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"I don't understand why you would want your home to look like a hotel, even a boutique hotel." Because great hotel rooms are professionally designed to be restful, welcoming spaces and...

@Kaete You don't need to carry those cards at all - stores will take either your phone number or e-mail address to give you the cardmember discounts. And as far as those c...

Enough of this MJ crap please - The guy was a living trainwreck - an example for how NOT to live your life.

Blue and Blue - That's my bedroom.

"I have one old and one new and well it looks like Ikea changed the color red they use." I bet that's not the issue. More likely it just faded - It happens to cheap painte...

Keychain clutter.

@muirwoods08 ...But a monster Toblerone could be. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittabola/2950694089/

Yes, paint the walls. I'd choose a medium chocolate brown.

Well Said. That's why I'd rather have a 1-room apartment with a view and a few well-crafted, attractive and useful items than a McMansion full of junk.

...and perhaps some tape to hold it together?

"Couldn't the federal government take the pennies back if they wanted?" Could they arbitrarily take the $20 bill out of your wallet if they wanted?

Is this the bedroom of a serial killer? No, shortly after I graduated high school my parents left the country on a 2 year overseas assignment in the Azores and I moved across the count...

@clampers You do realize that sufficient copper, glass, stone or ceramic tile to cover this space would be significantly more expensive than the pennies, don't you?

Consider getting two chairs now and two chairs later from a place like Ethan Allen that doesn't discontinue furniture styles and fabrics every six months. That way you'll get the quali...

@Chrisgal-- Sure, if your design asthetic is "Cheap & Disposable". ...I beleive Sarah was going for pieces that at least have a semblance of style and good design.

Decorative Window Film.

"Wonder what the plumbing cost implications might be." Longer runs of pipe, particularly within jurisdictions that still require 100% copper for all hot & cold water plumbing and cast-...

Arranging furniture for the sun and leaving the curtains open all day is a recipe for sundamaged and faded furniture, carpets, fabrics, artwork and accessories. I was reminded of this ...

One detail that I overlooked before that I find quite beautiful: The carpet tacks in the doorway between the two rooms - I really like the way that looks for some reason. ...

I don't love chalkboard paint on walls, but that door reused as an organization wall with magnetic chalkboard paint is perfectly clever.