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We just put up a pegboard on our huge empty kitchen wall. I LOVE having all the pots and pans organized and in arm's reach! http://pinterest.com/pin/81135230758671860/

Love it! Congratulations on such a beautiful, hand-made home. I dream of a place like this!

My husband and I lived in 126 square feet (a Toyota Dolphin motorhome), along with a 55 lb dog. The close quarters, and lack of material things, brought us only closer together, forming a bond I'm not sure we could have found any other way. As Leonardo da Vinci (apparently) once said: "Small rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray."

One note about the bathroom situation. Our motorhome had a full bathroom – shower, toilet, sink, and a closet – and it was never a problem considering the small space. A place that small… always have matches on hand. ;)

@HERAHERE Good point about the earthquakes and how the doors stop nothing. I just moved to SF and would love to put open shelves on a giant blank wall in our kitchen, but the thought of an big earthquake was stopping me. I just might do it now, after researching how to install into our old plaster walls!

FYI ya'll: You have to do something 21 times to make it a habit!

I go through my mail between the mail box and my front door. By the time I get inside, I have a handful of recycling and another handful of keepers.

My in-laws create AT LEAST one short bag of trash a day, and it baffles me. My husband and I live in a composting and recycling apartment building. If I combine ALL our trash cans, we fill up one tall one once a week, a tall recycling once a week, and a compost pail twice a week.

I'm constantly trying to get into the habit of doing the dishes after every meal — no dishwasher for us!. It's so gross to leave dishes for a day… or more…

We have a sisal rug (I supposed it's an outdoor rug) in our living room and and the older it gets softer it is. While it's not plush, it's sturdy!

I cannot believe how harsh people judge and criticize others' life choices! I think their home is beautiful, proof that just because you are poor doesn't mean you don't have style!

This is filed under San Francisco. Do you guys live in SF and travel up to BC for your weekend vacations? I may have missed this in the previous comments, but how do you get to the island without ferry service? Do you own a boat? Thanks!

I think the best solution to tv placement is to either not have a tv, or have a small unassuming one. I refuse to get a bigger tv than the one we have — it would take over the room. Our tv — http://goo.gl/LZEEk

YakkoDot: You CAN live in a trailer with dogs! Our dog took to our vintage motorhome very quickly. While we worked "at home" in our trailer, we did leave her whenever we'd go mountain biking, out to eat, etc. You just have to make sure if you are in a warm environment, that you leave your air-conditioner on while you're out. It's the same as a car — can get hot very quickly in warm weather, even with the windows open.

My duvet was a gift bought from Macy's. For duvet covers, TJMaxx is the only place buy them — even though I drool over all the ones in the catalogs too. It takes some digging, and usually a few trips to the store to find the perfect one, but I'm pretty casual about it. And for the price, all the searching is fine with me. Generally, TJMaxx is just about the only place I buy linens, unless Macy's is having a killer sale.