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People actually send out pregnancy announcements? And then another round of birth announcements? Are there miscarriage announcements?

I can't remember ever having given a straight couple a gift that focuses on their heterosexuality. Like, a pillow with a man and woman on it or something like that. These gifts focus on the 'same-sex' part of same-sex marriage, rather than the marriage part.

P.S. 'Lui' means 'him', not 'his'.

The steel bed is so lovely. And I smile at the idea of a guy at the park calling out, "Tuna! Tuna!''

"Exudes restraint" is a funny phrase.

Is this a Victorian house? Is it not an Edwardian house?

I looked up the 'price on request' shelf: It's 95 Euro so about $125.

I don't think it's possible to use the 2 chairs on the wall, there wouldn't be room to push your chair back to get up from the table.

In response to some of the comments (i.e., not in response to this particular room) what's wrong with linking decor to gender is that it's a powerful form of inculcation. Much of parenting, of course, is inculcation, but while parents will readily admit that filling a room with books encourages reading, many won't admit that filling a room with cars and rockets says, 'you are expected to be dynamic and mechanically-oriented' while filling a room with dolls and tea sets says something very different. This is the PC Police, over and out.

I'm a California native now living in London and it's fabulous, not gloomy at all! Though from mid-January through the end of February, I must say, the weather can be...challenging. But then I came here from San Francisco, so I know I can hack it.

P.S. This time of year, I really miss Halloween. Guy Fawkes Day's just not cutting it for me.

Bugs are a fact of life, yes, but on this part of AT the focus is on aesthetically pleasing spaces & objects--form as well as function--and to most people, cans of Raid aren't decorative. This is a design site, so people are obviously going to discuss & debate design.