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Nothing is more annoying than reading someone's spelling and grammar corrections to a post or fellow commenter.

Get a life, people. This is Apartment Therapy, not Design, Grammar, and Punctuation.

Btw, do you object my usage of the Oxford comma? Look it up. Big grammatical controversy over it.

I wave hello to everyone I recognize as a neighbor whenever I am driving or walking my dog , and usually get a wave or hello back. It's a simple, non-commital friendly gesture, that has led to a few casual friendships. It's almost always reciprocated, and often with a smile.
I don't even know most of their names, but I like them just the way I know them!

Oh, and if they don't wave back, I just assume "they didn't see me" - of course!

Gave away my books and got a kindle.

Love this post, and every single comment written. If only more people in our country would think and shop this way. People would save thousands of dollars (that they are likely borrowing at an awful interest rate) furnishing and decorating their homes.

This is why I love apartment therapy!

It's refreshing to see an inexpensive, simply executed makeover, not someone trying to copy the style from pages of a magazine. Simple, yet transformed!

ANR -
I agree, 100%! Great quality, great messages, great price. The artist also included a couple of little freebies with my order of just 1 (under $20) print...a few of her postcards, stickers and other little items - at no charge. Who does that nowadays?!

Stickers as an "installation"?! What's next - a.b.c. gum installations??

yes..When my kids were tiny and I was surrounded by primary colored plastic toys (along with all of the noise and chaos that comes with very small children) I craved the serenity of a peaceful, visually quiet monchromatic home. I think I actually found some solace in my muted home. Now that they are older (and our home is quieter and no longer littered with plastic toys), I have found that I like bringing more of my own bold color choices into our home, and I really enjoy the color!

Is there a corrolation between the amount of visual and audio 'noise' some of us can handle?

They may be on HGTV, but they have stayed true to their playful, very creative aesthetic. Thankfully there is NOTHING "Designed to Sell" about this HGTV show. Love the Novogratz.

Hope this is a sign HGTV is moving away from all of that unfortunate "formula" decorating that pollutes that channel.

Team "Paint"...it's (almost) instant gratification to breathe new life into a thrift store find with a fresh coat of paint. Just painted a dingy Goodwill side table Ben. Moore's "peony" and it's looks terrific. Cheap and cheerful is the way to go.