I loooove the checkerboard also.

The little orange toilet in the black cubbie is too cute. (And how often does one say a toilet is cute?)

I have leather couches for exactly this reason - they don't hold the cat hair (I have three puddies) so you don't have to spend five minutes cleaning your seat before you sit down. I ...

How did I deal living with a pack rat? Not well - my ex wanted to keep EVERY little random interesting thing he came across. As an example, a thermometer broke one day and he scooped up the little ...

Horrible crap tied in to the worst book I've ever attempted to read. Sorry.

I do the same as cassielynn - they both point the same way (either right or left) so one ends up facing in and one faces out. I never thought about spiders in my pillowcase before. (J...

I agree about the "junk drawer" kind of stuff. When packing, I never know what to do with it, so I usually end up packing at least one box labeled "misc. stuff." It's an easy place to throw those r...

I was given a spoon rest as a gift. I doubt I'd ever have bought one for myself, but since I have it, I use it and find it, uh, useful. If I didn't have it, though, I would be doing the same as a p...

Um...I think you mean "erring" on the side of less, not "airing."

I'm an atheist and would definitely live here. I think it's just gorgeous. And the cemetery doesn't bother me. They're dead bodies rotting in the ground - there's certainly nothing alive left to ha...

Thank you! These are a little out of my price range right now, but I remember looking for hanging planters last year and having a terrible time finding anything that was simple and modern looking.

Rubber plants are another type of ficus...ficus elastica. This is a ficus lyrata, or fiddle leaf fig. They like bright light and will need regular watering. As others have mentioned, ficus plants t...

I guess I'm in the minority...I like the "before" pictures better. For one thing, I love cube-y shelves like that (in fact I'd love to find one just like this) and I like the games, baskets, etc be...

I love those stripey barstools!

I also keep my alarm clock in the bathroom, so that I HAVE to get out of bed to turn it off. I set the alarm to come on at one time, and then set the alarm on my cell phone (which I keep bedside) f...

Another one looking for more info on the couch! I also really like the color block rug.

Oops. Reading the whole post always helps. Ignore me.

Where is the one in the picture from? I have a weird aversion to white furniture, but otherwise I love it. I wonder if it's available in other finishes.

I use Verilux full spectrum CFLs. Granted, the light is much whiter and cooler than what people are used to seeing with incandescent bulbs, so it takes some getting used to. But my plants LOVE thes...

I love it! Looks so modern and clean. I especially like that brown stripe on the walls.