Love the look of the reclaimed table tops...a bit of rustic for so many different styles. Ethan Allen has a great one - albeit slightly more expensive...but at least looks it.

It would be nice if they chose to support an American brand of home furnishings to decorate - give a company an economic (and PR) jolt in a rough time. Would certainly be a thoughtful message to se...

What makes life beautiful in my home? Let's see...playing records on an old Fischer Price briefcase record player - it makes the music sound a bit scratchy and far away and alltogether wonderful. A...

continuously comment to my husband about how amazing the house feels when it's clean, and how happy it makes me. Repeated drilling into his head = neater husband, possibly.

I love the AT community for all these helpful hints, btw...so fabulous. I fancy myself a decorating diva but for some reason I have been having a brain fart with this table - but a lot of these cra...

Wow - such great ideas...I was surprisingly intrigued by the Pottery Barn Lela chairs. Except that I think black might be too harsh against the table (which technicaly is ebony, but appears black e...