... Not to mention warehouses and live/work places are often in run-down or industrial 'hoods, so everything has fences and gates and you feel like you're living in a compound. I reall...

Oooh ooh ooh don't forget Sanna Annukka's tea towels for Marimekko! http://www.finnstyle.com/kanteleen-orange-towels.html

I like it! Looks soothing. (Also -- are the people whining about the lack of photos missing the " short, quick tours of readers' homes" part?)

As someone who's had serious arguments about how to fit her mutant sheep skull collection into an apartment's decor, this little place brings me near to tears of relief and admiration.

I mount mine on adhesive-backed magnetic sheets and use them as fridge magnets. They look neat, since they're all about the same size and color and have that nice, regular shape.