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There's no way I could walk past that and not push the sticky out bit in and watch the phone fly out.

These look like.... other things.

House Tour!

God and there was me thinking slides were already designed for young children. Duh ;)

Why is everyone in love with stupid grey. It's horrible. People will look back on this awful trend the same way we look back on shell suits and laugh at how twee it was that we all thought grey was the pinnacle of sophistication as they fly around in their space pods. I'm tired of the relentless barrage of grey posts: how to make grey feminine, how to use grey as a neutral, the cool masculinity of grey, how to fill a china cabinet with grey plates and the constant comments on every house tour, 'Oh where did you find that grey? It's perfect for my bed/living/washing/bath/dining/play/son's room.' Each to their own and all but this is like some kind of mass grey hysteria!

Ok enough, I know, wake me when it's all over :)

This is vile. Porn is demeaning filth that has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with control over women. That is what I believe. That aside, the article itself is an appalling piece of writing, wrought with errors and with those photos it's difficult to believe this isn't some sort of bizarre parody of a 'relationship' article. It is inappropriate in the extreme and those who have had to explain porn to their children and siblings deserve an apology. The shameless trolling for hits is nothing short of desperate and if I may say... totally pointless. However this is a good opportunity to vent and that is welcome. I second the calls for a copy editor and add my voice to those who feel the quality of this blog has deteriorated rapidly while the actual amount of content has grown exponentially. It smacks somewhat of frantic flailing in the dark to hit 'publish post' button to repeat so much content and I sincerely hope you pull your socks up and return to the good ol' times or I sense a Regretsy style Apartment Therapy spin off in the future. Also, a personal pet peeve of mine. I'm sick of all the damn Apple products. You can't move for them here nowadays. I'm not so dense that I'm going to buy one because you keep shoving them into house tours. Please.

I have an outlandish suggestion. Maybe that's not the kitchen sink in the picture. A coffee pot doesn't make it a kitchen.

PI, I disagree with you. This post is about selling a shallow and specific lifestyle, one in which your home and your possessions tell the world how grown up you are. It has very little to do with actually being grown up (self-sufficient, respectful etc.) and everything to do with the appearance of being grown up. The post begins with the author being impressed that the house is big and full of stuff and this sets the tone rather well. Having a full pantry is something that only some one with a pantry can do (excluding 90% of the worlds population in one fell swoop ), being able to fill a pantry with food is something that can only be done if you have money and access to said food. There are plenty of people around who can't access medicine and can't afford extra clean sheets and towels, who can't even afford any sheets or towels. These people aren't children, they're poor. When she's talking about people who get things done around the house, she is talking about wealth. If you're poor and are lucky enough to have a house it's likely that you don't have a dishwasher but if you somehow do and it breaks, you need both the authority to call them (which you don't usually have if you rent a place from an exploitative landlord) and the money to pay them, which plenty of adults do not. People who 'make do' do not usually do so because they are childish, lazy or indifferent but rather because they're unable to do anything else. Apartment Therapy is all about lifestyles and there's nothing wrong with a post on self-sufficiency and maturity in home design, however I take issue with the idea that the lifestyle outlined above should be held up as a template for all to aspire to and a measure of how grown up a person is.

Now THAT is a headboard!

It's small...It's cool. Am I missing something. Get it in the contest already!