I second the praise for Emu. Invincible, italian-made, simple, and "affordable". That gets quotes because larger sets can add up fast, but compared to furniture of comparable quality, the value is ...

"This post is sponsored"? Lame, guys. Advertorial crap is unethical, boring, and ultimately compromises your credibility. Shame on you, you've lost a fan, AT.

Free option? Just checked out Google SketchUp...looks pretty awesome for the price. :-) http://www.google.com/sketchup/

Adobe Illustrator. Get it however, but the advantage here is that it does more than one thing! If you're going to invest time into learning software it should be useful more than once in your life....

I've got to tell you, as luxurious as it may look, it's a little creepy to roll up to a dark bedroom like this...like, S&M creepy....

Alright, 300 dollars cheaper is worth another post. highbrowfurniture.com, available for immediate shipping: http://h...

here's the exact, but genuine, match of the White Leather Management Chair: http://www.dwr.com/images/featu...

And that's the Management Chair, not the Executive Chair....sheesh.

Yeah, I don't know. Here we were debating jobs being shipped to China and what do we have...a Chinese knock off! Herman Miller products are made in the US(of)A, are Greenguard Certifie...

I guess those aren't "inset" though....but c'mon, what's that? two inches? If you're fighting for two inches you should probably be looking for a smaller bed....or you could just get a low and ugly...

or here we go...even simpler: http://www.futonsnow.com/The Pecos Lite/7202000111019276129

I was checking out the futon bed links from above...this one seems decently simple and low, great price and customizable solid wood options (bamboo, maple etc.), and for those who are handy it woul...

pfft.

designpublic.com is a good resource for all blu dot's stuff

I say you convert that closet into a custom murphey bed! I've even seen ones where they incorporate a bench at the base when closed. Then you can swap out that bistro table for a dining table on ca...

wow. looks amazing. very cool, understated, and unexpected.

haha. Totally insane. Can you imagine actually coughing up the money for this? I always joked about my "batcave". Imagine if there actually was one! I wonder what those walls are doing...

I would say to ask somebody. If they don't do it themselves, they may know a hobbyist. The idea, I think, is that getting good at "powder coating" or whatever is something that takes time, so for t...

sorry...I'm in AZ.

Awesome desk and all. But i work for a university and we have these available at "surplus" for about 20 bucks. A huge variety. Any government office would have them, probably sitting out by a dumps...