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My current city, Santa Barbara, should definitely be on this list. Two bedrooms are easily $1900/mo at least from what I've experienced. I suppose because we have UCSB to figure in, it brings the "average" payments down somewhat. I'm coming to the realization that living here is not affordable and even though I grew up here and have lived in California most of my life, it may be time to jump ship. I easily spend half of my earnings on providing shelter for myself and my 2 kiddos. Kinda ridiculous considering that earnings and potential for earning is so low in this neck of the woods.

hmmm. very topical as I'm packing for a trip this Friday. I never thought of the "letting the mattress air out" thing, but it's not a bad idea. I always forget to unplug kitchen appliances, but I don't use most of them daily so it slips my mind!

oh yeah, forgot to mention that I found a pair of Heywood cat-eye chairs on the street that I saved from an oncoming storm. Wanted to keep them but I don't have any room. Sold them on CL for far less than their worth. Also found a Thonet tubular chrome chair on the street that I have considered recovering - but might just sell on ebay. 1stdibs has them listed as $3500/set of 4 but I only have one.

@ Mr. Green, it's mentioned in the article that they get glass from random craigslistings and thrift.

just received my multi-bubble from West Elm yesterday. I can't wait to hang and fill it up. I've been decorating with Tillandsias as long as I can remember since my dad has collected both those and bromeliads for many years.

loving the orange chesterfield too. who knew it would look good with peachy-pink chairs (which look almost exactly like a pair my grandparents had). we've got an orange couch and I'm desperately trying to decide what color to re-do the chairs and not clash...

Hmm. Even though this isn't our floor plan - this is giving me some ideas at least. We have an awkward living room space to say the least - it's long and narrow, has a nook where I suppose a TV should go and a fireplace in the corner, plus it doubles as a living/dining room for us. We tried to do a quick drawing mock-up before we moved in, but once we got there we didn't like any of the ideas. After a year of living there, we still feel like we've got a decent layout, but the addition of a newly found Eames lounger has really thrown things off!!

Grüner is definitely a favorite around our house. It's great in summer or even in cooler months with some spicy food! I love it with food or on it's own. I've had some trouble sleuthing it out in our parts, but I did find some at Whole Foods and then a new label at my local cheese shop just today!

I've been a reader of Hilda's blog for a while. She has a great eye, great thrift scores and beautiful photography! It's a nice treat to see her home featured on AT and I can only imagine how amazingly she would outfit a larger place. Definitely a contender for smallcool.

I was just thinking the same thing! I love this but only being able to get at the clasped necklaces on the ends would make me crazy!!