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Less retro looking but quite handsome is the Hudson Sofa by Desiron:

http://www.desiron.com/product.php?cat_id=3&s_cat_id=16&p_id=410

I am a textile addict too. In particular textiles from India. I have a whole IKEA PAX unit filled with textiles. My most beautiful sari is hung from a decorative metal rod above my sofa in the living room, centered between my two living room windows.

The important thing is that I know each and every textile in my collection will eventually have its day. In fact, I bought a particular piece of orange sari fabric about 5 years ago and never used it. About two weeks ago I pulled it out and realized it was the perfect fabric to drape over the back of my sofa, replacing a different fabric that had been there for a couple of years. Now every time I come home I think how happy I am that I bought that piece of fabric, and how beautifully it enhances the colors in my living room rug.

Beautiful textiles are indeed art, and bring me such joy.

The Eaton by Dellarobia has a similar feel.

The picture is a sectional, but I think it comes as a sofa too (check the PDF on the website).

http://www.dellarobbiausa.com/sectional_eaton.htm

Lady J-
You made me laugh so hard.

Pixie-
Sorry about your frustration, I hear you. I have a question though, when you said you hadn't bookmarked the Cure on your work computer...are you not using a bookmarking website? I could have sworn you were the one that introduced me to Del.icio.us and that whole concept (which has made me sooo happy!)!

1. 16-foot ceilings

2. Old style NYC apt casement windows 16 feet high (or
thereabouts) to go with my ceilings

3. A gloriously large bathroom flooded with natural light, attached to a dressing room not unlike the one in Mommie Dearest

And... a sewing/exercise room.

AmyE,
I agree with you. I don't mind the round up so much if the purpose is to give the editors a vacation so they don't have to write new material. I think it is important that everyone gets to take a break. However I do feel that during these days of round ups, there should still be open threads so those of us who want to discuss can continue. But without the open threads, the difficulty of navigating the round up posts, and the painful clutter of the website, I am feeling really sad and disappointed about AT. I know Maxwell mentioned that they were working on the clutter issue - I would love to hear on update on that so those of us who are trying to be hopeful have something to look forward to.

I find this post confusing too. This vacuum has been available in the US for years now. You can get it just about everywhere, for $99 or less. There are 145 reviews for it on Amazon in the US:

http://tinyurl.com/2jeg8q

I have it and have to agree with sdmika, after a while the upright portion is useless and all you have is a functional handvac.

This is what I like:

Finally you can scroll to past pages at the bottom instead of that "more" button that just took you to the archive listing. Thank you for making that change!

This is what I hate:

I do not find the site visually pleasing. It is cluttered, busy, the opposite of peaceful, jarring, and tacky. As someone else mentioned today, pretty much the opposite of what we are supposed to be doing for our homes. It would be nice if the visual look of the site could emulate the AT philosophy rather than contradict it. (And despite my earlier protestations on the adverts, I do now feel that it would be possible to design a site that was beautiful and visual pleasing and still gain revenue from adverts.)

This is what I haven't decided on:

Functionality. I will have to play around with the site(s) for a bit to see if I like how the re-design functions in terms of moving from one city to the next, being able to post or find posts, search, follow along, etc.

Thanks Madgirl,

That is wallpaper on the walls.

Also check out jamiepup's bathroom renovation in the house tours:

http://tinyurl.com/2lnhwm

elizabeth-
Welcome back!

theambershow-
Two quick suggestions:

Bed bath and beyond
http://tinyurl.com/yw9s69

ABC
http://tinyurl.com/287r9w