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That's a really nice place, and a beautiful floor plan too!

Tokyu Hands is wonderful, and for the foreigner longing for just a taste of home, you can't beat Kinokuniya. I lived in Shizuoka for two years (about 100 miles south of Tokyo), and I went to Tokyo about once a month or so. Those shops were always on my list!

This is MCM gone to an extreme - only thing missing is a black leather Eames lounge chair jutting out from some corner and eating up half the space of the house.

I agree with several who have said that MCM needs to be paired with other styles. The only room that feels comfortable to me is the kitchen (and maybe the bedroom). The other rooms all have hard or hard-looking seating. Even the couches, with their minimal padding, seem a little unwelcoming.

Don't get me wrong - one or two of these items in many spaces would be great, it's just that when there is nothing but these MCM furnishings, that the air gets sucked out fo the room a bit.

Also, the girl in the picture is certainly communing with nature in a bizarre way, and this is coming from someone who gets the urge to eat grass and leaves every once in a while. (Ha! I'm totally not afraid to say that since no one knows me!)

Cool bookshelves!

Now, on to some suggestions for Apartment Therapy (not directed at Jess and George):
1. If you mention the home owners' pets, please post a picture or two, unless they have asked you not to do so. I look forward to the pet pictures and am disappointed when they don't appear. (Pics of cats on the home owners' walls don't count!)
2. I wonder why AT generally does not include a picture of the home owners, themselves? That, too, would be nice, as long as owners consented. Seeing the owners (or renters) helps put a name to a face, as it were. In other words, sometimes you can see that a home and its people "click."
3. How about a slideshow mode for your viewers? Or, how about slightly smaller pictures that fit on a screen without having to scroll down half an inch to see the bottom of every photo? (Maybe that's just my own computer issue.)
4. Finally, and most importantly, it would be so great if AT always, ALWAYS included a floor plan of the homes they showcase! Hand drawn, slightly-not-to-scale is no problem. Floorplans, along with good pictures, help us envision the spaces we are looking at.

Beautiful, light, airy home!

Is there a story behind the tiny UT longhorn and the orange wall? My husband has been threatening to paint an entire room UT rusty-orange. I've been reticent, but your bright orange wall is inspirational.

Hooray for including a picture of yourself! I wish more people would do this. It makes the tours feel friendlier, more home-y, less like museums.

Please, please!! Where's the couch from, and what's the style name? It's gorgeous. ( : Thanks for a good tour, Matt. I like those vivid turquioses and purples against the neutral tones.

I'm excited about the room divider and mobile ideas. I also have a set of these tobacco cards and have been mulling over how to display them. Maybe you could thread a thin piece of fishing wire through them - link the top of one card to the bottom of another, and so on.

Dear Lord!! That first picture was a shocker!! I nearly fell OUT!!

Also, apparently, naked skinny gal = great design
Buff, bearded and clothed man = great design (or double standard)

That desk is so, so great to look at, and it's even more wonderful to know it came from your grandparents' home.