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Ruthie,
Your responses are incredibly gracious. These things make me sad on apartment therapy. As soon as I read your comment about the lack of funds I just knew, no matter what was in your home people would feel the need to take issue with the claim, without reading carefully or giving you the benefit of the doubt. That being said, it'a nice to know how you arrived at your collection! Telling everyone to get anthropologie items/giftcards is such a great idea.

It's obvious that your style has evolved to fit each gorgeous new find. The fact that everyone notices the anthro chair should tell you that it makes everyone swoon! So many of these ideas can be incorporated into a small space, too, which I so appreciate. It looks like you had your hand in a lot of refinishing and DIY touches.

Simply splendid!

I'd love to see what they did with the top - is that where the faux metal finish is?

I don't understand why people think the colors have been altered. It looks like natural light to me. There are cool grays and ambers - so it doesn't look sepia-ed and if you look, it doesn't seem like anything is even a candidate for "hidden" colors. It's all black, white, wood, gray, amber, etc.

I think it looks fabulous. The monochromatic makes it possible to stuff a space without going insane. Well done.

Yeah, honestly books don't have to be that old to have a gorgeous look and many more books than we'd like to admit are just not that great. Just because they were printed doesn't mean they were worth the trees in the first place, or that they haven't become outdated and useless. There is a lot of bad fiction out there and a ton of old science texts and mechanical books that are of no use to anyone. Covers are torn and corroded, pages are yellowed and falling apart. But they do have interesting drawings and a fabulous texture. I think it's part of celebrating print to reuse it in a new way.