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Veslabeachgirl -
I'm with you there, but November's not so bad. Agree to do it in February. February is the worst! Cold, grey, dirty... The point where it feels like winter will never end. In fact, to not have to go outside for 30 days in the dead of winter sounds like an excellent idea. I'm in!

Technically - it is two x-long twin beds that equal a king size bed because a king is 80" long and a regular twin is only 75". (Kings usually have two xl twin box springs, because one box spring that size would be very difficult to get into a room!) I think your idea would still work for an impromptu big bed though, Sherry.

For those loving the mustache key holder - I'm gonna take a stab at that and assume they got it at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn. They're made by Ben Floeter and you can get them at his Etsy shop here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/benfloeter
(I have one of Natalie's felt pillows - so cute!)

Agreed that #3 & #8 are full size beds, but am I the only one that thinks #1 might be as well? It's hard to tell from the angle, but it just seems wider than a twin.

Also, being 6' tall, I can't do the twin bed. I did have an XL twin in college though and it was pretty great. I could maybe see having that if you needed the space, but personally I don't ever want to give up my queen bed - need the length & enjoy the room when I have company.

So excited to see this post! I got the Avec sofa from CB2 about 2 months ago and I love it! I've always loved tufting and I love the neutral grey - I'd been looking for a sofa for a long time, but knew I wanted the Avec as soon as I saw it. It's what has inspired me to start putting some serious work into making my apartment more of a home. (Only took a year of living here!)

I keep reporting the ads & I recommend everyone else do the same - hopefully they'll block that user name soon.

I kinda love all of these - this might just be my ideal style of a kitchen! I think the first picture is my favorite though. Really want that kitchen!

SketchUp has its own tutorials built in as well if you want to learn more about it, and as Idcinlb pointed out, there are tons of tutorials on youtube. I work in the design profession as well and use SketchUp all the time for 3d models.
@ yazzmatazz - if you make your shape for your piece of furniture, you can then select all the lines&surfaces that make up your shape, right click, and select 'make group'. then those objects stick together and you can move them around without disturbing the rest of your drawing. I would recommend making your walls a group as well, then everything is it's own entity.
@bepsf - you can really make just about any shape in sketchup - checkout the 3d warehouse just for examples.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=furniture&styp=m&btnG=Search
Have fun! I'm planning on modeling my apartment w/the new furniture I want very soon!

I think really nice towels are just one of those things that are worth the price. Several years ago I worked at Pottery Barn for a while and everyone told me - make sure you buy some towels, they are great and just get better with each wash. I did and those towels are still my everyday towels probably 4 years later. They are still soft and fluffy and I love them. Also, for all the previous posters that have had this complaint - I'm not sure why some towels bleach out and others don't, but to be on the safe side you should just use a white towel for your face because a lot of face washes have chemicals that bleach out towels. Again, when I worked at Pottery Barn, people would sometimes return the dark towels because that had happened, but I've never personally had that problem. Also, to failsjofails, about your towel not absorbing much water - do you use fabric softener on your towels? Fabric softener reduces the water absorbency of towels because it builds up on them. You should wash them without softener at least every other time. Okay, that's all my towel tips for today!