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"I'd add Lansa handles from Ikea (item 4) to modernize the cabinets..."

Item 1 is the handles. Item 4 is the cool purple thing. What is the cool purple thing?

7. Is there anything you hope to add or improve in your kitchen?
I think at this point I am done with the kitchen. Finally!

Um... there is something that still needs doing. An inch high painted bead that runs around the bottom of the overhead cabinets, to hide the lights and their ugly wiring. It would also reduce the abrupt "end" of the bottom of the cabinets.

Then the kitchen would be perfect!

It would be helpful to know what sort of books they are and what sort of notes you've scribbled in the margins. If they are profound observations on a writer's argument, then that's one thing. If it's just "OMG I LOVE EDWARD" in the margins of a paperback 'Twilight'...

The question to ask is whether the jottings are worth the hundreds or even thousands of dollars they'll cost to digitise.

It's a clever reuse, but not exactly practical. A series of hangers on the wall would hold all of the same stuff without intruding into the garage.

So yeah, beautifully done, but kinda pointless.

The other reason for the metal grilles on flywire doors is to provide structural strength. If it's simply flywire, it'll only take a couple of days before your dog (or toddler) blunders his way straight through it. With the grille reinforcing it, the dog (or toddler) will bounce off it.

It's so interesting to see the differences between Australia and the US here. Those archways were a feature of almost every home built in the 70s and early 80s, and they're awful. They waste space, the proportions were never elegant, the chunky brick gathers dust and hurts like hell if you accidentally brush against it, and they give the impression that you're going for "medieval dungeon" as a design aesthetic. Worst of all, they were dumped into the middle of otherwise normal suburban homes, without any thought at all for the cohesiveness of the architecture.

Oh, and it's an AWESOME renovation! Nothing groundbreaking, but beautiful and stylish nevertheless.

That floor was probably raised for a reason... mostly likely to squeeze another room in below, to judge from the weird level of the window. This place is the epitome of Bad Architecture. Imagine what it was like before, with deep windows, a usable fireplace and lovely high ceilings!

Still, it's too late to worry about that. The only practical solution now is to rip out the pointless faux fireplace, raise the floor level, and try to match that wood (or is it vinyl?) flooring. Then hunt down and murder the vandal who "renovated" this place - no court in the land would convict you!

A garland? In a nursery? OMG!!!

Am I the only person who wonders what happens if, or rather when, a train breaks down when it's locked inside a sealed vaccum tube?

Ironically the decor is what makes this home great - the architecture is striking but not particularly different. Without his fabulous furniture and finishes, it'd be just another expensive "executive townhome".

I vote for "put them back in the closet and call it a day", Rosaleen. Unless they're vintage the boxes won't be that attractive (and if they are vintage, you probably shouldn't be playing with them!), so you'd be better off spending the money on a nice piece of actual art. I know you use the games a lot but I'm sure it's not so often that walking to the closet and opening a door is a mighty trial.