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Maybe we should show this to that couple living in the 175 sq ft apartment in upper Manhattan which has no closets. I suspect this is more functionally designed.

You might want to find out if there is a market for these, and where, to target your sales efforts. Different things sell in different places. Depending upon your income and hence your...

I agree with the others - but I would also find out what is involved in switching to internal hinges and filling the holes the external hinges leave. It would look cleaner.

West Coast posts keep saying "small" while East Coasters look and think "large."

Anyone use a top sheet under your duvet cover? THAT I wash weekly. My duvet cover is a silk blend - costs more to clean than it cost in the discount store. Stores that se...

from How to Clean a Duvet | Apartment Therapy DC on February 5, 2010 11:56PM

I have had Stressless chairs since 1983 and LOVE them. The last time I check, a couple of years ago, they were roughly $1,500. They are much more attractive than bulky recliners, ergonomically "per...

More realistic options: 1) Donate everything you don't use. Value it reasonably and you can deduct up to $5,000 / year without worrying about an audit. 2) Design your closet to m...

Actually, Bali is Hindu/Animist. Ubud became famous in the 1930s and 40s: "Between the 1930s and the 1940s, Ubud’s role as the epicentre of Balinese culture was further enhanced...

It is really entertaining to be in New York and read about how this apartment is a shoe box and closet and look how well we could make this micro space work. A micro space is 250 sq f...

What type of rug? Cutting off the edge of a woven rug would destroy its structural integrity - how do you plan to deal with that? And how do you plan to deal with the lack of tuft abo...

As a textile collector, I can't tell you how upsetting it is to see antique textiles cut up to make pillows.

There are a variety of white noise CDs you can buy and play endlessly all night.

Nice overview - but there are more relationships due to trade than indicated. It is mostly Central Asian ikats that are over-exposed. Those from Syria - or Mexico - are very different...

A famous designer told me that my bed should be hidden behind a wall. WRONG.

Towel racks attached to the front/sides of bathroom sinks are useless - they're too low and, if on the side, impossible for guests to see. On the front, they look like a rag is drying. ...

Get a good sleep mask - not the ones they give out on airlines. I find them very comfortable and have been sleeping a lot better since I started using it. And when I wake up in the morning and take...

This is beautiful and elegant. Nice job!

The kitchen cabinets don't do it for me. Hard to tell about the rest of the house because someone overdid Photoshop's "saturate" enhancement.

An equal deal breaker would be an EXCESSIVELY feminine home. I was once introduced to a woman whose furniture was dainty pink velvet and who had all sorts of small, excessively feminine accessories...

Great job and proof that it is possible to be creative on a budget and in a small space. And the issue isn't whether we agree with every design choice someone makes - it is that we ap...