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does anyone know where I can get hooks like the ones hanging in either pic in #1??

does anyone know a source for the keyring in that pic?

mosquitos are attracted to either the O2 or CO2 that your skin gives off (can't remember which.) since childhood, i have had this in spades, and when out with friends not wearing bug repellant, i AM the bug repellant (for my friends, at least.)

when i get bites, they well up to pink circles about the size of a penny, and then linger on for a week and a half or so. so i have had incentive over the years to avoid being bitten, on top of just being plain itchy.

that said, i won't wear DEET - absorbing chemicals through to the bloodstream and internal organs? no thank you.

what has worked for me are the natural lotions with lots of essential oils like lemon something, citronella, eucalyptus, rosemary. basically i find a tube of lotion (Whole Foods is a good source) with as many essential oils as possible and slather that on before going outside. you will smell VERY fragrant to about a three-feet radius, but you will smell nice! :)

if i'm outside for a while, i usually reapply after two hours or so. basically, you are masking the smell of your skin with natural essential oils so the mosquitos go elsewhere. i've -never- gotten bitten using the lotion, and that's what works for me.

as an aside - if any of you have garden ponds or small bodies of water, mosquito fish (really small, silver, minnow-sized or smaller fish) are bred to eat the mosquito larvae and eggs.

this room screams ikea to me.

that man should tuck his shirt in.

the lee's loveseat (product ID 3915-02 ) is the closest but is not the same as what's shown in the Flor catalog. there is a horizontal bar on the front and sides between the legs that the lee's loveseat is missing. the corners of the loveseat arms in the picture are also blockier than lee's.

it's also not the hickory loveseat either, because the hickory seat has curved back legs.

that said, the lee's loveseat is the closest of the bunch.

my current apartment is the first place where i've had limited counterspace, hence the microwave now lives on top of the frig. where it will forever go from now on!

chartreuse or bepsf's caribbean blue!

i agree with h144 on the "where is the joy?" you have some beautiful foundational pieces, but everything looks so, clinical, in terms of the stark white walls and mostly hard angles. soften things up - more texture, more color - like rugs, textiles, some throw pillows (those white ones are not doing much for you), plants.

also, your questions strike me very much as you asking the AT community for their ideas and thoughts, versus you have a vision and personal spin of your own to put on the room. browse through some magazines and start tearing out pages of rooms and setups that inspire you. anything like accent pieces, color palettes - this is your space, not AT's, so make it your own!

hey look! apropo AT post :)

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/organizing/4-tips-to-eyecatching-bookshelves--084742