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I understand the problem - you want conversation-style seating and he wants a gaming setup. Here's my solution: I think that the whole setup needs to be rotated 180 degrees so that the tv is mounted on the wall where the green loveseat is currently. You should get a better console for all of your electronics, mount the tv on the wall and change the seating arrangement. Find a console that is big enough (yet sleek enough) to fit your electronics and the stuff on the bookshelves in a neat manner. I would keep the comfy couch (since he loves it) and put it facing the television on the big wall. Have the coffee table positioned so that he can still sit on the floor and use it if he wants to (or he could sit on the couch). As for the green furniture, I would forgo it in favor of a couple chairs that have a smaller footprint. Position the chairs so that they flank the couch so that you still have conversation-style seating. I think that this will help everyone get what they want.

When we bought our home, it had a peach and light blue bathroom with the peach tile extending to the ceiling in places. The floor was in bad shape and was permanently discolored and the grout was falling apart in places. We tried to salvage the peach walls, but it just started falling apart once we started renovating. We ended up having to gut the entire bathroom and start from scratch (the plaster underneath the tile was crumbling). We ended up going with a white penny tile floor and white subway tiles on the walls in a little nod to the past.
I can appreciate a good pink/green/whatever bathroom as long as it is in good shape, but ours was pretty shoddy.

@stickstuff The cleaning products in the photo are supposed to represent the purchase of a cleaning service or the friend coming over to the house to clean, both of which would be a huge help.

I am 6 days from my due date and I agree wholeheartedly number one on the list. Bringing food is the best thing you could do. Second on the list for me would be pampering beauty products (including the creams), then cleaning help and lastly a spa treatment house call. I don't know how I would feel about the new clothes. Since I will have some extra weight and a significant belly, I might not want to buy new clothes just yet because I will be trying to work off the extra pounds in order to fit into my old clothes (which will feel like new clothes again). If you buy new clothes after birth, they probably won't fit you for very long and it will be a waste.

We have an inexpensive flat-weave synthetic rug from ikea underneath our dining room table. It looks like a natural fiber, protects the floor from damage from chairs and is easy to clean. When it gets too dirty, we can just replace it, no problem. We've also found that it is not as tempting for our dog who thinks that fluffy rugs are just like grass.

When I think of zesty Italian food, I automatically think of a pasta with hot Italian sausage and peppers, or how about a pasta with puttanesca sauce? If you are simply looking for flavorful food, you can't go wrong with Italian food - basically everything they make is full of flavor.

I have one integrated into my microwave and I never use it (the vent, that is). It is incredibly noisy and all it does is blow the hot air back out into the room and onto me while I'm cooking.

From one of my favorite cafes:
Apple Panini - Granny Smith apple slices, housemade veggie sausage, apple butter, and cheddar & cream cheeses on sun-dried tomato bread.

So incredibly delicious.

We have a roomba and we love it! Of course, we did need to make our rooms "roomba friendly," which included getting taller legs for our couch, and keeping cords contained, but after we did that, it was good to go. We have a cat and a dog and it picks up their hair without a problem. I use it almost every day and I don't know how I lived without it. I haven't had many problems with it getting stuck on things, and it has even unstuck itself on a few occasions. I like to keep the floor free from debris, so I haven't had to pick up too much before starting the roomba (just a stray bone or chew toy), but you would have to pick those items up anyway with a regular vacuum, so I just figure that it is par for the course when cleaning the floor... no biggie.

@GODWINKR I agree with the boxed wine. Ever since my husband stopped drinking, I have a hard time going through a bottle myself (although I try my hardest). In the last couple years, some really good boxed wines have started showing up on the shelves. I really enjoy bota boxes, for example. Since they are vacuum-sealed, the wine stays fresh for a very long time, which is great if you just like to have a glass with dinner.

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to actually purchase the wallpaper. I went to the Black Crow Studio's website, but I can't find the wallpaper shown. They have wallpaper for sale, and they have watercolors for sale, but no watercolor wallpapers. Thoughts?