Until recently, at least 60% of our furniture was a placeholder. Placeholder sofa, armchair, side tables (still a placeholder item), file cabinet for bedside table, ugly metal bed fr...

Yikes, if we waited for perfect, there'd never be any company - ever! Things like rugs or paintings definitely aren't so bad. And if your friends and family know you, then they know your house is ...

Wow. I knew they looked digital, but I wouldn't have guessed you could do that on an iphone - amazing.

Ah yes. The elusive plug-in pendant. Those cord kits are really great - choose any pretty lamp shade you like, and you have a new lamp!

Very interesting. But I have a feeling that won't stick to the chewed up plaster that was behind the tiles we just finished ripping off the wall...

Total neat freak here. I'm not a clean freak regarding anything but cat hair, but I like to have everything in its space. I rearrange my toss cushions immediately after I get up from the sofa, my...

I absolutely love purple, and its making me happy to see it in so many places.

I. Love. This.

I also like the Aegean Mist - we ALMOST registered for it, but switched at the last minute for a Mikasa pattern with a little more glam. I voted for Maestro here. I preferred it to th...

The last couple get-togethers we threw included people who didn't know each other (and people WE didn't know), so we planned conversation makers - "Name our kitten" and "Write something nice about ...

We've always had enough drawer space, so that's where the silverware goes - in the drawer closest to our plates. Convenient, no? I don't have anything against silverware nicely organi...

What an adorable home! Simply beautiful - so pretty and simple!

We are currently living in a very shade-y house. There are about three feet between us and the houses on either side, and we have a very deep veranda in front. We've compensated by embracing th...

I feel like I'm in the minority group of people who actually use their dining room on a regular basis (all year around, not just seasonally). Dining rooms don't really need loosening up if you act...

I would still go along with the grey you originally wanted, just make sure you paint samples first. Like its been said, not too blue! And make sure you know what your lighting is going to be like ...

Well, congrats to both Beth and Heather! I had a feeling both of you would be in the finals, if not the winners. Heather, your kitchen is beautiful, and we didn't mind losing to it! L...

PAINT those cabinets, and don't worry about future buyers. This is your house, and you need to enjoy it while you live there. After that, hardware is easy to change, and so is the faucet. Get ri...

Plus... it snows here. A whole lot of snow. No shoes get worn in our house in winter.

I'd like to add that this is not just an asian custom. Here in Saskatchewan (Canada), its farm country. I understand that the custom of taking shoes off before coming inside originated when liter...

Its also a Canadian prairie thing. We surely do NOT wear shoes in the house.