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adorable, in a frankensteinish way.

What is that glowing slinky, and where can I get one?

The designers quoted in the article sound insane. Get rid of your sleigh bed and replace it with a a gilt-leather upholstered headboard? Yes, all of you! Get rid of that bed! Now find a gilt-leathe...

even more No than the animal print paper lanterns.

I didn't think it was possible to get that Not.

There already is a tea-making device with all the ease of a drip coffee machine. It's called a teapot.

Who needs a decorator when you have an architect?

I was sad to read that you're not supposed to compost citrus or tomatoes. In the summer that's pretty much what I eat.

I love the teddy bear painting.

Convert to greyscale, max out contrast using Curves, Brightness/Contrast or Levels, convert to duotone, set to monotone, pick your color, Bob's your uncle.

Benjamin Moore has a supposedly washable matte finish paint, though I haven't tried it myself.

Love your kitchen, esp. the open shelves and those countertops. I've bookmarked Fireslate for when I'm finally able to redo my kitchen. The whole house is wonderful.

A tough one. I'm going to guess sixties, just because I don't think someone who designed a kitchen this obsessively retro would line things up on the back of the stove like that. Also, no exhaust h...

If you think my shoes are disgusting, wait until you see my be-bunioned, broken-toed, arch-fallen feet. They look so great with my party dress. And of course without the orthotics I can't st...

It has a very pretty garden though. what does the "karate-chopped-pillows way of staging" mean?

That couch is hurting me, though.

I see you have a tile backsplash in a shade of the same taupe. So maybe you should just go for a much lighter shade of the color in the kitchen, almost an off white. It's hard to think of a warm co...

Lovebirds, black!

One-Shot sign enamel. The stuff is great for furniture. I went over a table with liquid sander and then one coat of One-Shot. The finish is glassy-hard.

You might find something similar and not unreasonable at Ballarddesign.com