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Yes, I would. Here she is, above the fireplace. Heh. http://pinterest.com/pin/77757531036024683/
I don't think I would spend a ton of $$, although those Valerie Leonard pieces are hilarious. I agree with the prior commenter - I'd rather take a vacation with the puppy.

I'm loving your posts, Rochelle:) We've just moved to a different climate and gardening is a whole new world, so this is all very inspiring. Thanks!

As a landlord myself, I would much rather a tenant painted the walls than the refrigerator, as one commenter suggested. I'd be horrified if it had been sprayed red and then "just sprayed back to white again."

But other than that, I have the same differences in taste with my husband as you do with your boyfriend. So we stayed neutral with te furniture and I gradually introduced colourful pillows, rugs, paintings, etc. Not all at once - I tried that and it freaked him out. A bright cushion here, a jewel-toned vase there...gradually, our place got more and more colourful and now he loves it.

Hmm, this is the issue about which my American husband and I (Canadian) had our very first major argument. I lost, and it took me a very long time to get used to the topsheet. I still wash our duvet cover just as often, because the (annoying!!!) topsheet inevitably ends up a twisted lump at the end of the bed, so in effect we ARE sleeping with just the duvet cover anyway. And when he goes away on business, I ditch it all together...
People (including me) get very riled up about precious sleep and anything that could impact it!
I have to say, duvet covers ARE expensive and overly fancy here - I can see why people don't like buying too many or overwashing them...

Oh I love this. It reminds me of time spent in the Muskokas in Ontario, at the cottages of childhood friends. Some of them were much fancier than this, and some of them were not, but that feeling of "away but still at home but better" is what I loved the most.

Also, love that the description of where John sourced the moose head reads simply: "found in Canada". Of course it was! It conjures up an image of sort of of stepping onto Canadian soil and immediately tripping over the moose heads littering the streets. Along with igloos and maple leaves:)