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Paint. You could go with another intense color, but the current color clashes with the wood. I'm always a fan of deep warm greys but I'm not sure how that would work in this case.

Still one of my favorites I've seen on AT. The photos cleared up one of my concerns from their Small Cool entry. The straight sofa in front of the bow window seemed like an odd use of ...

Lemon eucalyptus oil is one of the few non-DEET repellents that's been shown to be really effective. There's a brand called Repel that uses it and gets good reviews. (Note that "lemon eucalyptus" i...

Excellent work! I also live in the Mission, with a tiny backyard complete with giant lemon tree. It's an unspoken agreement that the other tenants get control of the yard. At least I get to look at...

I just happened to notice that a DWR store in SF has the large purple rug in their sample sale for $1980 if anyone is interested. Perhaps other DWRs are selling their floor samples too. I wonder ho...

Ooh. I might get a tall grey one and a short yellow one as vases for my dresser... I'd really like Tina Frey's resin vases in the same colors instead, but these are much more affordable and capture...

bepsf: Those window panels are definitely sheer enough to allow a good view out the window if you're sitting on the couch, and they're on tracks so they can slide open. It looks like that photo was...

Anyone know the source of the vertical alarm clock on the nightstand?

Tobacco barn wood! Anyone else grow up surrounded by Connecticut's tobacco barns? If most of the barns are oak, no wonder no one can afford to restore them. (And I guess they're not as scenic as cl...

My mouse infestation freaked me out a bit. They had been scratching around inside the walls next to my bed, leading to all sorts of nightmares. I didn't think I really minded mice but when I discov...

My grandmother lived right on the marathon route in Wellesley, so I got to watch it from her porch the year my uncle ran it. But I was in a revolutionary war fife & drum corps when I lived in Bosto...

inkstainedwriter: I have the same coffee table; it's the Slim from Room & Board. The couch also looks like Room & Board, maybe the Lenox sofa. This guy and I have the same taste in fur...

I also use Dr. Bronner's for shampoo and body soap. Everyone's hair is different, though - my problem is that it leaves my hair too oily, not too dry, so I keep a bottle of normal shampoo to use on...

sbrant found the same Woolrich and Pendleton things as me, but if you want to look more on your own, search for "buffalo check" or "buffalo plaid".

I wish I'd bought one of those tree things at Ikea before they stopped selling them.

This is a sort of clueless question... What type of carpet is that in the top photo? Is it cut pile, or loops, or woven? It looks sort of like natural fiber but maybe it's just standard industrial ...

My climbing gym has had art for sale for years. It's usually travel or nature photography, so it fits the theme of the gym and the interests of the gym members. Plus, the artists are usually climbe...

mmead: I think the fabric is Marimekko's lumimarja. I hadn't seen that color before but it's great. http://store.txtlart.com/lumimarja.html

foodefafa: The same thing happened to me! My roommate had a rotten sweet potato at the bottom of her fruit/vegetable bowl. It spawned a few big nasty houseflies that would NOT go away. And of cours...

We buy fresh fruit every few days, so there's not that much lying around. We used to store it on the counter, but it was sort of disorganized. I just got this little shelf from Ikea: