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"but you're right, it's affordable and thus, is crap. they shouldn't even be allowed to sell anything and we should all shop at dwr."

Split those in half before you swallow. Yikes!

The fabric is cute. I get the whole decent design at an affordable price thing but seriously do you ever wonder what Ikea contributes to landfills? The stuff is crap with a life of about three years.

With all due respect, the cabinets are cheap. I can't imagine the scenario where any change to them would make or break a future sale or have a negative impact on the resale price. I suppose a crazy color could do that but once painted you can always make them white before listing.

Anyway, you should do what you want. What could make this situation look best?

I do not think white cabinets, given the tile and stone colors would be attractive together. Certainly making the counter and stone white would be better. But I think you should paint the cabinet white and the brown tile white. Does it run to the ceiling? Is it just backsplash in areas where you have upper cabinets? Would you consider losing the cabinet doors in some places or popping the panels out of the frames and putting in some glass?

The demo of the brown tile would be messy and potentially expensive but you could sheetrock over top of it to get rid of it. In this spot you don't really need tile.

How about lightening the wood with a light grey wash. I like that better than white in any scenario. The brown tile has to go.

Good luck!

Who knew?

I agree that a crooked shade, not a broken shade, can make a home look lived in, unstaged.

I should say, I like it better. It's very Chia'sso.

Spins- AT and a Wonketteer? Now there's a combination to love. I like the Hopey pumpkin better. I would carve a unicorn pumpkin to go with it. Or maybe just skip the politics and go for Trucknutz! You?

The lacquered logs are pretty clever. Wallpaper, no.

Nice and simple, maybe for a kid's room. I can't see anything really naughty happening on a print like that.

I love cut paper even though that person with the name with lots of O-s tried to ruin the fun by putting cutout designs on everything from light fixtures to Christmas garland. I am a big SWOON and Kako Ueda fan. This stuff is cool too.