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Display Name: NitaDC
Member Since: 5/11/10

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I'll throw in a good word for roosters! We have certainly had a few mean roosters, and a few absolutely sweet ones, but they are ALL good at their job- protecting the hens. They alert the girls when hawks or dogs are nearby, and one of our mean guys actually fought off a fox last summer.


Pros & Cons of Raising Backyard Chickens
4/18/13 6:37 AM

The light in the dining area is so calm and cool! Love how the yurt space is so warm and opposite the inside of the house but that they're both completely inviting.


Rachel's Historic Family Home
(and Yurt Workspace) House Tour

4/15/13 6:47 PM

This might actually be the first thing labeled midcentury that I like, not to mention love. It has so much personality!


A Chair to Swoon For: George Mulhauser's Bent Wood Wonder
9/18/12 2:52 PM

I am assuming the actual furniture piece is the conversation chair, and you've used the sofa image in the diagram because they didn't have an option for the actual piece. If this is true, I think the problem is trying to treat it as if it was a sofa. What if you separated the room into two separate seating areas, with the convo chair at something of a diagonal out from the corner by the large window, with the side table and a lamp, and then used the two separate chairs with the console over by the railings with a view down to the room below.


How To Arrange Many-Doored Room? Good Questions
8/22/12 10:58 AM

I really have to nix that style of laundry bag- I lived in a pretty small dorm where I only had to schlep laundry down 4 flights of stairs, and the shoulder strap on my bag like that broke only a few months into the semester. Open baskets may show your skivvies to anyone you pass in the hall, but at least they're sturdy!


10 Must-Have Dorm Room Essentials Back to School 2012
8/21/12 6:33 PM

I've been mixing white wine with gin since I ran out of mixers at a party- it's delicious but DANGEROUS. I'm sorry to say it's landed me asleep on the couch/picnic blanket by 9pm on multiple occasions...


Quick, Easy Summer Cocktail Recipe: The Vinho Verde & Gin SpinThe 10-Minute Happy Hour
8/20/12 3:18 PM

I have the sofa version of the loveseat! It's made by Broyhill Upholstery


A Bold, Happy Pattern & Color Mix Roommarks
8/18/12 2:32 PM

Adore that door


Summer Brights: Just a Bit of Yellow
6/8/12 7:05 PM

I had a friend whose parents had those completely upholstered dining room chairs. I was absolutely fascinated with the idea that they had put skirts on their chairs.


What Impressed You About Other Homes As a Kid?
5/18/12 3:45 PM

The concerns about #5 falling seem a bit silly to me. I don't worry about my 2nd floor falling down onto the first, because it's been engineered properly. I assume the loft has been designed to hold the weight of a bed and people- maybe don't throw a dance party up there with the baby below, but two people? No worries here.


Lofty Aspirations: Fifteen Lovely Loft Beds
5/2/12 1:13 PM

Amazing, but it makes my knees ache with vertigo just looking at the picture. Not a chance in hell.


Don't Look Down: Elevator Shaft Powder Room Home DSGN
5/1/12 4:07 PM

I think it makes me a terrible person that I immediately thought the main image was pot. A garden valentine for your favorite stoner!


Valentines Garden Recipes
The Gardenist

1/25/12 11:35 AM

Juliagoolia thank you so much for saying exactly my first thought in a much funnier waythan I was coming up with!


IKEA Expedit, Rejiggered
IKEA Hackers

1/22/12 8:42 AM

I have a single print of the bison in the first (Jen Oaks) poster! I can vouch for her being a great etsy seller, high quality print and she sent me a little extra item in the order:)


10 by 10: ABC Prints To Start Off the Year
1/19/12 7:27 AM

I've made a sunburst mirror with teak scraps, there is a reason they cost so much! A million tiny cuts and a whole weekend of time (SO pretty though!)


Make or Buy? Ten DIY Gifts with a Backup Plan
12/14/11 5:09 PM

They're beautiful, trying to sort out the logic of paper tiles in a kitchen/bathroom though. I suppose they must be coated with something, or done like the compressed paper countertops?


Wallpaper Alternatives: Eco-Friendly Paper Tiles
10/28/11 9:59 AM

The first thing that came to mind for me was a big print of Starry Night- on theme without being too cutesy?


Ideas for an Image to Rasterbate for a Baby Shower
Good Questions

10/11/11 12:55 PM

@zwizh I bought them for my sister last christmas as well! Very funny seeing them pop up here


Matryoshkas Measuring Cups
10/10/11 4:53 PM

@kushkush, the window is to the left of one of the beds- you can see the whole thing in the first picture and the edge of it in the second.


Small Space Solutions: Vanessa & Emily's Dorm Done Right
9/29/11 3:57 PM

I try not to read wood furniture before&afters because I know I'll get sucked into reading all the comment drama even if I tell myself I won't! You guys are like junk food :P


Before & After: Dresser Re-Do Inspired by Anthropologie
Red Hen Home

7/28/11 12:46 PM