I love my rustic chinese stool... and it is quite high, too high for a regular desk or table height... it is by no means a barstool... the handcarved seat is even a little angled... i don't miss a ...

match the walls to the color of a brown paper bag store paper gutsy but light (I love what you were going for... bold and brave you are)

I have always wanted a 1920's chinese restaurant booth in my home

hpo1 great

Every thanksgiving I seem to drop a dish to cook... why do we need EIGHTEEN sides? the meal goes back to being a meal instead of a pig out and I can concentrate on a great turkey, real gravy, nice ...

oh this is a beautiful post. one thing all these have in common is beautiful natural light my thought is always if a cat wants to hang out it in a space is getting there

I'm surprised at my own reaction. these are TERRIBLE I guess it's the american virtue/vice of never leaving anything alone, of thinking everything is improvable

mindblowing. exposed. cooped up on a rainy day, everybody could find a corner of their own. I don't really grock the sleeping spaces... where is they?

BAUER. check it out....

oooh! lovely job. brilliant to keep the floor (pronounced "flaw" and all the lovelier for it). I always admire a professional who can let the "professional" take a walk... on the beach in this case.

listen to Medusa

paint the walls a dark gray. it'll "bleach" the cabinets. it'll gleam the stainless steel. it'll pull all those top-heavy not balanced or graceful shapes into a unified whole. not charcoal, but on ...

I have loved, through reading you all, tracing the genealogy of the Ralph's Plainwrap idea, and watching it morph down the years as its origins got lost in the mists of time.... it was...

this is a terrific kitchen

banish as much stuff off the counter as you can. Banish banish banish. Whatever it is you use, it's just as handy stowed away hang as much stuff on the wall, on cupboard d...

omigod. an hommage. someone remembers Ralph's Plainwrap. I'm verklempt. (sp.?)

the priority should be pleasure over that old killjoy utility

get one of those super narrow sinks (how much basin does one need? even for "fine washables", plus they are incredibly cuteandadorable). now you have some access. and you can still do ...

good taste's nose should be tweaked as often as possible

I simply have never understood coffee tables the smaller, lighter and more moveable the better, I say unless they actually are the shape and height from which to serve tea...