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StevenDougherty, yes, it's the Rodale Institute farm! (If you're in the market for caterers, we also used Rodale Catering, and our guests raved about the food.) We referred everyone to the Holiday Inn and Hilton Garden Inn in Breiningsville, which are just next door to one another. (I don't know as far as the rooms themselves go, but I had a negative customer service experience with someone at the Holiday Inn.)

Shuttles, like everything involved in wedding planning, are a personal choice. I completely agree that $1,000 is a lot of money - I added the figure to give information that might help anyone planning. In my case, almost all our guests were from out of town, the venue was rural, and I knew there would be a lot of drinking. (The rain I mentioned above also made roads very slick that day, and there was heavy fog that night.) Everyone used the shuttle except a handful of family members who drove straight to and from the farm. The cost was worth it to us, because offering a shuttle made a huge difference in our guests' comfort, safety, and ultimately their enjoyment.

Christab, I've heard of using sprays or granules containing coyote urine to deter cats, deer, etc. I've also read a little bit about motion-activated sprinklers (http://www.amazon.com/Contech-CRO101-Scarecrow-Activated-Sprinkler/dp/B000071NUS). I'm thinking of trying the latter to scare off the squirrels digging in my backyard.

I've had #7, the Skil iXO, for about 7 years. I love it and use it often.

Thanks, everyone!

The lamp is vintage from Ebay, and the clock is a "moon beam" model like this one: http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/63179?feat=506615-GN2&page=moon-beam-alarm-clock

That dining room is amazing!

Wow, thank you all for your kind comments!

The window sills are fairly deep, and there are two more windows on the (white) wall to the right. I opted to not paint the sill because that felt more cohesive, and I just preferred it.

I kept the lanterns high so that they wouldn't compete with the artwork. I've considered but haven't decided about painting the light-colored nightstand.

And I think my pup was busy napping in the other room for the "after," but he loves visitors!

I'm definitely guilty of doing the same thing. Just yesterday I fixed a botched paint job from about three months ago.

Thanks, guys! (And, yeah, it makes an alright nightstand only if you have a veryy low bed.)

It's true, Pythia! I used the first image in a roundup last week because it's just so well done (http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/dc/artistic-organization-craft-rooms-with-style-156604). I'm glad you get inspiration from it too.

In her contest entry, Jane commented that the bedroom paint color is "Raging Sea" by Behr.