One year go this same week in 2008, you our readers were enjoying posts about transforming your furniture with pain, a colourful Silver Lake example of indoor/outdoor living on an IKEA budget, how to replace ugly rental ceiling shades, tips for cleaning before a trip, how to refill a Brita filter, the 3 minute bathtub, how to tuft nearly anything and the perfect shade of grey...

• Transform Your Furniture with Paint

• House Tour: Maria's “Oh So You” Bungalow

• How To: Replace Ugly Rental Ceiling Shades

• Cleaning Before a Trip

• Update on Gregory and Emily's Silver Lake Sanctuary

• How To: Refill a "Disposable" Brita Filter

• Look! Landing Strip

• The 3 Minute Bathtub

• "Capitons" Stickers Add Tufting to Just About Anything

• LA Good Question: Perfect Shade of Grey