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There seems to be an inability to commit to some color...white linens, white curtains, white sofa! This is a look too but then I'd expect to see some pillows or rug with color or pattern (the truq...

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It looks like the house had an addition on the left (the 1-story part) and has two different brick colors so I think that's why negar wants to paint or stain so they match. I'd look in...

This is the penthouse at 156 W Superior. The building is by Miller Hull of Seattle--check out thier website. I went on the AIA Chicago tour a few years ago when they were building out the space. ...

Apparently Nate Berkus is selling "ready-made" tablescapes on the Home Shopping Network starting in April. Isn't that cheating?

I have a suggestion for floor mats for the kitchen in addition to my earlier post about floor leveling. We did the floor leveling in our tenant's kitchen and in our kitchen we put down rubber tile...

We used a product call Ardex to level the floor and fill in the gaps between the old floor tiles in our kitchen before putting down a new sheet floor. Ardex is a cementitious floor leveler that is...

I made a slip cover for a metal bed I had--it was a vintage dark brwon Simmons frame (think 1940s motel). I took the bed apart and laid the head and foot boards on the floor and traced...

The "split kitchen" is called a butler's pantry and they are found in older apartment buildings in Chicago...minus the household help!

Has anybody thought of subscribing to Metropolitan Home instead? I had a subscription for years but somethin' had to give and I let it lapse--too many magazines, so little time. Met ...

I'm not so sure that "most people" who look at AT live in the city...or, from what I've seen of the posts, live solely in apartments. I live in Chicago on one floor of 2-flat building ...

The average house size in 2007 was 2,521 square feet.

What about Denyse Schmdt? Terribly expensive but modern...and probably easier for a novice sewer to replicate! If I lived in CT or NYC I'd go to a wor...

have you come across anything else? we really need something like this since the baby was born and the computer is in the living room...

a hollow core door is frame w/a thin wood panel attached on the front and back. sometimes there is internal bracing running down the center (gives it stability and a place to hang the robe hook!) ...

dicarded plastic items? how about calling the pretty blue things what they really are--LITTER! this post breaks my heart.

Take a look at this AT post which is an inspiration for my 1960s 2-flat here in Chi...

reminds me of gino's east, a local chain pizza place here in chicago, where they encourage you to write on EVERYTHING. i was not amused when i got a water glass with someone's name scrawled on it....

does anybody know where i can get a 42" round white table top? i have a base similar to the saarinen table and i can't find a top! i was tempted to buy the ikea docksta table but the base i have ...