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We got our couch from LoveSac, it's one of their sectionals called Sactionals (yes, clever, I know.) It's sturdy and heavy and soft and squishy, I love it! It also comes apart seat-from-seat, and the backs and seats are seperate pieces. You can reconfigure the pieces any way you like and they still all slot together.

We got it after the professional movers couldn't get our old couch up the stairs of our new building. We will never have that happen again!

I would definitely recommend the Sactional. It's pricey, but I think it will last forever, or at least twenty years. :)

That is gorgeous! Well done Elise.

This reminds me of the space that I had for personal things when I worked at a summer camp for years. Which seemed small at first but worked out personally. I don't see a reason that this wouldn't work even when the boys grow into their teens.

That said, having my own outlet made the space constraints manageable in that summer camp. Gadgets and phones and stuff. The lights over each bed are just right.

Well done on this! I love it for your three boys and I wold like to read about how you imagine this space will transition in the future to hold fewer of them.

That is fabulous. I love when the chairs lose the skirt, they always look so sleek!

My SO and I have such divergent interior design preferences that it's been a real challenge to find pieces we both like. And we were starting from scratch practically when we moved in together. He likes heavy, ornate stuff that you would find in an old castle or ren faire enthusuast's McMansion. I apparently like modern spindly things with no personality! :)

RH's light, airy, and kind of steampunky lights and occasional tables inspired our entire apartment. And saved us from a real argument. We both love the things we've found (not through RH but with their catalog in tow,) and intend to purchase some pieces from RH in the future.

They have great upholstered chairs in a wide range of neutral fabrics. Perfect for a small apartment where you don't want to commit to red forever, or want something that won't clutter up the room while still looking old and feeling substantial.

This will definitely damage your hard back books. But so will storing them on a flat shelf at an angle. To keep your books in good shape, keep them either flat or standing straight with bookends.

When hardback bindings have a tilt to them from being poorly stored, you can say the book is "cocked".

I think the take home from this long list of comments is that no matter what your station in life, it is possible to have a small handful of possessions that improve your life in valuable and tangible ways. Everyone has at least one or two, and maybe more.

The trouble is finding that balance between something a little nicer, a little better than we would normally get for ourselves, and making a habit of buying "luxuries". When that happens it's a sign that one might be living outside of one's means.

Buy the best quality you can afford, but don't buy better. That just leads to empty pocketbooks and uneeded financial strain.

Lovely home, but it's so big that it feel empty. Even with all that furniture! Maybe take some of those groupings and put them diagonal in one or two spaces, to fill things up more?

I agree that it's a lovely home. I still vote for more small apartment tours please.

Absolutely clean as you go. Makes a huge difference.

My SO and I are finally getting our own apartment w/o roommates, and we're trying to figure out our personal organizational style. He'd live forever with piles of clothing on the closet floor. I can't. stand. it.

I think hanging shoe organizers on the door and some shelving with bins will be next.

Bins like these usually stack tightly.