This space sings (it rocks, too!) Steve, how did you get the yellow color on the Finnish plywood? Is that a stain? Visual poetry that "works". Thanks for sharing.

I like the way the new cork floor connects the kitchen and dining area now. In the "before" picture, the white tile and cabinetry really divide the two spaces. I wonder if the fauce...

what's fun about the home tours is that each home dweller has his/her own style. vive la difference! you've done a fantastic -- no make that unbelievable -- job on you...

thank you for (bravely) sharing your private space. it's fun to see a work in progress and inspiring to see that someone enjoys --and employs -- different ideas with a spirit of art and adventure....

we have open shelving in our late 50s house and love it. some people are "visual" and love seeing what they want to grab right now, and others are of the "visual" school who don't want the clutter...

thank you for that beautiful stairwell image

wabi sabi is the aesthetics of restraint. it doesn't really go into the same sentence with the word "decorate".

thanks sarahrae. that was helpful!

1) Kitsch usually implies something that's mass-produced, sentimental and "calculated to have mass popular appeal." This may be sentimental but it's so handmade. Can things made by hand be kitsc...

nice, rolen! also, one could get a planter box and start an espaliered tree if the landlord allows. the green gets anchored on the wall by u-hooks.

we've used both the biostack and the tumbler (and liked the tumbler better). but we also love the simplest thing -- putting vegetable matter directly into a hole dug in the garden with a shovel. ...

proof that our consumer society is running out of things to decorate. safety items should be standard and functional and universally understood.

real cheapskate here -- i use a big art book with the dust jacket taken off

I think it's the "other people" there not just the homes. The familiar things around are comforting for sure, but would the space be as wonderful if the people weren't there?

actually, the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C. has an exhibition on the centuries-old Japanese art of mending broken ceramics using gold. wonder if this firm was inspired by the japanese art? si...