Used to think taping a 12-foot ceiling joint was a two-person job. After watching a guy in Spokane use a simple pole extension on his bazooka, I tried it solo last month and saved half a day.

My old teacher said to never use more than three colors in a collection

Honestly, Mrs. Carter in my first year at Parsons was super strict about that 'rule of three' for color palettes. I stuck with it for ages, but my recent line for a pop-up in Portland felt way too safe and boring. Ngl, adding a fourth accent shade to a couple of pieces totally brought the whole look together. Anyone else have a design 'rule' they were taught that they ended up breaking?

Heard a neighbor say they wash their feeders with bleach, and it freaked me out

I was chatting over the fence and they mentioned using a full cup of bleach in a bucket to clean their tube feeder. That's way too strong and can leave residue that hurts the birds, even after rinsing. What's a safe cleaner you all use instead?