ooh, thanks for the sources - that book is now on my wish list! love the color combination, too.

Lovely. Another vote for a full tour.

I was also surprised not to see Redfin mentioned until the end. We did not use Redfin as our realtor, but the site is a great source for MLS listings because of the interface - lots or search opti...

it looks like you have a different color on the opposite wall - something in the yellow family? if that's the case, i would recommend painting the brick and the vanilla ice cream wall the same colo...

Great tip about the velcro - I am about to do something similar around my laundry sink. Good luck picking out fabric - perhaps two choices so that you hang one when the other is in th...

does anyone have recommendations on carpenters/cabinet makers around boston? we have lots of ideas for possible custom built-in projects (window seat, bookshelves, and now this post inspires me to...

Congrats on your Brookline condo - we love ours! I would live with it for a while before deciding to take the wall out because 1. You already have a kitchen that's open to...

i don't have shoe pockets, but i use one of the hanging cubbies for scarves, hats, and gloves. it's between the coats and another hanging cubby for shoes, so it also serves as a buffer.

i think your furniture placement works great - it's like having a built in console table at the perfect height behind the sofa! and presumably some more hidden storage below, which is always a plus.

we use bags only for our kitchen trash can and dump our other trash into that. it helps that our bathroom step can has a removable plastic bucket. we have a related problem though: we ...

i second the electric blanket and laptop comments roman shades kept down during the colder and/or windy hours insulating curtains behind the pretty curtains in our bedroom...

I just painted a very similar room (small guest room w/ red sofa) with BM gray cashmere and love it.