I know your house! Friends of mine owned it before the person you bought it from (or possibly two people before). When they bought the place it was all but falling down, but they put a ton of work ...

Where are you getting the January 2010 date? As far as I know the U.S. changes don't start till 2012. Europe begins next year, but I have not seen anything about the U.S. timeline being moved up.

Bepsf is right, and it was my first thought: The first two images are the Ikea Docksta table. Most assuredly not Saarinen.

The chairs in the first two photos are the Pyra chair by the Swedish designer Marten Cyren.

That bar was designed by David Collins; you could always try contacting the firm and asking.

@Greg: Thanks for the nice words. The kitchen actually isn't quite finished yet, so no, I haven't shown it around; I just thought it might be useful to the discussion here to share my experience wi...

@Junobeth: It is indeed glass. My backsplash is a combination of rippled mirror, milk glass, and a swirly stained glass that has greys, white, and a hint of blue. And I've seen an install of this p...

This is indeed the Bar Code pattern from Mixed-Up Mosaics. And you can mock their website, but they really aren't "selling things online." They are craftspeople who have a website just bec...

@bepsf: It really is. It's heartbreaking. As soon as I saw it, I was ready to buy it. Sigh. (Of course, the first sign was that even after I logged in, it was "contact dealer" for the price. That's...

@bepsf: That Mangiarotti agate-top table is stunning. I covet it. But it's $75,000.

I believe the piece in the picture above was custom built by Jonathan Adler.

I've used Frog tape and while it's noticeably better than blue tape, it's not infallible. Care in application also matters - with any tape, if you slap it up you may not have the working edge seale...

Sorry for the double post - the first one vanished and only reappeared after I'd retyped and submitted the replacement.

That Chinoiserie wallpaper is exactly the splurge I've been wanting to make, but it's possible to spend an almost infinite amount of money on the stuff - would Erica be willing to share her source?...

The Chinoiserie wallpaper is exactly the splurge I want to make - I'm wondering if Erica would pass along her source. (Since it's possible to spend an almost infinite amount of money on the stuff.....

I think you're on the right track - paint the cabinets white, paint the walls whatever light color feels cheeriest to you, get the cutest new cabinet hardware you can find (shiny!) and if you can s...

Another suggestion: You might make your curtain rod wider, so that, when open, the silk panels are actually sitting fully outside of the actual window area (the edge of the silk panel should just k...

I should also add that of course the general shape - the "sunburst" mirror, is a classic, and has been around forever. If you're not looking specifically for the smaller mirror disks on the arms th...

These mirrors are actually all knockoffs of a Thomas Pheasant for Baker Furniture piece called the

@ btoddster: That style is quite common among 1920s houses in Los Angeles, where it is usually referred to as "Country English" or "English Cottage" or just "Storybook" - Hollywood be...