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I'm definitely tape free. I don't use a drop cloth either. I paint carefully and make sure to have a damp rag or paper towel nearby in case I do drip somewhere. Have had excellent luck using this method with dozens of rooms.

We have one of these on our back door (the one we come and go from.) I rolled my eyes when my techy husband said he wanted it, but after 2.5 years, I'm still head over heels in love with it.

I don't have to carry a key with me if I go for a run. We've been able to have a friend pop over to feed our cat when we hadn't planned appropriately. Another friend was able to pop over and pick up something she'd accidently left while we were at work. We can enter up to something like 30 codes, so we can give and revoke access as we want. The one we have (not pictured) also has the little keyfob thing to unlock from afar.

There was one day that the battery in it died and I had to nap outside until my husband came home, but it's usually pretty easy to tell when the battery is dying, and you'd have more than a few days to change it.

Whenever I invite people into my home, I'm hoping that they have a good time and enjoy themselves. I'd prefer to try to create a meal that they not only CAN eat, but hopefully that they'll love.

Otherwise I just wouldn't invite them over.

With the various realtors I have enlisted to help me buy houses over the years, each and every one of them set up notifications, based on my specifications, that would send any/all listings that meet those specifications directly to my inbox the second they posted on MLS. I guess if you don't have a realtor already, that's not that helpful, but you certainly don't want to pick a realtor based on the house they're listing.

I scored one years ago when a local library was changing over to the computerized card catalog. Didn't anticipate how heavy it would be! Had to take all the drawers out to move it, and even then, it's a beast.

Mines chock full of all kinds of crafting goods. It's so, so much better than the small plastic totes I used to hide in the closet.

Fine Homebuilding as well as several architects I know have all declared Ikea cabinets to be a fine choice (though Fine Homebuilding recommended taking the money you saved and spending it on great, high end hardware.)

Everyone and their brother will tell you to keep in neutral, but I've purchased 2 houses in my life, and both time (the second time in an over saturated buyers market) the houses that have color and are well decorated tend to sell immediately, at asking price (I call them "pottery barn" homes, that style seems to draw in the buyers.) While more neutral homes seemed to sit and sit and sit.

My agent claims most people don't have the imagination to walk into a house and imagine potential. They need to see a complete picture to peak their interest (that obviously might not be the case in a community like this, but might just be true of the greater, general public.)

want, want, want! I love this space.

ridiculously cute!

This apartment is bigger than my first house was!