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oh Dot--I don't know if you'll ever read this but I loved your comments!! As a pre-PhD and daughter of 2 professors I laughed and laughed--and made a note to use my library card more, get rid of some books, and sort through my insecurities :)

Loverly! Funny, my daughter's playspace in the living room is set up almost exactly like yours..

Tip though--I think the bathroom needs some art!

throw, oops

I sew (=tons of fabric) and have some odds and ends for crafts (spray paint, scrapbooking, etc) and some tools and utility items. All of these items have to fit into containers and then onto shelves and be easily accesible (ie, no furniture items like special cabinets to store them). Any ideas?

I also don't have room for a formal sideboard but I would also like to store items for entertaining in such a fashion (napkin rings, cloth napkins, serving platters, serving utensils, etc.). I have my nice china in canvas china storage containers...does anyone know if they are ok being stored on a shelf? I would like to use them more...

Thanks Kah, looks good but a little pricey!

Actually, David, yes! I am not suggesting YOU do, but my personal ethos (one I believe to be in sync with a Judeo-Christian ethic) is that I should not have too much while others have too little to live--that is why in the Torah God instituted a law that every 7 years there would be a year of Jubilee and land would be redistributed--because God desired for all his children to have enough.

This doesn't mean I give everything away and live below the poverty line (though it does to some people--I have friends who do that). And I do splurge on things every once in awhile, but in general I try and avoid gross excess and give where I encounter need. I believe this place is an example of gross excess, in SFGail's words, "obscene."

I guess I just believe we are our brother's keeper.

agree with Mr. Dangerous. Also, in the knob department I lean towards anthropologie and renovationhardware...

Question--this is driving me crazy. You know the shelves that you hang in a kitchen to diplay plates and pitchers and such? They are like an open cabinet and have a bar across to keep things from falling out... I can't find one anywhere!! Please please help me....

What a great list--some I do and some I will start doing! As a single mom I especially appreciate it because it always seems like there is so much to do and no one to help.

Agreed--finally some wow factor!! Very well done. I love that it feels so mixed in styles but that I can hardly recognize a single piece of your furniture--without it looking MCM as well...

I also love the "curated clutter" and the way the bedroom and living room share a similar style with the bedroom feelings more peaceful--as it should.

I have officially seen 3 entries that I like.

agree with rockypondgirl--well said.

BTW--this is in the awesome MOMA exhibit going on right now, I think titles "elasticity of the mind" or something like that. I saw it a few weeks ago and the vase is really beautiful.