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This post offends me. Comments about toxicity, potential harm to pets and ruining an underlying floor are not trivial, and in fact should be considerations for anyone who might have loved the look of this project and be considering trying something similar.

Worse still is the snide tone about being a "Negative Nancy". I've read lots of critical, even insulting remarks here, but they are almost always directed at things or choices people have made, never at people themselves. Muzzling criticism, here as in the rest of life, leads to complacency and statis. Isn't AT supposed to be about improving our homes and thus our lives?

Does the author think that comments that merely applaud a project with a "Great job!. It looks beautiful"? actually contribute to the post? Giving the DIYer a pat on the back don't really further the conversation or add any helpful tips or insights, yet we welcome those, don't we?

It's the quality of the posts that will make or break this site, not whether a few snarky or overly harshly worded criticisms are in the comments area.

@Turbo+Elba. If you read the comments, you'll see it happens to lots of folks. It used to happen to me. One comment suggested that it if you are using vegetable oil, switch to shortening or coconut oil, I no longer oil the pan. When I decided the stickiness had to go, I re-seasoned in the oven, and then made a point of using the pan only for bacon for several times, and switched my cleaning method. I fill the pan more than halfway with very hot water, put between one and three drops of dish soap in the water, swish if a couple times, pour out the water, pour in table salt and scrub with a folded up, lightly dampened paper towel. I put it over a flame until 90 percent of the water has evaporated. That's it. No oil. All my cast iron are beautifully seasoned, and no stickiness.

To take it down to Kimberly K's level: who died and made her boss? I'm well aware of AT's policy, but to write comment implying another person was rude, while in the same breath admitting you didn't read the comment reeks of sanctimony.

I'm glad that in these difficult economic times I'm helping someone keep a job, deleting AT comments that are just too free thinkin' for the advertisers.

Oh yes, I'm extremely jealous, too. I just want to know where it is that I wish I was. (smiley face)

Close the Facebook.

Interesting, but In the photos, the yellow looks better. Having had a yellow bedroom and then gone white, I know that the change probably feels great in the actual room. I do agree with many of the others posts in urging you to reconsider painting the lamp base.

Gorgeous. Very hard to imagine this is only 650 sq ft. I'm definitely bookmarking this for inspiration. I'm glad you didn't pull out the railing; they are common in so many pre-war NY apartments with a raised or sunken level that this detail ends up being a referent to those apartments and adds to the charm. One thing I wonder about is the closet space. Please tell me there's none or I will be terribly jealous.

Can't wait to see what you do in London!

If there's one area where The Kitchn asbolutely fails, it's in "light" recipes. Certain of these photos and ideas are among the most unappetizing that I've seen on this site. Honestly, the only thing I could imagine preparing is the hiyayakko, and that's been comfort food for me for decades. It never occurred to me that this is a weak point of yours until this post, but now, it seems glaring. Most of these don't seem particularly "light" compared to many others on this site.

The palette here blows me away. So beautiful, and it just makes the whole house flow. I've rarely seen a tour where I love everything, and I do in this home. My only disappointment here is Troy couldn't provide the specific paint colors for the rooms. I would love to know. (Hint, hint...)

No men? Nothing ever changes...