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good point, davebarnes.

most of it looks like a hipster Shabby Chic.

These were gifts? Or "finds"?

Make my days.

That got my attention!

In its original configuration, it was a super-designed, hyper-perfectionist place with a reason for everything and photos that actually looked like they were in the same studio. Somehow you've taken her loft bedroom and put it downstairs where there was no space and created a 100 sq. ft. loft that can hold more than the downstairs living space. And you can stand up in it! Nobody would have positioned a light switch against the outside wall like that in the bedroom. None of it makes sense.

Why would a modern minimalist homeowner with an Eames chair cram all kinds of junk behind transparent cabinet doors? The full-size fridge doesn't fit into the space and the other appliances don't match. By the square footage showed, it would be impossible to fit the things shown, which they are, but out of proportion. The so-called master bedroom has a light switch in the middle of the wall, the top cabinet looks fake and the bottom one is not inset, looking more like a cheap bathroom cabinet. I really don't think there is a bedroom there. The bathroom, as well as the appliances, have no design appeal whatsover and would be better at a home in a 80s cookie-cutter.

The design, as the square footage with accompanying furniture, just does not add up. The pictures look like a brilliantly-designed studio from an episode of SSBS, owned by one clean, neat woman who articulately explained the thought-processes behind her small space. They've been chopped up here.

The front room has way mre furniture than the layout allows.
The orange cabinet is white on one side, and orange plastic on the other side. Crammed with junk, unattractively displayed. The nook to the right of the hallway disappears. There's a smoke detector that moves around. The "board" attached to the stairways does not align with the bottom stair. The lights on the stair are not reflected properly. The bathroom is hideous. There's another weird outlet next to the washing machine. The island is not big enough to hold a w/d and have drawers next to the stove. The upstairs ceiling has problems.

The bookshelves seem to take up a large amount of space that could be better utilized. The table looks smaller in one picture. The toaster above the microwave is not stored as one would when taking pictures for a design contest. And when you watch the video, a hole appears in the upstairs plexiglas. Bathroom far away from kitchen plumbing with awkward-opening door.

Just doesn't add up. Composites. A minimalist, custom studio has been chopped up by messy parents with a scale problem, a style problem, a consistency problem, and a desire to win a couch. If you look carefully at all of the pictures and compare the video, you will see that this place does not exist as is.

Under $200? What a deal!

Davidas is right. Bookstore bargain bins are full of oversized collections of botanical prints and even charts. Some people are even clipping pages to sell as individual art prints on eBay.

Others are framing them and selling them in home decor boutiques.

MFlick --

Yes, you are. For Like Ever too.

Victoria has some for sale in her etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5244654

Beautiful!
Rare is the person who actually carries out the dream for their thrift shop find. I spy a professional!

I had the same idea after seeing this "Made in China" box at Target:

http://www.target.com/Harvest-Filler-Potpourri-Set-Leaves/dp/B000OZMJVE/sr=1-18/qid=1195241699/ref=sr_1_18/602-1979219-1084628?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Aleaves&page=1