Also, beware of some apartment finding services. Many of them are adjuncts to specific companies who will only show you apartments in their buildings - ask who owns the buildings you are going to ...

Perhaps this will be my lucky post.

I just bought the drink tub at Target (just the deeper one - not the set) and it was on sale for about $7.

Magazines like Dwell do sort of depress me with their unattainabley (for me) beautiful design where money never seems to be an object - but they actively inspire my husband who is doing all the rem...

For stone (slab or loose) try Schwake Stone in Des Plaines http://www.schwakestone.com/

Beautiful, but I bet everyone fights over the egg chair because the rest of the living room seating looks uncomfortable!

I have a stainless tool chest built into my powder room to hold all my make-up & accessories - it works really well!

I once stayed in a B&B where each room had dozens of examples of the owner's wife's creepy doll collection. All those eyes staring - *Shudder*. Plus the owner was some sort of nutjob who actually ...

I'd love to know if there is a binder storage system for CD's where I can keep all the paperwork (booklet & baking info) along with the disc in a sleeve - anyone know of a site that sells something...

Does anyone know what the purple flower/grasses are in the very first picture?

There's a newish synagog located at 303 Dodge in Evanston that has a short wall/bench that uses this kind of construction. I've only passed by the building but it's very interesting is a LEED cert...

You mention that smalls and lighting are priced favourably - how about the furniture? If the deals are there this would be a good detour when I'm headed down to St. Louis later this summer.

Looks lovely, but I would have preferred more shots of overall room composition as opposed to the arts-fartsy close-ups of chandelier crystals and chinoiserie details. Also - I always ...

Is that bare dirt? If so it might be nice to add some pea gravel so it doesn't become a mud pit if it rains and it would spruce up the way it looks.

A round Moroccan brass tray table would look nice and compliment the Oriental rug.

I live across the street from a church that rents out the basement for parties. Many a reception, qunicenera, christening, etc. have gone long, long past the noise deadline.

Very nice place - off topic a bit, but who made your shoes?

In my old condo there was a razor blade slit in the medicine cabinet. Although I replaced the cabinet with a more modern one (and I couldn't see down inside the wall when I swapped out cabinets), ...

My neighbors shed caught on fire in the middle of the night a few years ago and I woke up to a bright light from the fire and approaching sirens. My husband and I went outside to watch the show an...

Ooh - want! But, the last time I started to feed the birds in my backyard I wound up attracting.......RATS! I love the look of this feeder but I don't want to incur the wrath of my neighbors again ...