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Oh, and that pendant lamp is GREAT. Source?

I love cool rocks. My boyfriend doesn't have any "collections," except for his tendency to hoard the boxes his gadgets come in. My only collections are tons of equestrian art. We still live apart, but are talking about marriage, and we've been managing our furniture (acquiring and selling) in contemplation of living together. I constantly wonder how we're going to combine our styles. Now I wish we had collections to combine!

Sam I Am - I am fortunate enough to have two horses. I am not wealthy, and my displays of my horse memorabilia is not any more a way to shove my privilege in other people's face than someone else's 60" flatscreen.

I have a lot of horse things around my house because I LOVE horses. I always have, and they will always be a huge part of my life. Nothing is more difficult, though, than finding somewhere to display my old hunt saddle in my teeny tiny apartment. I really like photo 6. Maybe I could dig up some old show photos to display near my saddle... wherever it ends up. I agree with threeacres - a saddle in the middle of nowhere is a bit, odd! It needs context! Back when I lived with my parents, I had a long pot shelf. I put my old saddle up there, along with an old wooden box used for shipping rockets and a black and white drawing of a still life I did in undergrad. My room was decorated in greys, ivory, and lilac, and I had framed pictures of my horses around the room. I thought it worked pretty well. Plus, it was my room - not nearly as overwhelming as my living areas!

Cute! I live in a cookie cutter apt in CenPho, so I know how you feel in trying to give your place some character. I think you did a great job!

I have a teal Navajo saddle blanket, but haven't found a place for it in my house. After I stopped using it as a saddle blanket (it worked for my Arabian, but my Quarter Horse needed a pad), I used it as a rug in my grey, black, cream, and light purple room. It looked great!

Please no posts of the horse all decked out! There's having a barrel racing clinic at my barn this weekend and I will have my fill of noxious pink splint boots and tack. I feel like that is a severely western thing, and it hurts my English sensibilities. Even when I was 8, I had no interest in pink horse stuff. Glitter, however, is a different story!

I... actually have stuff from Ashley's. No bedroom set or anything, but an 8-drawer dresser, my couch, and my dining room table. The only thing I wouldn't buy again is my dining room table, just because I have been damaging it non-stop in one way or another since I bought it. But my dresser is enormous, so heavy, has deep drawers, and the drawers slide in and out perfectly after several years. My couch is so cute and comfortable - I get nothing but compliments on it. And my bed (box springs and mattress, no headboard or footboard) is sooooo comfy! I would never ever buy a set for a room, but their individual pieces are well-made and sturdy, and reasonably priced.

BrianneA, I had the exact same problem with my Thomas O'Brien AND my Ralph Lauren towels. It turned out that it the salicylic acid I was using on my face, which has a bleaching effect. I switched to different (cheap) towels to dry my face, and replaced my bath towels with white ones just in case.

Bookmarking this as inspiration. My bf has quintessential bachelor pad furniture - chunky, square, black leather, chrome, and glass. Meanwhile, I have neutral furniture, cozy upholstery, and lots of wood. It's going to be a challenge merging those!

I moved in November and then had a marathon of MPRE, semester projects, finals, and illness, so my apartment was pretty bare bones. Last weekend I crafted and decorated for Christmas, and it felt SO. GOOD. I feel like my living room has a personality now, and even though that personality is seasonal, it reminded me of how happy it can make me feel to go through the process of making things just right. It feels like I bonded with the new place, and I can't wait to replace the lights and garland with artwork and whatever else. But I do love my lights.

Mulder, my corgi/chihuahua mix but probably half fox!) loves to tuck himself between the sofa and the wall. If I'm working at the dining room table, though, he's right at my feet.

When it's couch time, he likes to alternate between snuggling between me and my boyfriend and sitting on "his" chair.

He's been at his "grandparents" this week because I've been sick, and I can't wait to have him home! This place isn't the same without him.