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So calming. So comforting. And isn't that what a home should be? What a fantabulous nesting place. Great work...and thank you for sharing.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

Or...give them something that will give them a sense of pride -- a donation in their name to someone who really needs it. There are tons of charities who will do that; I like Heifer.org.

We've been looking for a pale sea glass color for a bathroom and love the swathe in the picture. Can you tell us it's name and manufacturer?

Love it all. Streamlined furnishing is great for renting and I, for one, think your mother's furniture works fine for renting. Yes, if you were going to live there yourselves, you would have chosen differently...but this all looks so clean, simple, welcoming now. I would have voted to keep the flamboyant green wallpaper on either the walls OR the ceiling, but you have plenty of time to make changes in the future, too.

Thank you so much for sharing this experience.

Couldn't agree more...and I'm a book lover. But I gave all but my most favorites to the local library...and if I miss them, I go visit them there.

I'm a granny and if that's what's you call your grandmother (whose room this is), who can object to identifying this room. I, for one, love it. Like the neatness (research shows it is UNstressifying) and lining up the shelving. You could put any color you love behind the shelves.

Like the clean, fresh, readable, uncluttered look. The white gives you a nice background for whatever you run.

Thanks for this core list, which we can each adjust to our own needs. Personally, I do like to keep the kitchen clean (and ant-free), cleaning counters (those anti-bacterial wipes make it easy) and washing dishes as used. I like Michelou and her husband's plan to set a timer for a 10 minute limit and get done what you can. Also, thanks to Mrs. Mouse for letting us know about the iPhone app that does all this planning and lets you personalize it.

Learned so much from this piece and from Amanda. Skip the colorful doodads available for kitchens and stick with simple, fresh and clean.

In some photos the cabinets look white and in some they look as if they are painted that lovely neutral Old Prairie shade (that perhaps has an ever-so-slight amount of green in it?). Can you clarify?

I'm a grandmother and can only dream that my granddaughter might one day honor me as you have honored both of yours.