Turn frozen fruit into sorbet (bananas taste like ice cream). Most will require a little sweetening, but pineapple canned in its own juice (freeze and then cut into chunks) pleases most people without any extra. Make just about anything into spreads, dips, mousses, patees, salsas, chutneys, etc. You can chop up or puree fruit, vegetables, canned or cooked beans, cheese, fish and meats for these. Doing this is particularly useful for frozen stuff where the texture isn't as good as fresh. For example, instead of letting extra cheese dry up or go moldy, I freeze it and then turn it into cheese sauces or spreads. Even cream cheese, which falls apart when frozen. Shred and chop vegetables. Admittedly, if you want consistent large pieces it's best to do them by hand, but not everything needs that. For example, homemade cole slaw is a breeze. (A tip for more-even small pieces is shred them first and then chop briefly.) With practice it is possible to produce attractive vegetable slices, but not all the slices will be acceptable, so I use the processor only for big slicing jobs. As noted above, you can chop up your own meat -- important for chili where the meat should be coarser than ground. And fish for gefilte fish or quenelles, or even tuna loaf. Or use it to shred large amount of cheese (I'd rather use a hand grater for a small amount than clean the processor). I bake low-carb and grain-free so I'm always grinding nuts (even the pre-ground ones can stand being made finer) as well as other ingredients. When I use canned fish (for savory breads) I puree the bones for more calcium. (Or for coarser things like salmon loaf, put the bones in first to puree them while leaving the flesh chunky.) For grain-based baking, it makes dough-making a breeze for even the heaviest or slackest doughs. And turn your stale bread into breadcrumbs. What doesn't a food processor do well? Large amounts of liquid -- use a blender for that. Perfect cubes of any size. A high yield of perfect slices. And small jobs, like chopping up a few herbs or handful of vegetables, are best left to the mini-processors.

Since you asked "what would you do?", what I would do (which isn't what others here would do, and I'm not criticizing them) is to fix it with trim. Honestly, I don't think anyone will notice unless you point it out to them. My front door is trimmed below the two windows next to it and I never noticed before this post. I am very particular about a lot of things, but this isn't a battle I would choose since the cost to change is so high and the the resulting fix is so small. When we were building our home 14 years ago, we had a couple of minor probems, both of which our GC offered to pay to fix. We declined since neither were a big deal to us. If it were a question of safety, that's another story. I understand those who say make them fix it. It is your money and you're paying to get what you want. But, you're obviously thinking twice about it or you wouldn't have asked the question. Economic times are tough, and it could be one of the lowest paid workers on the job who has to end up paying for this error. Dee

Garlic is typically planted in the fall, mulched well, and will sprout in the spring. Since yours is in a pot, I would carefully plant it in good soil with as little root disturbance as possible unless you are extraordinarily good at keeping things in pots well watered and well fed. Water it in well if you decide to plant it, and remove the scape when it starts so that energy goes into bulb formation (usually early to mid-July here.) Dig it when the leaves start dying back (late July here with the varieties I grow), but if you want to continue to grow garlic don't eat it all. In early to mid-October, separate the cloves and replant, mulch well, and next year you will have a head for each clove you planted. Use the largest cloves for replanting as they will create the largest heads the following year. I love growing garlic as it's easy and we eat a lot of it. It's also lovely to have those green leaves sprouting in early spring. I usually have some in my flower garden as well since the scapes are ornamental IMO.

Thanks for the info on the recliners, golfergirl. My dad is redoing his apartment and we looked at those recliners on Tuesday. He fell in love with them and will most likely be getting one. It's nice to get a real-life review. Btw, you have a fantastic space to work with! Beautiful fireplace wall. I agree with someone above who said don't put everything against the walls, pull them in to create a sitting area . And the table under the TV is a great idea, but you are correct in that you need something much bigger, "heavier" in order to anchor them together. There are some very talented people on this forum. You'll end up with a beautiful space with their help. Good luck!