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yes, yes, yes! And no plastic or leather seating in sight. I want to visit and grin a lot. Thanks for sharing.

Blue is my favorite color - but not in an area where I apply makeup. Spas are white or pale pink for a reason - do not conflict with skin tone.

Re vines - California is not particularly buggy probably due to the lack of humidity. I keep bugs out of my wall vines by having the gardener blow off the vines once a month. Never a problem. Those gorgeous vines on the cottage have been there for years. That's some serious growth and they require care. She probably has a good gardener with a good ladder. I have creeping fig vines on part of my house. They are lovely and stick to stucco and brick well without being invasive and don't break through the structure - but they are hard to start and very finicky about sun exposure. The woman across the street can't get them to start and she is a better gardener than I. I am in western growing zone 9 or 10, and everything is so dependent on knowing those guidelines.

That is the most amazing collection of stuff. Not at all my style, but I've sure enjoyed "visiting". Oh wait, maybe it is my style. I can't stop grinning.

Nobody is mentioning 20-Mule Team Borax. I've had excellent results spreading this laundry product over my carpets and onto upholstered furniture and mattresses when I've wanted to get rid of fleas or stale odors. It works similarly to diatomacious earth except it does not have the same sharp properties (which are not harmful to people or animals). It is a very fine boron salt that poisons the critters that crawl through it or eat it, and it dries out eggs and larvae. It is the primary ingredient that "Flea Busters" used to treat houses for $300 a number of years ago. A box at the grocery store costs less than $5.00 and you can spread it with a cup (as you would feed chickens) for free. I

I vacuum EVERYTHING well, then I distribute this fine salt on the floor, carpet and every soft surface. Then I leave it in place for 10 days and then vacuum again. It's incredibly effective on sand fleas, so why not on bedbugs?

Here in the central valley of CA we have lots of 100 degree days in the summer, so I suppose that's why it's one bug I haven't seen here - yet.

A friend with only south facing windows puts almost white paper over them when she is shooting. Works great. Eliminates the glare.

One of my pet peeves is pictures hung too high. I subscribe to the guideline of hanging the top of the picture never higher than a window or door frame - and yes at eyeball height. I always feel I am in a 1940's post-depression (not too classy) house when there are poorly positioned pictures. Can AT have an online workshop on some picture hanging guidelines? The only thing tackier than scattered pictures flying around the room is stacks of crap on the floors - yeah I'm grumpy (allergic) today :-).

Well, as an old lady, I love the risks of creativity; and I think that is the purpose of AT, and especially this post. I also love Weimaraners, sigh. I'm sure Chad learned a lot from this exercise, and I salute the project. How do you, Chad, exercise your Weim enough in such small quarters, or had he learned to ride on the BMW to accompany you. My guys all hated to be left alone.

Beautiful scale, beautiful texture - and oh, well, everything. I especially like the lack of little collectible dustables. Thank you AT for putting little labels on the thumbnails, too. Good feature for reference.

Yikes, the first picture looks like it is a command performance type of room. As a woman, I would run screaming to the front door if faced with such heavy, overly sexual decorating. Again, I've found that men, in particular, have a hard time sorting out LOVE, SENSUAL and SEXUAL, and I would be very hesitant to put LOVE on my bed pillows I think a sensual, loving experience is all about a good attitude and imagination - not about performance. And I've no objection to a good performance :-).

You did not mention tactile. I like to have really soft, lint-free, quality blankets and/or throws. And high-quality cotton or linen sheets are the best. Satin sheets, while they may look good in subtle colors are the very devil to control, and bedding does not stay put when it is time to sleep.