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Well of course one could use a shoe holder. Or even a car organizer. The difference is that this one here is sooo pretty. Too bad my son's too old for that kind of stuff. :(
Jenn, really a great idea! Love it.

I couldn't sleep with ear plugs - how would I hear the alarm-clock? But I do have an eye-mask (with two bands to adjust, it never wanders even when I toss and turn). I agree with the post some days ago: I get accustomed to many noises. Once I lived in a lively part of a town in southern Italy and it was madness! Then, when I came back to the rural area where I live my eyes were literally ringing from not hearing anything.
One thing I can't stand though are regular small noises: the ticking of a clock, knocking pipes, that kind of ambient noise just drives me insane! My mother lives in a low-energy, automatically vented building and there is a constant swoosh-click-swoosh noise from the vents and there I have to sleep with ear-plugs, which is fine because I never set the alarm-clock when I'm there.

oh, I should proof-read my posts. Sorry for the grammatical errors!

I like it very much. Very bright and vibrant.

It somehow reminded me very strongly of the cover of the big book of small, cool spaces. I checked and even though it isn't the same at all - somehow it resembles that room in color-scheme, rhythm and dynamics. Am I making any sense?

Also recommendable is the Domstern in Cologne, the superior room has Designers Guild wallpaper, and it is a thing of beauty - and prices start at approx. 150$ a night, including breakfast.

Thank you, MelissaPauline and all you others, too!
I've been wondering forever why they are called top sheets if really they are in the middle. This method is used in Italy and Spain, too, together with a woolen blanket. And even if these blankets are washed or cleaned regularly they gross me out. I can't *know* or see if they are clean. Linen, however, shows dirt and spots, so I have control over the whole affair.
And yes, we do take off the duvet cover before washing them. (washing them together seems a silly idea because the inner part would never dry before molding sets in, and it is altogether too lumpy an affair.) Even so, my duvet can't be washed together with linen because I wash the former (silk for summer, wool for winter) only with low temperature and the latter with high temperature. And yes, it's a hassle, but during usage that I find it easier to manage because they won't get messy and I don't come into contact with the duvet (or the woolen blanket).

Come to Eichstätt! We've got awesome architecture! :)

Those prints are gorgeuous, especially the face painter. That said, I'd not put them in a bathroom, because I feel that deco in rooms like the bathrooms should bring some equilibirum. Bathrooms are "water-heavy", so I like to put something that either goes along with it (greenish stuff) or outright opposes it - colors like yellow or orange are much better suited in my opinion.

Nadine_WPG, we do have paper recycling here. It will be re-used, or I use it, like CLGOGGANS said, to kindle fire. and I like to do take it off because I will know exactly when I've last done it and what had happenend back then. :)

As an additional comment: I'm with krapartist: the site hurts my eyes.
I really loved this blog, and I have recommended it many times, and, like many others, loved the "Saving the world.." line on top. Now this is just a random, cheap-looking, malfunctioning thing. I'm glad I had the old AT for a while at least - I don't think it'll stay in my Top Sites for much longer. :( Sad, sad, sad.