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The article brings up another point that many people online seem to be obsessed with "entertaining". I see that on AT whenever someone talks about how to hide the TV or someone else seeing a photo of a room with a TV and how it should be hidden or how the living room should be for conversation and to tuck the TV back in a(n uncomfortable) corner.

You know what? I live by myself and I spend a good chunk of my time in the living room watching (streaming) TV. Why I should I stress about hiding it? Yes, I have plenty of seating so when I do have people over we are all comfortable, but why should I design my life around something that happens a few evenings a month versus something I do everyday? I want my apartment to be functional and look good for me. If a guest happens to like it, great. Most comments I get about my apartment are about how they think it fits me perfectly, and IMO that's about as authentic as I can get.

Don't fret, I do something far, FAR worse than co-sleeping: I defrost meat ... Overnight! On the COUNTER! *gasps of horror*

Wipe down your hair with a damp cloth before going to bed. And since dogs tend to pick up pollen whenever they go outside (especially if they like to roll around in the grass like my beagle), wipe them down with a damp cloth whenever they come back inside.

My mattress/box spring are 13 years old and starting to sag, but I'm dreading replacing them. Salespeople at mattress places are worse than used car salesmen! I travel for a living and have slept on every high-end, pillow top, adjustable, craftmatic, memory foam, individually cradle-every-part-of-you mattress and I hate them all. I want a simple, basic, firm spring mattress and apparently people don't sell them. The salesmen want to walk me through sampling EVERY SINGLE FLIPPING MATTRESS in the store and keep pointing me to features I don't want. (BTW, with all due respect to the salesperson up the thread, I am NOT spending $1600 on a mattress.) Whenever I think about replacing my mattress I go into a store and walk right back out whenever they don't take the hint of "I'm just looking, thank you."

But I go on enough business trips to have a good comparison to my mattress and you know what? Mine is still comfortable. No tinglies, soreness, or anything else, and if the dog happens to throw up on it I don't really care that much if it stains.

Fine, I'll buck the trend: Open!

Yes, I saw the Mythbusters episode as well, but I've been brushing my toothbrushes next to open toilets for several decades now so I'm not going to stress over it.

Besides, my cats like drinking out of that and not a regular water bowl.

Most cats actually don't nibble on plants. They are carnivores after all. The big exception is grass and grass-like plants, so spider plants and such like that. (All my cats have loved spindly leaves.)

Most cats, also, are more intelligent than dogs when it comes to food. While my beagle will take another bite of something that tastes awful in the hopes that the next bite will be better, cats tend to take one bite of something nasty and then avoid it.

While there are, of course, exceptions -- cats are all fascinatingly different -- I would say try it out on a day when you plan on being around all day. Just avoid spindly leaves in your bouquet.

Oh, how clever! It's beautifully themed without going overboard into garish.

So the dog is the last picture, hmmm? #ICWUDT

The prints and floor are awesome, but keeping that floor clean would be a pain.

The good thing is is that it's not that big. Frame it. Use a complementary color for the matting. Will the boyfriend accept just having part of the magazine cover showing? You could cut the matte so that only part of his face is showing, or block the magazine title or some of that background. Then treat it like a velvet elvis. If you have a location that's kitschy then that would be a cool centerpiece. Or you could blend it into a gallery wall with mix/matched prints and art where it could be a nice surprise for someone actually paying attention to your art. "No, that can't be. Is that really?"

It's fairly unobtrusive and could be so much worse. Own it. Treat it like a little bundle of humor or kitsch and it won't be an eyesore.

I've never been a big fan of dollhouses (they seem too cutesy to me) until I saw the Bloggess' haunted dollhouse. If I ever get enough room (and enough OCD) I would attempt this.