I agree with explauren, I used to see this a lot in my parents' fancy friends' houses in VA. I suspect a drawing of my house would be about $10- just draw a tiny tiny rectangle with 3 window...

bottom line, involving emotions in economic decisions can be a very dangerous (but tempting in this case) practice.

we dont have a fence between our backyards and our neighbors' chihuahuas crap in our backyard all the time ( i know this because i have stepped in it repeatedly)... with our next door neighbor stan...

I stayed recently at the Hotel DeLuxe in Portland and was blown away by the old school glamour of their bathrooms. Unfortunately I lost my pix when my camera card got corrupted, but here is what I ...

they are really nice to look at, but not so nice to walk on. maybe the one i bought was just too cheap (world market, recycled plastic from a few years ago), but if crunched like walking on, well, ...

maybe they have one without the orange border? or in a less shiny material. wahoowa!

i use castoff maps and plotter paper from work, especially ones that might show a friend's neighborhood. for small presents you end up with a bunch of abstract lines or a color field which is nice ...

yoga mats? but then again i like hard mattresses

if you don't have money to buy a new rug, try turning it 90 degrees if the dimensions allow it. i did that in my own similarly awkward living room and it helped visually seperate the space into 3 s...