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Display Name: Okashi
Member Since: 8/14/10

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Yay, proud member of the minty kitchen club here. :) First I thought about painting the cabinets like that but now they are a creamy white and the walls are mint green. It looks so fresh and has that cheerful 50ies feeling. Love it!


10 Minty Fresh Kitchens Kitchen Inspiration
10/3/12 1:47 PM

Just because you use them as garbage bags that doesn't change the fact that overall those bags produce tons and tons of garbage per day and many countries don't even have a proper recycling industry. And yeah, other people who worked in production companies that screwed up the environment also lost their jobs in the past. How did all the European countries like Germany manage who already have those policies since decades?


Plastic Bag Style: Lauren DiCioccio's Reusable Totes
10/3/12 5:26 AM

No, we are not only supposed to like things here. But the people who post here obviously like it. You on the other hand only post to complain about people liking something and not enough negative comments.

And that gun is shooting BUTTERFLIES! It's a manga/comic/fantasy kind of thing and yes, I kind it whimsical and edgy, especially in that colour combination. I looked closer at this post because of that picture and because it gives the room a special atmosphere that I can't really describe.


Kimaada's "Pretty Edgy in Pink" Room Room for Color Contest
10/3/12 5:21 AM

I think one would need to be a bit nuts to pay more than $100 per night for any room, unless the plan is to stay there all day and enjoy the awesome design. o_O Anyway, normals hotel rooms in Europe are well more affordable and you can spend the hundreds of dollars on sightseeing, shopping, good food etc.


Design Minded Travel: Hotels in Europe Under $250
7/18/12 5:09 PM

Awww, very cool!


Before and After: A Real Life LEGO Bridge
7/11/12 8:05 AM

Thank you sir, from the bottom of my heart, for not painting that gorgeous woodwork white. Beautiful home and gent. :)


Peter's 1892 Brooklyn Brownstone House Tour
6/11/12 9:34 PM

@Sasha2: These buildings were not in use anymore. And I am not even talking about modern organised religion - lets better not go there - but about old church buildings. I'm not neo-liberal, I am oldschoold liberal European. ;) As a conservator of art I work with church related art a lot and while I love the craftsmanship and the buildings, a lot of this was created and build on the shoulders of and with money pressed out of the poorest of the poor. You have to keep in mind that some of those old church buildings being transformed into new homes are sometimes hundreds of years old.

@PetitOiseau: That sounds awesome!


The Ultimate in Upcycling: Homes in Converted Churches
5/15/12 7:58 AM

I find the term upcycling quite fitting for those lovely projects. Churches were and are not always places were unity and love were/are preached and organised religion often exploited the poor (or made people poor in the first place) rather than helped them out. So no reason to call living in those buildings downgrading.
I quite like the thought of a stylish cute gay couple living in one of these. ^_^


The Ultimate in Upcycling: Homes in Converted Churches
5/14/12 5:30 PM

I my last apartment I had a whole family of mice first using the woodwork of the roof as runways and staring at my neck (XD) and then one by one jumping down. I waited until they walked into the bathroom and then caught them with a towl and a huge glass and brought them outside. So cute! I just fear they might have died because some of them were still pretty young. :(
I sealed up all the holes in the roof afterwards and didn't have any mouse visitors after that.


Mousetraps by Roger Arquer
4/12/12 2:23 PM

Awesome idea! This might be something for my living room..
I always do the installing myself, though. It's very easy and save if you remember to switch of the power. XD

I would leave the brass as it is. It looks lovely.


How To Make A Globe Pendant Light
3/13/12 2:41 PM

"Maybe they donate money to charities, better yet, maybe they tithe."

Tithing is better than donating to charity? Interesting.

And I don't care about how much they donate or not, I just dislike this sort of decadence.

To the so non-judge-y Sepher: I donate to causes that are dear to my heart to the extend my freelancer income allows me to and if I had more money to spare I certainly would not spend it on anything as decadent as an interior designer (while I guess the poor interior designers would be unemployed without people spending money on someone else designing their personal space, my bad).


Ruby's Gem of a Room Professional Project by Tiffany Brooks
2/24/12 5:04 PM

As cute as this room is, personally I wouldn't be able to keep the thought out of my mind that the money I spend on an interior designer (on anything, not only a child's room) would probably save the live of a dozen or so starving children.


Ruby's Gem of a Room Professional Project by Tiffany Brooks
2/23/12 2:34 PM

The outside looks adorable and cheerful.


Palm Springs Color Inspiration The Saguaro
2/23/12 2:13 PM

I would have killed for the before, the after looks so generic shabby chic, even though I like the addition of the shelf.


Before & After: Lightening Up a Guest Bath
Thistlewood Farm

1/24/12 1:24 PM

Definitely not a European thing, never seen such tiny duvets in any European country. The duvet, tickness depending on the time of the year, is usually bigger than the bed and in hotels they tend to fould it in half so it looks neat. You unfould it when you go to sleep.
Some European countries also use a thin sheet under the duvet. I've seen this in England for example.


Under the Covers: A Different Look for the Duvet
12/14/11 12:03 PM

@kopanko: I agree with MamaHolt about the comments about taxidermy. Personally I don't like trophy hunting and the guys obviously don't either. But come on, if a hunter quickly kills a wild animal and makes use of bith the meat and the rest of the body this animal had an indefintely better life than those suffering in mass farming, transport and a horrible death in a butchery. Most likely only to be thrown away because only a fraction of the meat on the market actually gets sold.


Chris & Roger's DIY + Modern Farmhouse
House Tour

12/8/11 2:02 PM

Beautiful and refreshing, masculine home! Also, thanks for the detailed list of your sources and for all the effort.
Plus, your dog is adorable and you two are super hunks. ;D


Chris & Roger's DIY + Modern Farmhouse
House Tour

12/6/11 1:18 PM

To be honest, maybe I just have a very different taste than Julia, but I think it looks pretty horrible. It is well executed, though.


Before & After: Battered Dresser Goes from Drab to Fab
551 East Furniture Design

11/19/11 7:14 AM

@Slangevar: Haha, I agree. XD

Anyway, lovely rooms.


Overnight Entertaining: Gorgeous Guest Rooms
11/4/11 2:36 PM

I read tons of books per year and I am not so sure those stats are relevent because they don't take into account the amount of books 'traditionalists' (are we actually having terms for that now?) loan from the library and friends and relatives. Personally I tried to read an e-book twice and failed miserably.


Who Reads More: E-Readers or Traditionalists?
10/14/11 8:11 AM