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Try Sweeten - http://thesweeten.com/

I just used them to find someone to install bookcases in my apartment. They bid it out to various contractors/handy men and then you pick the one you like. I had a really great experience working with them!

White on White - I look on Etsy for throw pillows all the time- but those two shops you listed are insanely gorgeous. Thank you for posting.

Thanks all - b77 we actually looked at that very rug at Ikea this weekend. Ultimately we decided to buy a cowhide rug in a rich congnac brown color. It looks fantastic in the space. I absolutely love the suggestion about the use of texture. I am having a tough time with color (I'm so much more of a neutral lover), but texture is a great suggestion. Just found a throw pillow from anthro similar to the ones posted from West Elm. And YES - plants! So easy and will definitely help.

I love this - my colors!

please please when you show rooms on the home page with a bunch of entries underneath can you identify the entry in the photo? i'm always searching through trying to find it. :)

Anna - I completely agree with you. If you are in love with something saving a little is not going to please you - it will always be the second runner up chair. Save up for it and go for it!

am i the only one that thinks leather ottoman here?

http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1145023&navCount=2

Here's my really sad story - truly (not tragic, but still tears at the heart strings possibly?).

My television stopped working August 8, if you all recall the storm that swept through New York causing a subway meltdown, and a tornado in Brooklyn, where I live. Something happened that day (a power surge?), but what exactly I can't be sure. All I know is that my television will now only turn on, no channel changing, and no volume changing, it's just frozen right there on the Food Network. Now, of all the networks for my television to be frozen on, the Food Network is probably my top choice. But, it's getting a little old, and I'm gaining weight from watching that solely and making whatever Paula Deen tells me to make.

Now, I have been saving for months to buy a 37" plasma. And I'm actually making the purchase this weekend. But, the reason I've been saving is not for myself. I've been saving to buy a plasma for my brother and his soon to be wonderful wife, as a wedding gift. So - truly I will be purchasing a new television...which I desperately need (fall season is upon us!!), but will be handing it off just as quickly as I make the purchase.

Tugs at the heartstrings a bit, no?

And - Maxwell, I have the most amazing, perfect spot for this television which shows of major ingenuity - we're talking Ikea hack here.

i love that it's out of focus - it looks like a water color painting.

and i'm making this my wallpaper on my computer - amazing.

ughhh yuck yuck - please say no to Brita. it's a harbour for bacteria!

here's a tip that's been used for generations, if you really think there is an off kilter taste to tap (there isn't here in NY, we have some great tap water).

fill a glass pitcher with water and let it stand on the counter overnight (uncovered). oxygen in the air acts as a natural filter. if you stick it in the fridge, it tastes like pure filtered water.

jako- use a glass pitcher for water always, not plastic.