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I was thinking about using pegboard to hang pots and pans... until I saw Anna's kitchen. I looked, I gasped, and then said: I that cookware hanging from towel bars? I am SO stealing that idea!

And yes, probably it has been done before and I just never saw it. Still, in this case: Beats Julia Child's peg board, I think.

Kudos.

I would hesitate to paint the vanity a "pure" white. A monochromatic color scheme that uses different variations of white might work in this room, though. One thing that troubles me about the room is the brown tile flooring fights with the simple white with black trim tiling of the tub area. If the flooring is laminate, I would ask the landlord about putting in new laminate tiles (all I can do is "peel and stick") that is a better fit with the other tile in the room. Then, I'd select paint colors using a monochromatic off-white palette.

Love the idea of storing books in the fireplace!! Just don't burn the books. Very creative.

I am going to resist making any comments about conspicuous consumption. I don't like any of these kitchens (and the one with the ladder seems almost dangerous in any household with young children), simply because I like "cozy" kitchens. These are very modern, I guess.

Only evidence of a child in this space in the alpha letters on the fridge -- instead of examples of her art. No toys -- and I don't think I see kiddie books either. Good use of space, but it might be like growing up in a Skinner box. (Which didn't hurt Skinner's daughter any.)

Love the water feature. What kind of maintenance is involved?

Maybe you could do the wainscotting white and pick up the black from the b/w tile on the trim/railing. Glossy on the trim and matte on the wainscotting. Then a very pale gray or gray-blue for the wall above the wainscotting. I think that will give you a very vintage '20s-'30s look in you bathroom. In addition, I would make a skirt for the sink from a similar toile to the shower curtain... Gives you some hide-away-storage and carries the vintage look along...

I am just wondering about window coverings... I can't tell from the picture whether there is sheer fabric or something to give some privacy, especially since kitchen is viewable from the windows. Like this, though. Light and airy room.

In number three: Is that a stove top on the right? Is there an oven anywhere? Can you do more than warm up a can of soup in this kitchen? I followed the link, and the re-do has lots of "curb appeal" on the outside, though.

Lepidoptry, I lived in a four-plex with a similar design to #7, and even though I never noticed dirt from the "open" risers falling onto table or other surfaces, it still always bothered me... Lived in that apt. for two years...