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I used to have warm, deep gray walls in my home office and LOVED it! It did make it a bit darker in the room, but the color was beautiful. The color seemed to compliment every other color I brought into that room. I recently painted the room pure white for something different, but man do I miss those gray walls....

Craigslist is also great for finding parts for something you may not be able to find in a store anymore.

Changing the hardware can make a HUGE difference as well. We (temporarily) replaced the towel bars, toilet paper roll holder, knobs and handles. I'm also thinking about removing the ugly, cheap wall cabinet (and storing it safely) and putting up shelves instead.

My boyfriend loves Spicy Baked Salmon with Apples! Just put a few 4 oz. salmon fillets on their own 12" square pieces of foil, sprinkle with cumin and cinnamon, cover with thin slices of Granny Smith apples, salt and pepper to taste, seal up foil packets with some air space inside and bake at 400F for about 15 minutes.

That sunken living room----SWOON!

I wait as long as possible. I've lived in Michigan my whole life, and I can take the cold. I usually hold out until the inside temp dips below 55 during the day. In the winter, we keep the heat at 60-62 during the day and 54 at night. We also use a heated mattress pad for those really cold nights and mornings. We're used to slippers and sweaters. I'd rather be too cold and have to put on another layer (or move around more) than be too hot.

Just FYI - the link for the New York finds is not working.

homemade all the way! i can't stand store bought broth anymore. we always have end-of-their-life veggie in the fridge or scraps in the freezer and usually a chicken carcass as well. if i don't have the chicken (and don't feel like cooking one first) I pick up a roasted chicken from our local market. we eat or freeze the chicken meat and use the rest of it for broth. i usually make mine in the crock pot and season it differently for different soups or other recipes.

@jenniferbnyc - the chairs are most likely vintage (mid century era), not sure about the table. If you like the style of the chairs you could try craigslist or eBay. That was a heavily copied design, so there are a lot of them out there.

You're more likely to find a very similar lamp without the exterior shade. You could then purchase the exterior shade to add to it. Best of luck!