This is an Yngve Ekstrom designed Lamino chair. You can buy one in pristine condition now on retromoderndesign.com (click easy chairs and scroll about halfway down) for SEK 6500 (about $1,095 plus ...

Thanks, B-More (are you from Baltimore?That's my home town) The sofa is from a great ebay seller, realfineone, which has fantastic stuff. Here's the link to what they're selling now.

Hi HollyinDC: Yes, they do get dusty out in the open. But the great thing is that I use my "nice" china and glasses every day, whether I'm alone or have company, and just run my dishwasher (energy ...

Hi KatieD: Thanks! The counter/integrated sink are made of one sheet of stainless steel. You can bring a wooden board to Bowery Kitchen Supply, and they will wrap it in stainless for much cheaper t...

Thanks, vbp. The lighting is almost all Max Sauze. The curtain fabric in between the living room/bed is Josef Hoffman (from the Neue Galerie) and the curtains are wool and linen from B...

Totally agreed with mdo: it was bad enough in the 70s; indefensible in today's design world!

laren: I have the exact same window set up, except that mine makes a right angle on the right, not on the left. I wanted regular curtains that 1. cleared the right angle 2. blocked out the light at...

I vote for knoll as well. Could be this: http://www.architonic.com/mus/gal/4107140

Apologies--I have Winter Sky in my bedroom. And I'm with visualingual--you have to try them out on your wall. There are a thousand bad greys.

Absolutely--a cool, slightly buish grey will work. You should check out the greys at Fine Paints of Europe, which are much more richly hued than cheaper paints. Although they come across as dull an...

These black sugatsune angle brackets come in all different sizes. I have the stainless ones in my kitchen and they're gorgeous with wood shelving. You can orders them at Simon's Hardware.

You should try Nemo Tile--they have a full line of glass subway tile at decent prices.

I'm in!

I had my bathroom (dingy greenish/greyish tiles and yellowed tub) reglazed white and am thrilled with the result. It looks like an entirely new bathroom, and only cost about $1,500. One caveat: it'...