Before painting I'd try out a white tablecloth with a glass vase of colorful flowers or a striking white orchid. Or at least put the candelabra from the the bookcase in the center of the table.

mwrann, I'd gladly send you my Elvis Costello albums in exchange for digitized versions...i can't remember which ones I have, but probably ~ 5 of them in the photo. Maybe I should list them in the ...

Whoops, my links didn't work, but search under "bedside tables" and you can upgrade to a pair of mahogany tables for $15-$40

I love your painting and the bureau is absolutely beautiful. Maybe move the bureau opposite the bed, hang the donut above it so you can see it from bed everyday. I don't think the Molg...

I just got back from a week of emptying out my Mom's main house that she's lived in for 45 years so we could rent it out. We spent a week donating, trashing, moving, gifting, and reminiscing over e...

You have a great base, but it doesn't look lived in yet. The quickest and cheapest thing to do before your friend arrives is buy striking flowers and big lush plants. The rest of the persona...

That's a great table. I think you should skip the ultra modern chairs, it will too pretentiously hip and they're not that comfortable. I agree with bepsf that upholstered chairs are the way t...

San Francisco victorian windows are longer than the standard 72" length blinds and shades. I ended up finding the elusive 84" long matchstick blinds at Home Depot and they were very reasonably pric...

Looks so lovely, yet the personal feel is completely contradicted by the tacky message inside - "cash contribution is greatly appreciated"

i too have no closets in my bedroom, but I saved and got an armoire which fit into an alcove:

I love your place especially the colors. I have the exact same coffee table and ancient marantz receiver!!

I'm not sure they're organized by color, could be they are organized by issue.

This is great, but maybe I've been in San Francisco too long. I think the darker purple shutter are what throws it off - if those were white, the whole thing might look less childish, but I s...

My four siblings and I are about to go home and clean out the house we grew up in that my parents lived in for 45 years. I'm sure we'll find lots of our personal stuff to take with us or throw out....

My mom was big on rearranging furniture and my sister and I are also happy little decorators and rearrangers. The fairly sturdy, well made traditional furniture generally stayed the same over the y...

In San Francisco, they had to spend big bucks for security so the bums wouldn't pee in the vegetable garden outside City Hall...

After removing the rug, I suggest moving the tv to where the chair is, painting the tv stand (maybe turquoise or french blue), adding lots of green plants (on both sides of the french doors), some ...

When I lived in Estonia I took my laundry out ($3 for a huge 15 lb. duffel bag to be washed, dried, and ironed). They used battleship sized rollers like this to dry and iron everything (including u...

That coffee table and other similar pieces are on sale now at a modern furniture store located on the east side of Valencia between 16th -17th streets. I can't remember the store name, but it's clo...

We have Metro shelving in our kitchen and slot them into the wire shelves - the smaller lids go in front and larger in the back.