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With you, Monicak. My wallet tells me to file that fixture as definite DIY inspiration fodder.

Beautiful transformation! PLEASE give more details and photos? My money is on dog vs. pig...

I've been a renter & a landlord. I've lived with loud neighbors, rude, crazy neighbors and drunk ones including one I had to step over in order to get into my apartment on occasion. The renters I've known, thank goodness, were always lovely people and so I have no bad tenant stories. I've found it much tougher to be a tenant than a landlord! The worst by far was the apartments with cockroaches in Austin or Chicago—so I am thankful to own my residence now thus insuring that I never have to live with THAT problem again. And so I'm never moving!

The difference in art makes all the difference, to me. (I'm toasting Bee For Brian right now with my shot glass.) The before looks much more formal and not as personal as the after. I like the scale of what was chosen for the after better than the before. It's not a makeover like much of what you see on AT, it's more of a "shop your house" to change things up, since the change in paint color didn't make a huge difference to most viewers it seems. I'll bet it feels like a makeover to the owners!

floor and paint info, por favor!!

Lunabee— we picked up cabinets made to go above a fridge at IKEA years ago to fashion a kitchen window seat. My husband is handy and so he could install it. We paid for a local upholsterer to make a cushion for the top and it was maybe hundreds, but not thousands of dollars. And my first thought was how easy it would be to move around a round table! I think it's a great idea. How benches would be considered form over function I cannot understand. So funny how there are 2 distinct and opposite reactions to this solution! Looks like a huge improvement to me.

Think positive—Put the word out that a pro photographer will be on hand to take all the different group shots people would like. It may not entirely eliminate happy snappers, but it may well cut stop folks from lugging equipment. Encourage your shooter to invite folks to take advantage of their services! If he/she sees someone lining up friends to snap them, there's no reason he/she couldn't offer to take the shot with the would-be snapper joining in the shot. Let your photographer know if there's any particular area of your home you'd rather he or she avoid photographing and if possible, maybe you can work together on a setting to feature the group portraits? Enlist your photographer to help you enjoy your evening. My husband is a photographer and trust me, he works hard to make sure his clients are happy so they can enjoy their event!

Blocks and Legos. Small plastic animals. Next to these things, the The Fisher Price plastic castle I bought from a neighbor's garage sale is the most played with toy in our house. It came into our lives when my eldest son was probably about 4 years old and he's 9 now. It has been played with using the characters that came with it, small plastic animals, action figures, LEGO minifigs, fairy figurines and Barbies. Boys and girls are both drawn to it and it's the best $5 I've ever spent!

bathroom or hallway, but PLEASE not over the bed. that just scares me.

Perfect! Thanks for the laugh, rosekraft!