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Do you train the cats or do they train you? One of life's eternal questions...I have found that squirt guns are great for training cats (as much as is possible), good scratching boards keep them from clawing the furniture, and some kind of partially covered compartment that looks forbidden, like a drawer or a suitcase or a box, will help them stay off furniture. Apartment Therapy had a great post about custom-built climbing walls and perches for cats, maybe they could repost that? Something up high will help keep the cat off the top of the fridge.

I like the space, but I didn't vote for it because she had a decorater do it. I think the contest should be only for self-decorated apartments, otherwise it becomes a contest about who has money.

Maxwell, I think it's pretty cool you had John McEnroe at Wimbledon in the early 80s on your computer, but FYI, in tennis you don't watch "the game," you watch "a match" or the specific match, as in "the men's final.". But thanks for giving the woefully under-appreciated sport some air time.

Ok, very pretty, but how long do the tissue paper circles stay on the base paper lantern? MS says they taped the circles to the base. Did the tape go on the round surface smoothly? What about those little wrinkles you get in tape, especially on a curved surface? I'm skeptical that anything coming out of Martha Stewart's machine is really all that easy to do well - but the results are very nice.

Maybe they were secretly jealous of the freedom you enjoy? I know I have always been puzzled by the suburban middle class assumption that everyone wants a faceless tract home in the 'burbs...I recently dated a divorced man with three college-aged kids, who had two bedrooms that were only used for their occasional visits. He told me when he was first divorced his son 'had to sleep on a pull out sofa in the living room' and he felt terrible. I never could figure out what was so terrible about that (maybe a reader can help me out)?
Anyhow, if your family doesn't approve, they don't have to visit :-) Enjoy your space, and your life, and don't worry about what your suburban friends and family think, just think of the boring life you'd have if you did what they wanted!