Most important: fix the lighting (e.g., in-set ceiling lights). If you don't, no matter what you do with the decor, it will seem rather dark and closed-in. Number two: get a nice area rug that ...

Bravo, Viv! It doesn't really seem like a basement room anymore b/c of your new lighting and use of bright splashes of color.

You're complaint identifies the simplest/cheapest thing you need to focus on: paint the cabinets. (1) paint the cabinets a color that is muted and meshes well with your stark-white app...

Boy, the clock is clever, humorous, and practical all at the same time. Apparently there are still unexplored ways to design a clock. Bravo.

It's all about making your space multi-task for you. And the more vintage objects you include, the better!

It looks cozy, but I agree w/ sharrr; it looks a bit "full" - almost cluttered. Maybe I just prefer cabins to be less nice than my home.

Funny how the hut sits on an old house but looks like a modern, 1970s, mountain-camp in Switzerland. In a good way.

Even in a modern translation, I like how they stuck with the Spanish tradition of having a courtyard (albeit one that seems more Asian-inspired and has no portico).

The manse could easily pass for a convent or rambler of a church. It really is a looker, but notice the many small trees/shrubbery poking out of the tower's mortared cracks? I hop...

Having owned a rabbit (Floyd was his name) and built a rabbit hutch, a word of advice: keep it outside, and barring that, at least out of the living room (even for photo shoots). Fl...

But don't plan too heavily. A big part of the fun in yard sales is stumbling upon them when you weren't expecting to do so....

If it's tough appreciating these libraries, consider them relative to this beaut... http://www.flickr.com/photos/markestes/1454319...

Well, that's one way to fill up the cruising kitty.