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Thanks for the palette for the bathroom that's going to be the subject of my revision when I move into my new house! yay!

I think the second kitchen would make a glorious living room or bedroom or any room but a kitchen. And, personally, I think the Virgin Mary on the stove is wonderful. She's blessing the food!

John H. knows what he's talking about. This place hurts my eyes. There's white, and then there's WHITE. That said, I can appreciate the impulse, and I can appreciate that this is a work in the first stages of it's progress; if this is the beginning stage, then you're further along than I would be in the middle, so kudos. I would think in terms of softening from here on out.

For some reason, I've always had in my mind, a black and white checkered floor in my ideal kitchen. I don't know why, it just seems so classic and fresh. I'm about to (fingers crossed) buy a house with my s.o., and I loathe the kitchen, so I'm hoping to get my black and white checkered floor at some point. I think that would make me feel better about the rest of that room as a whole.

Jamie - I'm sure you remember Cinema Paradiso? That film has always, in my mind, trumped actual fact lol. So thank you for reminding me (although I have witnessed first hand the effects of super 8 film getting stuck in the projector and melting, it certainly didn't ruin more than 2 or 3 frames).
As for your aversion to "borrowing" ideas, may I respectfully suggest the flawed but still thought provoking film "Rip: A Remix Manifesto"? I like to think of art as belonging to no one and every one, as, after all, your creations wouldn't exist without the creations of others; your materials are the films that others have made, you have the UK to thank for your pattern inspiration, and that's not even counting the technological innovations - the creation of artificial light and, um, film - that allowed you to be the inspired person you are today. Also, this is a very DIY-prone community. We like DIYable stuff because many of us gain inspiration from both the images we find here, and the process of making things for ourselves. Some of us are also broke, so we can't afford $500 lamps made of "found" (ie, free or low cost) materials.

Film is very flammable. I wonder how he assures that it doesn't melt/catch fire, what with the prolonged exposure (ha!) to lightbulbs. Otherwise, I want one. Or maybe I'll make one myself, although color film is expensive as all get out nowadays. I wonder how many feet of film he uses? I vote for a DIY post on these lamps!

I was thinking the exact same thing. Also, how does a pot ever lose its knob? Wouldn't you notice it getting loose?

But what would be a great quote for both morning and bedtime? It's tough. I appreciate most the e.e. cummings and animal collective quotes, though.

bookmarked! fantastic sources - thanks :)

No kidding, JamesG. How do people come to a website that is devoted so purely to beautiful spaces (even if some of them aren't to everybody's tastes) and vomit all over that?