of my parents' relationship directly correlates with the amount of remodelling done on the kitchen. Currently, it's a sh... more »
    Rare Affinity: Oh for the days when real poets starved in garrets. No worries about how to do over the kitchen when the kitchen consisted of a stewpot over a fire IF... more »
    Samanthrax: Oh. I thought remodeling my kitchen would make me fatter. more »
    Trulymadlyme: They tried to make me go to Home Depot and I said no, no, no... more »
    hortense: From afar it looks almost like there is a swimming pool on the floor of the kitchen, which would we be both dangerous and slightly awesome. more »
  • #ednastvincentmillay

    House Beautiful

    Everything from the death of a husband to increasing alcohol dependency can be fixed by remodeling the kitchen! So thought Ladies Home Journal, anyway: here's a before-and-after of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay's home. [NewYorker]
  • #inbrief

    Mr. Plath