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Colin,

LOVE your space! Absolute favorites are the tanker desk (and so fantastic that it was your mom's instead of some random store purchase!) and that painting of the woman carrying the man. Please let us know who the artist is--and kudos to you for your great taste!!

@charmac:

Fantastic!!! i saw that you mentioned you had access to architecture resources. Any suggestions for those of us who don't? Also, I'm curious about the silver metal pieces that look to be part of your mounting hardware--they look great!

I was just at Ikea this weekend, looking for pots. I didn't buy a single one because most of them lacked drainage holes. WTF? Can you make your own drainage holes in earthenware?

I wonder if they built this themselves, similar to what this young lady did:
http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2008/08/angies-george-nelson-inspired-jewelry.html

You can buy something very similar to the Just Right Cord Control Kit at Ikea.

I pick something up at Trader Joe's for myself, because they're so affordable. If I'm bringing flowers to a dinner party, I go to Whole Foods. Some WFs are better than others--I've had a lot of luck at the WF on San Vicente in Brentwood.

Okay, I promise this will change your life:

To get red wine out of fabric, use hydrogen peroxide and dishwashing liquid. Mix, and presoak the stain before washing. Some idiot at a party spilled wine on my favorite gold sweater. It sat in my laundry basket for 2 months (contemplating taking it to the dry cleaner, but I forgot). I searched the internet and came up with this solution. Apparently it works on EVERY fabric. I mixed some Dawn with the HP. Apparently the HP is the most important part, so there should be plenty of that in your mix. I poured some on the stain, and when I came back 10 minutes later, it was completely gone. Didn't hurt the fabric, didn't bleach the color. A-MA-ZING!