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Kids, schmids... this may be the first time I've ever seen something featured on AT that I absolutely wanted to buy for myself! Just purchased the "Valentina Ramos Green Garden" queen duvet! Beautiful (and EXACTLY what I've been looking for)!

Agree with @luckygirl that I'd like to see these labeled as "From the Archives." That said, I commented on this *original* post 9 months ago about how I hoped to have this done to my own (similar) porch, one day. Lo and behold... TODAY is that day! Thirty minutes until I have my contractor come to demolish and rebuild my porch. Why this is relevant... I *totally* used the "after" picture from this post as my inspiration (since my porch looks almost identical to the "before" picture).

Great job... and thanks for the inspiration!

@jess13, I was thinking the same thing! My entire house has painted-over-wallpaper (too nervous to remove it because of the age of the house/lead paint fear). But, this wallpaper makes me want to slap up another layer! I will be scheming/planning on how to achieve this look with paints. :-) In short... LOVE the wallpaper... beautiful room!

What a weird and timely post, as I've just this past week started eating miso soup (with various fixin's) for breakfast. Though, I guess really not so weird because, as you've mentioned, the colder weather just begs for something that'll warm you to the core in the morning. My go-to miso paste that I use for everything (including a most excellent vegan spinach pesto) is this one. I get it at my local (Portland, OR) New Seasons or Zupans.

I'm curious about the floors. It looks like sealed plywood? Does anyone know?

Great suggestions! I live in the PNW... so lack of sun, rain, and cold make me hibernate. I'm definitely going to try Vitamin D this year, but when do you recommend having your "levels checked"? I've been getting out EVERY DAY during the winter and eating right, so I wonder if it would be best to wait until the Fall/Winter to do it, but by then I'm already in the thick of tired and depressed. Suggestions?

The dining table is amazing! I see that it's a DIYer... do you have any detailed instructions you could share?

Thanks so much for starting this series! I love canning, but haven't done it in foEVer because I've moved into a MUCH smaller kitchen!

Wow... what a timely post. I just had to put down my chihuahua companion of 13 years at the beginning of this month. I had her cremated and, along with the ashes of my cat, another chihuahua, my dad's dog, and my neighbor's dog, buried them beneath a weeping cherry tree at my new (and first) house. Here's a pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ph0enixinflight/6916932188/in/set-72157627044350972

Also, I used some of her ashes (along with some of my cat's) to have some two beads made for a necklace by Jamie's Studio (http://www.jamiesstudio.com/). I haven't received it yet, but wanted to have something more, in case I ever have to move (since I won't be able to take the tree with me).

Doing both of these things has been enough to help me through the grieving process. It takes time, but eventually we make peace with the fact that they are gone. It hurts in the beginning, but then you're just thankful that they are no longer suffering.

Sooo... color me *still* confused! Does this mean that in order to change my iPhone 4S's 72dpi into something print-worthy (to 300dpi), I should "convert to profile CMYK" in Photoshop and then uncheck the "Resample Image" box (as shown above) and change to 300dpi?